Method of manufacturing a body of insulating material

摘要

A non-planar formed body of particulate thermal insulating material is made by a method in which particulate insulating material is introduced into a porous envelope (1) and the envelope with the particulate insulating material is located in a forming means (2, 3). The forming means is operated such that compaction of the particulate material in the envelope is effected into a body of desired non-planar form, accompanied by a downwardly-directed flow of the particulate material towards at least one edge (7, 8) of the body (4). In this way a required density distribution of compacted material in the body is achieved.