Bonded nonwoven fibrous webs comprising softenable oriented semicrystalline polymeric fibers and apparatus and methods for preparing such webs

    公开(公告)号:US09139940B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-22

    申请号:US11461201

    申请日:2006-07-31

    IPC分类号: D04H3/14 D04H3/16 D04H3/00

    摘要: A method for making a bonded nonwoven fibrous web comprising 1) providing a nonwoven fibrous web that comprises oriented semicrystalline polymeric fibers, and 2) subjecting the web to a controlled heating and quenching operation that includes a) forcefully passing through the web a fluid heated to at least the onset melting temperature of said polymeric material for a time too short to wholly melt the fibers, and b) immediately quenching the web by forcefully passing through the web a fluid at a temperature at least 50° C. less than the Nominal Melting Point of the material of the fibers. The fibers of the treated web generally have i) an amorphous-characterized phase that exhibits repeatable softening (making the fibers softenable) and ii) a crystallite-characterized phase that reinforces the fiber structure during softening of the amorphous-characterized phase, whereby the fibers may be autogenously bonded while retaining orientation and fiber structure. Apparatus for carrying out the method can comprise 1) a conveyor for conveying a web to be treated, 2) a heater mounted adjacent a first side of the conveyor and comprising a) a chamber having a wall that faces the web, b) one or more conduits through which a heated gas can be introduced into the chamber under pressure and c) a slot in said chamber wall through which heated gas flows from the chamber onto a web on the conveyor, 3) a source of quenching gas downweb from the heater on the first side of the conveyor, the quenching gas having a temperature substantially less than that of the heated gas, 4) gas-withdrawal mean disposed on the second side of the conveyor opposite from the heater, the gas-withdrawal means having a portion in alignment with the slot so as to draw heated gas from the slot through the web and also a portion downweb from the slot in alignment with the source of quenching gas so as to draw the quenching gas through the web to quench the web. Flow restrictor means is preferably disposed on the second side of the conveyor in the path of at least one of the heated gas and the quenching gas so as to even the distribution of the gas through the web.

    FEEDBLOCK FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER POLYMERIC FILMS
    12.
    发明申请
    FEEDBLOCK FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER POLYMERIC FILMS 有权
    用于制造多层聚合物薄膜的进料

    公开(公告)号:US20130042964A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-21

    申请号:US13695463

    申请日:2011-04-25

    IPC分类号: B32B37/14

    摘要: A feedblock including a first packet creator that forms a first packet including a first plurality of polymeric layers, the first plurality of layers including at least four first individual polymeric layers; and a second packet creator that forms a second packet including a second plurality of polymeric layers, the second plurality of layers including at least four second individual polymeric layers, wherein the first and second packet creators are configured such that, for each packet creator, respective individual polymeric layers of the plurality of polymeric layers are formed at approximately the same time. The feedblock may include a packet combiner that receives and combines the first and second primary packets to form a multilayer stream. In some examples, at least one of the first and second primary packets may be spread in the cross-web direction prior to being combined with one another.

    摘要翻译: 包括第一分组创建器的馈送块,其形成包括第一多个聚合物层的第一分组,所述第一多个层包括至少四个第一单独的聚合物层; 以及第二分组创建器,其形成包括第二多个聚合层的第二分组,所述第二多个层包括至少四个第二单独的聚合物层,其中所述第一和第二分组创建者被配置为使得对于每个分组创建者, 大致同时形成多个聚合物层的单个聚合物层。 馈送块可以包括分组组合器,其接收并组合第一和第二主分组以形成多层流。 在一些示例中,在彼此组合之前,第一和第二主要分组中的至少一个可以在横向方向上扩展。

    Pleated filter with monolayer monocomponent meltspun media
    14.
    发明授权
    Pleated filter with monolayer monocomponent meltspun media 有权
    褶皱过滤器与单层单组分meltspun介质

    公开(公告)号:US08506669B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-13

    申请号:US13085848

    申请日:2011-04-13

    IPC分类号: B01D39/02

    摘要: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web of continuous monocomponent meltspun partially crystalline and partially amorphous oriented fibers of the same polymeric composition that are bonded to form a coherent and handleable web having a Gurley Stiffness of at least 100 mg and which further may be softened while retaining orientation and fiber structure. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a pleated filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, adhesive or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.

    摘要翻译: 打褶过滤器由相同聚合物组合物的连续单组分熔融部分结晶和部分无定形纤维的单组分单层非织造纤维网制成,所述纤维被结合以形成具有至少100mg的古利刚度的相干和可处理的纤维网,并且还可以 在保持取向和纤维结构的同时软化。 褶皱线形成在非织造纤维网中,并且将幅材切割成所需的尺寸和形状,以提供褶皱过滤元件,其包含纤维的至少一些点彼此结合的纤维的自支撑多孔单组分单层基质, 在1.52米/秒的面速下具有至少15%的平均初始亚微米效率。 过滤元件是抗变形的,而不需要过滤介质层中的加强层,双组分纤维,粘合剂或其他增强材料。

    Pleated filter with monolayer monocomponent meltspun media
    15.
    发明授权
    Pleated filter with monolayer monocomponent meltspun media 有权
    褶皱过滤器与单层单组分meltspun介质

    公开(公告)号:US07947142B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US11461296

    申请日:2006-07-31

    IPC分类号: D04H3/14 B29C53/02

    摘要: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web of continuous monocomponent meltspun partially crystalline and partially amorphous oriented fibers of the same polymeric composition that are bonded to form a coherent and handleable web having a Gurley Stiffness of at least 100 mg and which further may be softened while retaining orientation and fiber structure. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a pleated filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, adhesive or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.

    摘要翻译: 打褶过滤器由相同聚合物组合物的连续单组分熔融部分结晶和部分无定形纤维的单组分单层非织造纤维网制成,所述纤维被结合以形成具有至少100mg的古利刚度的相干和可处理的纤维网,并且还可以 在保持取向和纤维结构的同时软化。 褶皱线形成在非织造纤维网中,并且将幅材切割成所需的尺寸和形状,以提供褶皱过滤元件,其包含纤维的至少一些点彼此结合的纤维的自支撑多孔单组分单层基质, 在1.52米/秒的面速下具有至少15%的平均初始亚微米效率。 过滤元件是抗变形的,而不需要过滤介质层中的加强层,双组分纤维,粘合剂或其他增强材料。

    Method for forming spread nonwoven webs
    16.
    发明授权
    Method for forming spread nonwoven webs 有权
    铺展非织造纤维网的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07470389B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-30

    申请号:US10934194

    申请日:2004-09-03

    IPC分类号: D01D5/092 D04H3/02

    摘要: A new fiber-forming method, and related apparatus, and webs prepared by the new method and apparatus are taught. In the new method a) a stream of filaments is extruded from a die of known width and thickness; b) the stream of extruded filaments is directed through a processing chamber that is defined by two narrowly separated walls that are parallel to one another, parallel to said width of the die, and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stream of extruded filaments; c) the stream of filaments passed through the processing chamber is intercepted on a collector where the filaments are collected as a nonwoven fibrous web; and d) a spacing between the walls of the processing chamber is selected that causes the stream of extruded filaments to spread before it reaches the collector and be collected as a web significantly wider in width than the die. Generally the increase in width is sufficient to be economically significant, e.g., to reduce costs of web manufacture. Such economic benefit can occur in widths that are 50, 100 or 200 or more millimeters greater in width than the width of the die. Preferably, the collected web has a width at least 50 percent greater than said width of the die. The processing chamber is preferably open to the ambient environment at its longitudinal sides to allow pressure within the processing chamber to push the stream of filaments outwardly toward the longitudinal sides of the chamber.

    摘要翻译: 教导了通过新方法和装置制备的新的纤维形成方法和相关装置以及网。 在新方法中a)从已知宽度和厚度的模头挤出长丝; b)挤出的细丝流被引导通过处理室,该处理室由平行于模具的所述宽度并且平行于挤出长丝流的纵向轴线彼此平行的两个狭窄分离的壁限定; c)通过处理室的细丝流在收集器上被截取,其中长丝被收集成非织造纤维网; 并且d)选择处理室的壁之间的间隔,其使得挤出的长丝流在其到达收集器之前扩散,并且被收集成与模具相比宽度明显更宽的卷材。 通常,宽度的增加足以在经济上显着,例如降低卷筒纸制造的成本。 这样的经济效益可以发生在宽度上比模具的宽度大50,100或200或更多毫米的宽度。 优选地,收集的卷材具有比模具的所述宽度大至少50%的宽度。 处理室优选地在其纵向侧面处于周围环境中,以允许处理室内的压力将细丝流向外朝向腔室的纵向侧推。

    PLEATED FILTER WITH MONOLAYER MONOCOMPONENT MELTSPUN MEDIA
    17.
    发明申请
    PLEATED FILTER WITH MONOLAYER MONOCOMPONENT MELTSPUN MEDIA 有权
    PLEATED过滤器与单色单声道墨尔本媒体

    公开(公告)号:US20080022642A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-31

    申请号:US11461296

    申请日:2006-07-31

    IPC分类号: B01D46/00

    摘要: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web of continuous monocomponent meltspun partially crystalline and partially amorphous oriented fibers of the same polymeric composition that are bonded to form a coherent and handleable web having a Gurley Stiffness of at least 100 mg and which further may be softened while retaining orientation and fiber structure. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a pleated filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, adhesive or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.

    摘要翻译: 打褶过滤器由相同聚合物组合物的连续单组分熔融部分结晶和部分无定形纤维的单组分单层非织造纤维网制成,所述纤维被结合以形成具有至少100mg的古利刚度的相干和可处理的纤维网,并且还可以 在保持取向和纤维结构的同时软化。 褶皱线形成在非织造纤维网中,并将纤维网切割成所需的尺寸和形状,以提供褶皱过滤元件,其包含在纤维交叉点的至少某些点处彼此粘合的纤维的自支撑多孔单组分单层基质 并且以1.52米/秒的面速度具有至少15%的平均初始亚微米效率。 过滤元件是抗变形的,而不需要过滤介质层中的加强层,双组分纤维,粘合剂或其他增强材料。

    Apparatus for manufacturing multilayer polymeric films

    公开(公告)号:US09630356B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-25

    申请号:US13102326

    申请日:2011-05-06

    摘要: A feedblock including a first packet creator that forms a first packet including a first plurality of polymeric layers, the first plurality of layers including at least four first individual polymeric layers; and a second packet creator that forms a second packet including a second plurality of polymeric layers, the second plurality of layers including at least four second individual polymeric layers, wherein the first and second packet creators are configured such that, for each packet creator, respective individual polymeric layers of the plurality of polymeric layers are formed at approximately the same time. The feedblock may include a packet combiner that receives and combines the first and second primary packets to form a multilayer stream. In some examples, at least one of the first and second primary packets may be spread in the cross-web direction prior to being combined with one another.