EP0013127B1 - Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes non-tissées par liage de fibres organiques - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes non-tissées par liage de fibres organiques Download PDF

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EP0013127B1
EP0013127B1 EP79302960A EP79302960A EP0013127B1 EP 0013127 B1 EP0013127 B1 EP 0013127B1 EP 79302960 A EP79302960 A EP 79302960A EP 79302960 A EP79302960 A EP 79302960A EP 0013127 B1 EP0013127 B1 EP 0013127B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H3/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/08—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating
    • D04H3/14—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating with bonds between thermoplastic yarns or filaments produced by welding
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/54—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by welding together the fibres, e.g. by partially melting or dissolving
    • D04H1/542—Adhesive fibres
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/54—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by welding together the fibres, e.g. by partially melting or dissolving
    • D04H1/552—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by welding together the fibres, e.g. by partially melting or dissolving by applying solvents or auxiliary agents

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  • This invention relates to processes for bonding organic fibers. More specifically, the invention relates to such processes wherein water is utilized as an agent for effecting autogenous bonding of fibers constituting nonwoven webs.
  • Nonwoven fabrics and the utilization thereof are well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Such fabrics are prepared by forming a web of continuous filament and/or staple fibers.
  • Such webs, as formed are generally lacking in physical integrity and readily disintegrate when handled. Therefore, it is customary to increase the integrity of such webs by bonding the fibers constituting the web at fiber crossover points.
  • Fiber bonding has been successfully accomplished by mechanical entanglement of web fibers; application of adhesives; and autogenously by the use of heat or liquid or gaseous agents to soften the fibers and render them cohesive.
  • Autogenous bonding has been found particularly advantageous from the standpoint of providing fabrics of good strength without incorporating an adhesive having a composition differing from that of the fibers in the fabric.
  • strength can in some instances be improved and/or decorative fabric patterns or modified tactile properties provided by overall or intermittent compression of the softened fibers.
  • certain process difficulties have hitherto been associated with autogenous bonding. For example, in processes employing thermal softening of fibers, careful control of temperature (and pressure, if utilized) is required to obtain adequate bonding without complete melting resulting in destruction of the fibrous structure and/or sticking of the web to supports or pressure applying devices. Techniques using liquid softening agents must similarly be carefully controlled to prevent total web dissolution. Further, many liquid bonding agents and gaseous bonding agents, e.g. HCI, are corrosive to equipment and/or pose potential hazards to operating personnel if carelessly handled.
  • the process of the invention is one for making nonwoven fabrics, and is characterised by simultaneously compressing and heating a nonwoven wets of water bondable organic fibers, said web containing a bonding quantity of water; the compressive force, temperature, and time of exposure of the web thereto being correlated to effect autogenous fiber bonding sufficient to provide a wash-stable fabric but the correlation being such as not to effect autogenous bonding of fibers of an otherwise equivalent dry web sufficient to provide a wash-stable fabric.
  • a preferred process according to the invention is characterised by providing a bonding quantity of water in a nonwoven web of water bondable organic fibers and passing said web containing said water through and compressing said web in the nip of a pair of rolls at least one of which is heated; the compressive force, the roll temperature, and the rate of passage of the web through the nip being correlated to effect autogenous fiber bonding sufficient to provide a wash-stable fabric but the correlation being such as not to effect autogenous bonding of fibers of an otherwise equivalent dry web to - provide a wash-stable fabric.
  • a further preferred process according to the invention is characterised by providing a bonding quantity of water in a nonwoven web of nylon 6,6 continuous filament fibers; passing said web containing said water through and compressing said web in the nip of a pair of rolls at least one of which is heated and at least one of which is patterned to compress the web in spaced, discrete areas; the compressive force, roll temperature and rate of passage of the web through the nip being correlated to effect bonding in the spaced, discrete areas compressed sufficient to provide a wash-stable fabric but the correlation being such as not to effect bonding of fibers of an otherwise equivalent dry web sufficient to provide a wash-stable fabric.
  • water bondable fibers denotes any fibers which, in the form of a web containing a bonding quantity of water, can be bonded to form a wash stable fabric (a fabric exhibiting little or no pilling when subjected to a hereinafter described washing test) under a combination of compressive force, temperature and exposure time which will not effect such bonding in an otherwise identical dry web.
  • wash stable fabric a fabric exhibiting little or no pilling when subjected to a hereinafter described washing test
  • water bondable fibers suitable for processing in accordance with this invention include fibers derived from: polyhexamethylene adipamide, polycaproamide and other polyamides, acrylic and modacrylic polymers and copolymers and mixtures and blends thereof.
  • polystyrene resin e.g. nylon 6,6
  • Composite fibers including those having components which are not, alone, water bondable can be utilized.
  • a fiber having a nylon sheath and a polyester core or side-by-side bicomponent fibers or other multicomponent fibers having bondable surface portions can be utilized.
  • the fibers can be in the form of continuous filament or staple and, if desired, can be crimped or textured to provide elasticity or other desired characteristics to the finished fabric.
  • the water bondable fibers are processed in the form of nonwoven webs.
  • Such webs of bondable fibers can consist solely of water bondable fibers or can also contain other synthetic or natural fibers which are not bondable.
  • the manner of web formation is not critical. Generally webs are formed by deposition of fibers on a moving belt in either random or aligned orientation to provide a web having a weight 4 to 400 grams per square meter, preferably 10 to 250 grams per square meter. A particularly useful method of web formation is disclosed in United States Patent No. 3,452,615.
  • a bonding quantity of water is applied to the nonwoven web.
  • bonding quantity of water is meant a quantity such that subsequent compression of the web at elevated temperature effects fiber bonding adequate to provide a wash-stable fabric.
  • the minimum quantity of water required wilt vary somewhat depending on fiber composition, web structure, fiber denier, and bonding conditions. The maximum quantity usable is governed primarily by practical consideration of techniques available for water application and ability of the web to retain the water applied. In general, bonding will be adversely affected by inadequate water but the use of excess water presents no problems other than those associated with processing convenience and economics. Therefore, in practice, relatively large amounts of water (consistent with convenience of application and handling) will be applied to the web to ensure adequate bonding. Optimum amounts from the standpoint of bonding efficiency, processing convenience and economics can readily be determined by routine testing.
  • the bonding quantity of water can be applied to the web by a variety of techniques.
  • the web can be immersed in water by passing the web supported on a moving belt or similar means through a tray of water or under spray nozzles.
  • Humid atmospheres, mist chambers, wet rolls, etc, can also be employed to provide or facilitate obtaining a web containing the desired bonding quantity of water.
  • the web containing a bonding quantity of water is then simultaneously compressed and heated. Simultaneous compression and heating can be conveniently accomplished using a pair of mechanical compressive. means such as plattens or rolls with one or both of the compression means being heated. Preferably the wetted web is compressed in the nip of a pair of rotating rolls at least one of the rolls being heated. It is further found that when the rolls are adapted (e.g. via bosses or land and groove patterns) to compress the fabrics in spaced, discrete areas, fabrics having particularly desirable tactile properties in tetms of drape can be obtained.
  • the compressive force, temperature, and the duration of web exposure to such force and temperature must be correlated to effect fiber bonding sufficient to yield a wash-stable fabric.
  • the correlation is such that application of these processing conditions to an otherwise equivalent dry web does not provide a wash-stable fabric.
  • dry is used to denote a web containing equilibrium water content at 65% relative humidity at 22°C. A completely anhydrous web will, of course, also fail to yield wash-stable fabrics under such conditions.
  • the foregoing definition of the term "dry” is chosen to facilitate testing without necessity of rendering the samples anhydrous.
  • the roll or other pressing means will generally be heated to a temperature less than the fiber melting point (as determined for anhydrous fibers at atmospheric pressure). Generally, the temperature will be at least 100°C, and no less than 100°C. below the fiber melting point. At lower temperatures, effective bonding is generally not obtained in reasonable time regardless of the compressive force utilized.
  • Optimum temperatures (correlated with selected pressures) for various fibers can be determined by routine tests. For example, temperatures in the range 150°C-250°C. are generally satisfactory for bonding nylon 6,6; temperatures in the range 150°C-250°C: are also generally satisfactory for bonding acrylic fibers.
  • the duration of time in which the web is subjected to heating and compression can be regulated by conventional techniques, e.g. regulation of roll speed. Such time will be chosen to permit adequate heating of the web to effect bonding. In general, the use of higher temperatures lowers the exposure time required.
  • the overall web be compressed and heated. Excellent results are obtained by compressing and heating the web in a pattern defined by compressed (bonded) and uncompressed (unbonded) areas or in spaced discrete locations, for example, by use of bossed or engraved rolls or rolls having land and groove designs adapted to compress the web in such spaced, discrete locations.
  • the number of bond sites per square centimeter should be from 1 to 250, preferably 16 to 64 in order to provide desired physical properties.
  • various adhesion promoters can be used in conjunction with water to provide bonds of improved physical properties or permit use of somewhat lower temperatures and/or pressures.
  • the bonding quantity of water and the correlated compressive force and temperature will be such that wash-stable fabrics are obtained even in the absence of the adhesion promoter but such that wash-stable fabrics are not obtained in the absence of such bonding quantity of water. That is, the amount of adhesion promoter utilized will not, alone, effect wash-stable bonding of a dry web.
  • Suitable adhesion promoters include substances which form aqueous mixtures or solutions and/or which tend to facilitate rendering the fibers autogenously cohesive.
  • suitable adhesion promoters for nylon webs include inorganic and organic materials such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, formic acid, phenol, resorcinol, methanol, ethanol, etc. Reducing acids such as hydrochloric acid appear preferable to oxidizing acids because such acids have less tendency to effect polymer degradation.
  • Aqueous solutions of inorganic salts such as sodium iodides, calcium bromides, zinc chloride or magnesium chloride can also be used.
  • adhesion promoters for acrylonitrile polymer webs include ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, chloral hydrate, tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide,butyral- acetone and salts such as sodium thiocyanate, lithium iodide, calcium bromide, zinc chloride and magnesium chloride
  • Wash stability is determined as follows: Nonwpven fabric samples are mixed with at least 10 pieces of hemmed cotton sheeting each measuring about 91 cm x 91 cm. The number and size of the nonwoven fabric samples are subject to the following constraints:
  • the total weight of the cotton sheeting plus the nonwoven samples should not exceed about 1.8 kg. (These constraints assure comparable results).
  • the load is washed in a Kenmore Model 76431100 washing machine (marketed by Sears Roebuck & Co.) using the "normal" cycle (14 min.) "Hi” water level (55 1), HOT WASH, WARM RINSE (water temperatures of 60°C ⁇ 3°, 49°C. ⁇ 3°) and 90 g of American Association of Textile Colorists and Chemists Standard Detergent 124.
  • the wash load is then dried in a Kenmore electric dryer, Model 6308603 (marketed by Sears, Roebuck and Co.) for at least 30 minutes (or longer if required to dry'the entire load).
  • the test specimens are then evaluated by visual observation to determine the number of pills formed.
  • a pill is a visually discernible (usually roughly spherical) tangle of fiber, or fiber plus extraneous material, extending above the surface of a fabric and connected to the body of the fabric by one or more filaments.
  • a fabric is considered to fail the test when 5 or more pills are observed in any 929 square centimeters surface area or when more severe physical deterioration is visually discernible. Fabrics passing the above test are considered "wash-stable".
  • the pills are predominantly formed by fibers which were not bonded in the process or which, in test procedure, were freed from bond sites.
  • the degree of pilling provides a measure of the efficacy of the process for forming bonds and a measure of the resulting bond integrity.
  • more severe fabric deviation than pilling, e.g. complete disintegration may be observed.
  • fabrics which do not pass the test even if not totally or partially disintegrated in the test) will not withstand substantial physical stress or repeated washings with excessive deterioration.
  • Breaking Load and Elongation are determined by American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) procedure D-1 682-64.
  • Bending Length is determined by ASTM procedure D-1388-64.
  • Trapezoid Tear Strength is determined by ASTM procedure D-2263-68.
  • Strip Tenacity is determined by dividing the breaking load of a cut strip by the strip basis weight and is expressed as g/cm/g/m 2 ,
  • the bond sites are evaluated microscopically by examining both sides of the web with a stereo microscope and physically by subjecting the web to a tensile stress. The size of the bond on each side is measured and compared to the size of the boss portion of the embossed roll. Desirable bond sites are those wherein the bond is the same size on both sides of the web and also approaches the size of the boss portion.
  • a dissecting needle is scratched along the bond while the sample is examined microscopically. This procedure can indicate how firmly filaments are held together within the bond site. Samples, approximately 2.54 cm square, are slowly stretched in an extensiometer and the fibers are observed within the bond sites. The location of fiber failure is an indication of fiber fusion within the bond site.
  • the bond sites are rated on a scale from 0 to 5. An explanation and description of the ratings is as follows: Fabrics having a bond rating of 3 or greater are generally wash-stable.
  • press pressure refers to the positive force, expressed in kilograms per linear centimeter, compressing the rolls together. This force includes mechanical, pressure utilized to compress the rolls, together with the compressive effect attributable to the weight of the rolls. In the case of bossed rolls, it is assumed for purposes of calculation, that all of the pressure is exerted at the boss points and a "corrected pressure" is calculated accordingly.
  • a series of nonwoven webs of nylon 6,6 continuous spun fibers were prepared. These webs were then sandwiched between two fiber glass screens and immersed in water at room temperature. Excess water was removed so that about 20-30 percent by weight of the uncompacted web weight remained. The water wetted webs were then pressed at 9.1 meters/min. under a pressure of 17.4 kg/linear cm in either of two modes. In one mode the two press rolls consisted of a smooth resilient rubber roll at 40°C., and a smooth metallic roll heated to various temperatures as shown in Table I. In.the second mode a rubber roll was used with a heated embossed metallic roll.
  • the embossed roll had 48 square boss sites/cm 2 which were aligned in a square pattern and covering about 15 percent of the surface area of the roll. When correcting for the 15% pattern coverage (assuming all pressure is applied to only the boss sites), the corrected pressure at the roll nip was 115.9 kg/cm. Embossed roll temperatures are shown in Table I. The results of tests performed in accordance with the procedures herein described on the bonded fabrics obtained from these webs are reported in Table I, below.
  • Example II The purpose of this example is to measure the effect of bonding .webs that have absorbed lower quantities of water than the webs of Example I. The moisture was sorbed by long exposures to moist air at 65 and 98% R.H. Similar fibers were used and the process conditions of Example I are the same. All of the webs were pressed with a heated embossed roll having the same pattern as the roll described in Example I. Details of tests performed on the bonded fabrics obtained from these webs appear in Table II.
  • a series of nonwoven webs of nylon 6,6 continuous spun fibers were prepared. These webs were then wetted with water by spraying. Water was applied to one side of the web with a pneumatic atomizing nozzle having a flat spray. The nozzle, housed in a Plexiglass chamber, was mounted over a moving belt that transported the uncompacted webs through the spray. The amount of water deposited onto the web was varied by changing air pressure, rate of water feed to the nozzle and varying belt speed. The amount applied to the webs varied from 20 to 94 percent add-on by weight (based on the anhydrous web). The wet webs were pressed at 9.1 m/min. between a hard rubber roll at 40°C.
  • the embossed roll had 28 square boss sites/cm 2 , which were aligned in a square pattern. The pattern covered about 18 percent of the fabric area.
  • Sample 1 was pressed with 96.7 kg/linear corrected pressure and the remaining samples were pressed with 252.5 kg/linear cm corrected pressure to insure better heat transfer and good abrasion resistance for both sides of the bonded web. As web basis weight increased, higher press roll temperatures were required because of the increased mass of fiber and water. Details of tests performed on the bonded fabrics obtained from these webs appear in Table III.
  • a 44.1 g/m 2 nonwoven web of acrylic stable fibers. was prepared.
  • the web was sprayed with water using a hand-held spray apparatus with an atomizing nozzle.
  • the wetted web was then pressed at 357.2 kg/linear cm corrected pressure between a smooth resilient rubber roll at 40°C. and a smooth metallic roll heated to 185°C.
  • the web speed through the rolls was 10.7 m/min., bending length of the bonded fabric was 3.48 cm and the strip tenacity was 18.3 g/cm/g/m 2 .
  • Nonwoven webs comprised of 3 denier per filament continuous filament nylon 6,6 and having a weight of 34 gms/m 2 were processed by passing the web through the nip of a pair of heated steel rolls at a speed of 3.9 meters per minute.
  • One of the rolls carried bosses, the tips of which defined a pattern of rectangles (having sides measuring 1.65 and .71 mm) and rhomboids (having sides measuring 1.65 mm and .65 mm) alternating in axial and circumferential rows.
  • the longer dimensions of the rectangle were circumferentially oriented and longer dimensions of the rhomboids were axially oriented.
  • the rhomboids and rectangles were positioned such that extensions of their longitudinal center lines bisect the adjacent parallelograms.
  • the parallelograms are spaced by a distance of 1.36 mm.
  • the rectangles are spaced .67 mm. from the acute apexes of the rhomboid and 1.12 mm. from the obtuse apexes.
  • the inclination (position of acute and obtuse apexes) of the rhomboids is reversed in successive axial rows.
  • the bossed roll had about 19 bosses per cm 2 , covering about 21.2% of the roll surface.
  • the remaining roll had a smooth surface.
  • the rolls each had diameters of about 12.7 cm. and both rolls were maintained at 180°C.
  • the rolls were either set at the fixed spacings indicated in Table V below or positive roll pressure was applied as indicated. Prior to passage through the rolls, water was added to certain webs as indicated.
  • the samples of fabric produced were tested for wash-stability and the results are reported in the table.
  • Nonwoven webs comprised of 3 denier per filament continuous filament nylon 6,6 and having a weight of 68 gms/m 2 were processed in the manner described in Example VI above. Process conditions and results obtained are shown in Table VI below.
  • Nonwoven webs comprised of 3 denier per filament nylon 6 staple fibers (5 cm length) and having the weights indicated in Table VII below were processed in the manner described in Example VI above utilizing roll temperatures and other process conditions as shown in Table VII. Test results are shown in the table.

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1. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu non tissé, ce procédé consistant simultanément à comprimer et à chauffer une nappe non tissée de .fibres organiques pouvant être liées par l'eau, cette nappe contenant une quantité d'eau pour la liaison, caractérisé en ce que la quantité d'eau est suffisante pour effectuer une liaison des fibres adéquate pour fournir un tissu stable au lavage sous la force de compression et la température appliquées; la force de compression, la température et le temps d'exposition de la nappe faisant l'objet d'une corrélation pour effectuer une liaison spontanée des fibres suffisante pour fournir un tissu stable au lavage, mais la corrélation étant telle qu'elle n'effectue pas une liaison spontanée des fibres d'une nappe sèche autrement équivalente suffisante pour fournir un tissu stable au lavage.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le chauffage et la compression simultanés sont effectués en faisant passer la nappe contenant l'eau à travers, en la comprimant, l'intervalle de deux rouleaux dont l'un au moins est chauffé et dont l'un au moins est pourvu de configurations pour comprimer la nappe dans des surfaces espacées, finies.
3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, où le rouleau pourvu de configurations a une configuration d'emplacements à protubérance disposés pour fournir un tissu ayant une configuration de 16 à 64 emplacements de liaison espacés, finis par centimètre carré, les emplacements de liaison recouvrant 3% à 50% de la surface du tissu.
4. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque rouleau a une configuration de rainures et de zones plates agissant avec la configuration de rainures et de zones plates de l'autre rouleau pour fournir un tissu ayant une configuration de 16 à 64 emplacements de liaison espacés, finis, par centimètre carré, ces emplacements de liaison recouvrant 3% à 50% de la surface du tissu.
5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, dans lequel la nappe contenant une quantité d'eau pour la liaison renferme de manière supplémentaire un produit favorisant l'adhérence.
6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les fibres pouvant être liées par l'eau sont des fibres d'homopolymère.
7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, dans lequel les fibres pouvant être liées par l'eau ont des points de ramollissement supérieurs à 200°C.
8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans lequel les fibres pouvant être liées par l'eau sont des fibres de nylon 6.
9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans lequel les fibres pouvant être liées par l'eau sont des fibres de nylon 6,6.
10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 7, dans lequel la température des rouleaux est en-dessous du point de fusion des fibres mais pas plus de 100°C en-dessous du point de fusion des fibres.
11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 8, dans lequel la nappe a un poids sec de 10 à 250 grammes per mètre.
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