Owens Corning SILENTEX® DIRECT FILL TECHNOLOGY Creating value for exhaust system manufacturers

SILENTEX DIRECT FILL TECHNOLOGY ® Creating value for exhaust system manufacturers Nearly all car manufacturers use high performance glass sound-absorbing material for silencers.The direct filling technology already represents 60-70% of the applications and is expected to keep on growing. (Owens Corning estimates) INTEGRATED SOLUTION PLATFORM FOR SILENCER MANUFACTURING Owens Corning has been providing sound-absorbing glass materials and glass filling equipment for silencers and mufflers for more than 30 years. The company is a leader in glass science responsible for numerous innovations in glass...

SILENTEX DIRECT FILLING PROCESS ® This brochure describes Owens Corning’s answer to the Worldwide automotive industry and Tier One suppliers’ need for sound-absorbing materials for silencers and mufflers: Silentex texturizing and filling machine equipment. This integrated solution benefits from proprietary technologies including Owens Corning’s Advantex patented, boron-free E-CR glass formulation and patented texturizing nozzle. ® Patented texturizing nozzle separating the Advantex strand into individual filaments. Up to 4 nozzles possible ® Silencer filling station AVERAGE PAYBACK TIME IN REPLACEMENT...

SILENTEX® DIRECT FILLING MACHINES SPECIALTY MACHINE Direct filling of clam shell mufflers. Semi-automatic filling of spun mufflers. Filling of bags or industrial silencers, mattress winding and special applications. Consistent texturization is key for better acoustics: The heart of the Silentex® direct filling solution is the injection nozzle separating the Advantex® glass strand into 5,800 individual filaments. This best in class texturization provides the acoustic performance of the filling material. Wide range of filling equipment: Owens Corning offers a wide range of filling equipment and application...

Owens Corning WHY CHOOSE OWENS CORNING? Globally available products manufactured in multiple facilities providing unrivaled supply redundancy. ■ L'Ardoise, France ■ Amarillo, Texas, USA ■ Rio Claro, Brazil ■ Yuhang, PR China ■ Kimchon, South Korea ■ Taloja, India Our customers are welcomed by our local technical support (Chambery, France; Novi, Michigan; and China Composites Center, Shanghai). Combined with global account coordination, our local presence provides them with outstanding response times and vital market intelligence. Deep expertise in the best use of Silentex® material and machines,...