Insulation Packaging System With Ventilated Foil Mantle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging systems for insulation materials suffer from compression-induced degradation, lack of ventilation, and inadequate stability and weather resistance, leading to compromised insulation performance and storage challenges.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system featuring a foil-like mantle stabilized by specially designed top and bottom plates with grooves and protrusions, incorporating ventilation openings and a connection method that allows for easy opening, using recyclable materials like expanded thermoplasts, and optionally including inserts for additional items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If insulation materials are packaged using compression methods (vacuum, rolling, box compression), then volume is reduced for storage and transport, but insulation properties deteriorate due to compression-induced deformation and loss of porous structure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible foil-like mantle that wraps around the insulation material without rigid compression structures. This flexible shell provides containment and protection while allowing the insulation material to maintain its natural expanded porous structure, avoiding compression-induced degradation of insulation properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging is divided into separate functional components: a flexible mantle for containment and rigid plates for structural support and stacking stability. This segmentation allows the flexible mantle to enclose the insulation material without compression, while the rigid plates provide external support only when needed for stacking, not during normal storage.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If airtight packaging is used to protect insulation materials from moisture, then weather resistance improves, but ventilation is suppressed leading to anaerobic processes and degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging structure implements different properties in different locations: the foil mantle provides local moisture barrier protection where needed, while ventilation openings in the plates provide local airflow paths. This creates a balanced system that protects against moisture ingress while allowing controlled ventilation to prevent anaerobic degradation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If rigid packaging structures are used to provide stability and stackability, then mechanical protection and stacking improve, but compression and deformation of insulation material occur
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible foil mantle acts as a cushioning layer between the rigid plates and the insulation material. This beforehand cushioning protects the insulation material from compression and deformation by the rigid structural components, allowing the packaging to provide stacking stability without harming the insulation properties.
4Reliability
If low-density insulation materials are used to maintain insulation effectiveness, then thermal insulation performance improves, but storage and transport volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible foil mantle provides a compact enclosing structure that adapts to the shape of the low-density insulation material without requiring excessive internal volume. This allows low-density materials to be packaged efficiently for storage and transport while maintaining their expanded porous structure and insulation effectiveness.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a packaging system to enclose, protect, store and transport insulation materials, with the possibility to pack with no to low or high compression, to provide ventilation when packaged and to enable indoors or outdoors storage, exhibiting easy and economic as well as ecologic application, storage and transport as well as easy opening, the manufacture of such packaging and the use of such packaging.