Highly functional spunbonded fabric made from particle-containing fibres and method for producing same

• Main Authors: RIEDEL, BERND, KRIEG, MARCUS, EWERT, YVONNE, NIEMZ, FRANK-GUNTER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.02.2014
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; BRAIDING; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; COTTON-WOOL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; 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; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TEXTILES; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

The invention relates to a highly functional spunbonded fabric made from fibres based on non-fusible polymers, which contain one or more functional additives. The fibres are interwoven and interlocked, are of different lengths having aspect ratios above 1.000 and form a firm fleece composite. Said fibres have a mean diameter of 0.1 to 500 micrometres and diameter variations within a fibre and/or among each other of at least 30%. In addition to the non-fusible polymers, the fibres contain, based on the total weight thereof, more than 40 wt % of functional additives in solid and/or liquid form, wherein the functional additives are finely distributed in the fibres. The spunbonded fabric is produced from a spinning solution that contains the non-fusible polymer dissolved in a direct solvent, and at least one functional additive. The spinning solution is pressed out of a spinneret, and the resulting polymer strands are drawn in the longitudinal direction to form filaments or fibres, stabilised and laid down to form a fleece fabric. The spunbonded fabrics can be used, for example, to produce clothing, technical textiles or as filters.