Treatment of micropores in mica materials
First Claim
1. A method for the treatment of micro pores within a mica paper comprising:
- adding silane compounds to the mica paper such that the silane compounds travel within the micro pores of the mica paper, wherein the silane compounds have a molecular weight between approximately 15 and 300;
compressing the mica paper to contact mica flakelet surfaces of the mica paper with one another;
reacting the silane compounds with inner surfaces of the micro pores within the mica paper;
after said reacting, impregnating the mica paper with a resin;
wherein during said compressing, the mica paper is compressed by an amount between 5% and 30% of the original thickness of the mica paper prior to said compressing thereby yielding a desired degree of exposure of the contacted mica flakelet surfaces to the silane compounds with respect to a time necessary for the silane compounds to reach the micro pores of the mica paper for said reacting; and
wherein during said impregnating, the resin binds to the inner surfaces of the micro pores with the mica paper through the silane compounds to increase adhesion of the impregnating resin to the mica paper and to reduce micro void formation in the impregnated mica paper.
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Abstract
A method for the treatment of micro pores within a mica paper that includes: obtaining a silane with a molecular weight of between approximately 15 and 300, adding the silane to the mica paper, and reacting the silane with the inner surface of the micro pores within the mica paper. After this, a resin is impregnated into the mica paper, and the resin binds to the inner surfaces of the micro pores with the mica paper through the silane. In one embodiment, the mica paper is compressed by an amount between 5% and 30% of its original thickness. In another embodiment, the mica paper is compressed both prior to reacting the silane and during impregnation with the resin.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for the treatment of micro pores within a mica paper comprising:
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adding silane compounds to the mica paper such that the silane compounds travel within the micro pores of the mica paper, wherein the silane compounds have a molecular weight between approximately 15 and 300; compressing the mica paper to contact mica flakelet surfaces of the mica paper with one another; reacting the silane compounds with inner surfaces of the micro pores within the mica paper; after said reacting, impregnating the mica paper with a resin; wherein during said compressing, the mica paper is compressed by an amount between 5% and 30% of the original thickness of the mica paper prior to said compressing thereby yielding a desired degree of exposure of the contacted mica flakelet surfaces to the silane compounds with respect to a time necessary for the silane compounds to reach the micro pores of the mica paper for said reacting; and wherein during said impregnating, the resin binds to the inner surfaces of the micro pores with the mica paper through the silane compounds to increase adhesion of the impregnating resin to the mica paper and to reduce micro void formation in the impregnated mica paper. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for the treatment of micro pores within a mica paper comprising:
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adding silane compounds to the mica paper such that the silane compounds travel within the micro pores of the mica paper, wherein the silane compounds have a molecular weight between approximately 15 and 300; compressing the mica paper to contact mica flakelet surfaces of the mica paper with one another and to reduce the likelihood of the silane compounds being disposed between the contacted mica flakelet surfaces of the mica paper during said adding; reacting the silane compounds with inner surfaces of the micro pores within the mica paper; after said reacting, impregnating the mica paper with a resin; additionally compressing the mica paper during said impregnating of the resin, wherein an amount of compression for the additional compression is approximately the same as an amount of compression to contact mica flakelet surfaces of the mica paper with one another; wherein during said impregnating, the resin binds to the inner surfaces of the micro pores with the mica paper through the silane compounds to increase adhesion of the resin to the mica paper and to reduce microvoid formation in the impregnated mica paper. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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