Segmented Insulating Tape for Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Thermally decoupling insulating tapes that are too thick cannot be wound into rolls due to space constraints, compromising their storage and transportation efficiency while maintaining high insulating values.
Innovation Solution
An insulating tape with incisions at predetermined intervals, allowing individual segments to form a wedge-shaped configuration when rolled, enabling space-saving storage and transportation while maintaining high insulating values, featuring a self-adhesive carrier layer and various hard insulating materials like mineral wool or polyurethane foam.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the insulating layer is made thicker to achieve higher insulating values, then the thermal insulation performance is improved, but the insulating tape cannot be wound into rolls for space-saving storage and transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The insulating layer is divided into multiple individual segments separated by incisions. When the insulating tape is wound into a roll, these segments can be compressed closely together, allowing thick insulating layers to be stored in compact rolls. The segments remain connected through the carrier layer, maintaining structural integrity while enabling space-saving storage and transportation.
2Temperature
If the insulating layer is made thicker to achieve higher insulating values, then the thermal insulation performance is improved, but the handling and processing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Dividing the thick insulating layer into segments makes the material more flexible and easier to handle. The segmented structure allows the thick insulating tape to be wound into rolls without excessive rigidity, improving processability while maintaining the high insulation value provided by the thick insulating layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The insulating tape transitions between different states: when unwound, the segments form a continuous thick insulating layer for high performance; when wound for storage, the segments can be compressed and rearranged flexibly. This dynamic adaptability between functional and storage states improves handling ease without compromising insulation performance.
3Temperature
If the insulating layer is made thicker to achieve higher insulating values, then the thermal insulation performance is improved, but the material properties may be impaired during storage and transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The insulating layer is divided into multiple individual segments separated by incisions. When the insulating tape is wound into a roll, these segments can be compressed closely together, allowing thick insulating layers to be stored in compact rolls. The segments remain connected through the carrier layer, maintaining structural integrity while enabling space-saving storage and transportation.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier layer acts as a flexible connecting element that holds the rigid insulating segments together. This flexible carrier layer allows the thick insulating tape to be bent and wound into rolls without damaging the insulating material, while maintaining the structural integrity and insulating properties during storage and transportation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the storage and transportation of thick insulating tapes in a compact form without compromising their insulating properties, allowing easy bonding to substrates and maintaining excellent thermal separation performance.
Implementation Method 1
The carrier layer has a self-adhesive property on the side facing away from the insulating layer
Implementation Method 2
an insulating layer made of hard insulating material... used specifically for thermal separation... prevention of thermal bridges
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AI summary
The insulating tape for thermal separation in various installation situations in trapezoidal sheet metal-, sandwich- and metal construction and in the building areas, comprises a carrier layer (2) and segments (4) of an insulating layer (6) from hard insulating material. The segments of the insulating layer are adheredly fixed on a side of the carrier layer, separated from each other by strips (5) arranged in pre-determined distances and connected together over the carrier layer. The segments form a closed insulating layer in the spread-out rectilinear condition of the insulating tape. The insulating tape for thermal separation in various installation situations in trapezoidal sheet metal-, sandwich- and metal construction and in the building areas, comprises a carrier layer (2) and segments (4) of an insulating layer (6) from hard insulating material. The segments of the insulating layer are adheredly fixed on a side of the carrier layer, separated from each other by strips (5) arranged in pre-determined distances and connected together over the carrier layer. The segments form a closed insulating layer in the spread-out rectilinear condition of the insulating tape. The insulating tape is rolled up to a roller. Adjacent segments of the insulating layer lie close together at its lower end and run away in the direction at its upper end, so that it creates a wedge-shaped gap (8) extending itself in the direction of the upper end. The insulating layer has mineral wool, press board, wood, styro-foam or a hollow chamber profile made of plastic or other material. The carrier layer has a non-woven, a flexible material or a flexible film, and self adhesive characteristics on its both sides turned away to the segments of the insulating layer. The thickness of the carrier layer is 15 mu m to 2 mm and the insulating layer is 5 mm-7 cm. The strips are arranged in a distance of 1.5-7 cm.