PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SUBMICRON FIBER, AND NONWOVEN FABRIC AND ARTICLE CONTAINING THE NONWOVEN FABRIC

• Main Authors: HAYES MICHAEL W, KRAUSE TIMOTHY, AYDORE SAVAS, JOHNSON MICHAEL H, XU HAN, CHHABRA RAJEEV, ISELE OLAF ERIK ALEXANDER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.04.2015
• Subjects: 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; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TRIMMINGS; WADDING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce consistently high-quality submicron fibers for disposable articles in a more efficient manner at commercially significant output levels.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for producing submicron fibers, more specifically, a process and apparatus for forming submicron fibers by fibrillation of polymer films, and provides nonwoven fabric materials and articles incorporating the submicron fibers. 【課題】使い捨て品のための、ばらつきなく高品質なサブミクロン繊維をより効率的な方法で商業的に意味のある生産高で生産する。【解決手段】本発明は、サブミクロン繊維を生産するプロセスおよび装置、より具体的には、ポリマーフィルムをフィブリル化することでサブミクロン繊維を形成するプロセスおよび装置、ならびにそのサブミクロン繊維を組み込んだ不織布素材および物品、を提供する。【選択図】図１