MACHINES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING RANDOM FIBER WEBS

• Main Authors: Tibbits, Joshua D, Raithel, David C, Baumgartner, Kyle J, Griffith, Blake R, Seifert, Jesse R, Breister, James C, Klinzing, William P, Lindberg, Jon A, Eaton, Warren D, Dunbar, Joseph A, Martin Bernia, Cristobal
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.11.2021
• 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; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

Methods apparatuses and systems of forming a random fiber web using pneumatic fiber feeding system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method can optionally comprise: providing a plurality of moveable apparatuses including a lickerin and a feeder, the lickerin configured to remove a plurality of fibers from a fibrous mat delivered to adjacent the lickerin by the feeder; doffing the plurality of fibers from the lickerin at a doffing location within the system; communicating an air supply to entrain the plurality of fibers with the air supply after the doffing; and collecting the plurality of fibers from the air supply to form the random fiber web.