Patent 7780890 was granted and assigned to ASPEN AEROGELS, INC. on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets used in a variety of applications including thermal and acoustic insulation.