COMPOSTABLE MULTI-COMPONENT CONSTRUCTIONS

• Main Authors: COX, Kenneth A, DOTSETH, Colby W, MANDANAS, Michael Patrick M, RIOFSKI, Mark V, KADOMA, Ignatius A, HUANG, Xiaoling, HU, Weili, JOST, Kristy A, BELKIN, Mikhail A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.11.2022
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; SPINNING; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

The present invention is a multi-component fiber includes a core and a sheathing surrounding the core. The core includes a first aliphatic polyester or copolymer of an aliphatic polyester. The sheathing includes a second aliphatic polyester or copolymer of an aliphatic polyester or a polyamide, and a hydrophobic agent. The second aliphatic polyester or copolymer of an aliphatic polyester or a polyamide has a melt flow index of between about 0.5 and about 19.5 g/10 min using a 2.16 Kg weight at 190° C.