Extrusion coated perforated nonwoven web and method for making

• Main Author: Cree, James W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.11.2020
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CUTTING; CUTTING-OUT; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORATING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; PUNCHING; SEVERING; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING; STAMPING-OUT; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A method for making an extrusion coated perforated nonwoven web. The method comprises the steps of extruding a molten polyethylene coating onto a nonwoven web, and aperturing the molten polyethylene coating through heat and pneumatic pressure differential to create microperforations therein at a den...