APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY FORMING HONEYCOMB MATERIAL

摘要

Apparatus for continuously forming honeycomb material of predetermined width dimensions. Feed rolls are provided for continuously feeding open cell honeycomb material with its cells expanded to a preselected degree so that the honeycomb material has a predetermined width. Intermittently operable drive rolls are responsive to the feeding of a preselected length of open cell honeycomb material by the feed rolls for supplying thereto from a honeycomb material source a length of less completely expanded honeycomb material which when expanded to the preselected degree will have a length equal to said preselected length thereby to insure that the feed rolls continuously form honeycomb material having the preselected degree of expansion and the predetermined width. A method of continuously forming honeycomb material of predetermined widths is also disclosed.