The nonwoven of sheer luxury

Alcantara fabric, for applications in the automotive, furnishings and apparel sectors, is made by a proprietary Japanese process from 0.04 or 0.14 denier polyester microfibers which are 200 to 300 times finer than the finest wool, and between 40 to 50 times finer than cotton. The material, whose manufacturing process is described in this ..

Multi-layered felt, member formed of same, and method of manufacturing same

A multilayer felt is produced by forming a layer of a web comprising polytetrafluoroethylene staple fibres on at least one surface of a felt and joining the PTFE fibres and the fibres forming the felt by intermingling. IPC B32B.

Tufting needle

The claim refers to a tufting needle as an individual needle and as an element in a needle module incorporating several such needles, with an eye in its tip area and a thread-guise groove on one side of the needle, starting from the eye and running along the needle stem. The guise groove has a thread-feeding element in the upper shank are..

Apparatus for making nonwoven fabrics having raised portions

A topographical support member and a method of a forming a topographical support member for use in producing nonwoven fabrics with raised portions, especially intaglio and slub type portions. The topographical support member includes a body having a top surface including a first micro-sized topographical pattern and a pattern of apertures..

Ultrasonic seaming of spunbonded polyolefin sheet material

A method for ultrasonically joining flashspun bonded polyolefin sheets and a seam generated by the method is provided. The method includes the steps of overlapping at least two polyolefin sheet edges, and connecting the overlapped edges by feeding the overlapped portions between an ultrasonic horn and a patterned backup roll. The connecte..

Fine-fibre barrier fabric with improved drape and strength and method of making same

A method of producing a fine-denier barrier fabric is specified. It comprises using either melt blowing or spunbonding or a combination of the two. This is followed by crimping, spotbonding using differential band roll temperatures, and neck-stretching. The temperature differential is about 10-50℉. The fabric has improved strength, confo..

Ultra resilient three-dimensional nonwoven fiber material and process for producing the same

A 3-dimension thermoformed bicomponent fiber nonwoven material comprising a lofty bicomponent material layer forming a plurality of peaks separated from one another by channels and having a basis weight in the range of about 0.5 to 7.0 ounces per square yard. The bicomponent material layer comprises a structural component and a heat activ..

Loop material (German)

The loop material for a touch-and-close fastener is claimed. A fibre or filament layer is formed as a bulky web or pile from crimped fibres where the bulk is entirely due to the geometrui geometrical structure of the fibres or filaments. There are two groups of bonding areas which form diamond-shaped loop cushions. IPC D04H A61F A44B B32B

Single layer absorbent cable wrap

A water-absorbent wrap for power cables, communication cables, and like cables includes a calendered, single layer nonwoven formed of a carded mixture of super water-absorbent fibers and cohesive carrier fibers. The calendered nonwoven is characterized by a thickness of not more than 2.0 mm, a basis weight of not more than 200 gsm, a swel..

Dryer assembly for supporting and positioning a web

The position of a printed web passing through an elongated dryer is shifted laterally during passage of the web through the dryer. A component of the resultant of all of the frictional forces acting on the web is caused to point in the lateral direction of the desired web shaft. This resultant of the frictional forces is obtainable by cha..