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Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a mineral wool web from a thin primary web formed on a movable collecting surface (6). According to prior known methods, the primary web is folded on a receiving conveyor (18) in an overlapping configuration so that the desired thickness of web is achieved. It is also known to combine two or several primary webs and to form the final mineral wool web by folding. The problem when producing mineral wool webs is the high rate of production of the primary webs and consequently, the high requirements on the devices in the further process and a great loss of material because of uneven edges which have to be cut down. According to the invention, the primary web is split into separate sheets before the deposit on the receiving conveyor (18), and the sheets are deposited by an oscillating distributing conveyor (16) in an overlapping configuration on the receiving conveyor, or, in case sheets are being produced, stacked on top of each other. The method offers several possibilities of reducing the feeding rate of the sheets and thus facilitating the deposit on the receiving conveyor. The flow of split sheets may for instance be separated (11, 12) into two or several flows to an intermediate conveyor each (14, 15) and the sheets may be stacked before the deposit. The cutting of the primary web may be performed on the collecting surface (6) or optionally after this on an intermediate conveyor.

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