DIMENSIONALLY-STABLE MELT BLOWN NONWOVEN FIBROUS STRUCTURES, AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME

A process and apparatus for producing a dimensionally stable melt blown nonwoven fibrous web. The process includes forming a multiplicity of melt blown fibers by passing a molten stream including molecules of at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer through at least one orifice of a m...

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Hauptverfasser:	Talwar Sachin, Swan Michael D, Zillig Daniel J, Percha Pamela A, Song Liming, Romano Michael D, Christiansen Randy L, Brostrom Myles L, Moore Eric M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BRAIDING COTTON-WOOL FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS KNITTING LACE-MAKING MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES NON-WOVEN FABRICS SPINNING TEXTILES TRIMMINGS WADDING
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Zusammenfassung:	A process and apparatus for producing a dimensionally stable melt blown nonwoven fibrous web. The process includes forming a multiplicity of melt blown fibers by passing a molten stream including molecules of at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer through at least one orifice of a melt-blowing die, subjecting at least a portion of the melt blown fibers to a controlled in-flight heat treatment operation at a temperature below a melting temperature of the at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer immediately upon exiting from the at least one orifice, and collecting at least some of the melt blown fibers subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation on a collector to form a non-woven fibrous structure. The nonwoven fibrous structure exhibits a Shrinkage less than a Shrinkage measured on an identically-prepared structure including only fibers not subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation, and generally less than 15%.