EP0260974B1 - Fibres à deux composants contenant du polypropylène et du polyéthylène - Google Patents

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EP0260974B1
EP0260974B1 EP87308249A EP87308249A EP0260974B1 EP 0260974 B1 EP0260974 B1 EP 0260974B1 EP 87308249 A EP87308249 A EP 87308249A EP 87308249 A EP87308249 A EP 87308249A EP 0260974 B1 EP0260974 B1 EP 0260974B1
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    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
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    • D01F6/04—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from polyolefins
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    • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
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  • Blends consisting of polypropylene and polyethylene are spun into fibers having improved properties.
  • Polypropylene (PP) fibers and filaments are items of commerce and have been used in making products such as ropes, non-woven fabrics, and woven fabrics.
  • US-A-4,578,414 discloses additives for making olefin polymer fibers water-wettable, including blends of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
  • PE polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • US-A-4,518,744 discloses melt-spinning of certain polymers and blends of polymers, including polypropylene (PP).
  • JP-A-56-159339 and JP-A-56-159340 disclose fibers of mixtures of polyester with minor amounts of polypropylene.
  • a “monofilament” also known as (a.k.a.) monofil refers to an individual strand of denier greater than 15 (1.7 tex), usually greater than 30 (3.3 tex);
  • a “fine denier fiber or filament” refers to a strand of denier less than 15 (1.7 tex);
  • a “multi-filament” (a.k.a.
  • multifil refers to simultaneously formed fine denier filaments spun as a bundle of fibers, generally containing at least 3, preferably at least 15-100 fibers and can be several hundred or several thousand;
  • staple fibers refer to fine denier strands which have been formed at, or cut to, staple lengths of generally 1 to 8 inches (2.5 to 20 cm);
  • extruded strand refers to an extrudate formed by passing polymer through a forming-orifice, such as a die.
  • a “fibril” refers to a superfine discrete filament embedded in a more or less continuous matrix.
  • thermoplastic polymer can be extruded as a coarse strand or monofilament
  • many of these, such as polyethylene and some ethylene copolymers have not generally been found to be suitable for the making of fine denier fibers or multi-filaments.
  • Practitioners are aware that it is easier to make a coarse monofilament yarn of 15 denier (1.7 tex) than to make a multi-filament yarn of 15 denier (1.7 tex).
  • the mechanical and thermal conditions experienced by a bundle of filaments, whether in spinning staple fibers or in multi-filaments yarns are very different to those in spinning monofilaments.
  • Low density polyethylene is prepared by polymerizing ethylene using a free-radical initiator, e.g. peroxide, at elevated pressures and temperatures, having densities in the range, generally, of 0.910-0.935 g/cm3.
  • the LDPE sometimes called "I.C.I.-type" polyethylene is a branched (i.e. non-linear) polymer, due to the presence of short-chains of polymerized ethylene units pendent from the main polymer backbone.
  • HPPE high pressure polyethylene
  • High density polyethylene is prepared using a coordination catalyst, such as a "Ziegler-type” or “Natta-type” or a “Phillips-type” chromium oxide compound. These have densities generally in the range of 0.94 to 0.98 g/cm3 and are called “linear" polymers due to the substantial absence of short polymer chains pendent from the main polymer backbone.
  • Linear low density polyethylene is prepared by copolymerizing ethylene with at least one ⁇ -olefin alkylene of C3-C12, especially at least one of C4-C8, using a coordination catalyst such as is used in making HDPE.
  • LLDPE Linear low density polyethylene
  • These LLDPE are "linear", but with alkyl groups of the ⁇ -olefin pendent from the polymer chain. These pendent alkyl groups cause the density to be in about the same density range (0.88-0.94 g/cm3) as the LDPE; thus the name "linear low density polyethylene” or LLDPE is used in the industry in referring to these linear low density copolymers of ethylene.
  • Polypropylene is known to exist as atactic (largely amorphous), syndiotactic (largely crystalline), and isotactic (also largely crystalline), some of which can be processed into fine denier fibers. It is preferable, in the present invention, to use the largely crystalline types of PP suitable for spinning fine denier fibers, sometimes referred to as "CR", or constant rheology, grades.
  • US-A-4,181,762, US-A-4,258,097, and US-A-4,356,220 contain information about olefin polymer fibers, some of which are monofilaments.
  • US-A-4,076,698 discloses methods of producing LLDPE and discloses extrusion of a monofilament.
  • US-A-4,584,347 discloses in general terms the manufacture of xerogel fibers from dilute solutions of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene or polypropylene containing a polymeric additive which can be LDPE, LLDPE or HDPE but there is no exemplification of a PE/PP mix.
  • US-A-4,563,504 discloses the manufacture of mono-oriented yarns from a mixture of 10-40 weight percent polypropylene and 60 to 90 weight percent ethylene ⁇ -olefin copolymer. The components can be mixed in the solid or molten state.
  • US-A-4,632,861 discloses that the melt spinning of LDPE is improved by blending LDPE with polyproplyene in the amounts of 65-95 weight percent LDPE and 5 to 35 weight percent PP.
  • the resultant fibers have PP dispersed in a PE continuous phase. Comparative examples having 40:60 and 20:80 LDPE:PP are given but the patent teaches that PP content below 35 weight percent is require for satisfactory spinning.
  • CA-A-1199746 discloses mixtures of 40 to 90 weight percent LLDPE to improve the flexibility, capacity for hot and cold drawing, and strength of PP for blow-molding, extrusion drawing or thermoforming. No reference is made to spinning fibers.
  • Skoroszewski (“Parameters Affecting Processing of Polymers and Polymer Blends", Plastics & Polymers, Volume 40, No. 147, pages 142-152, July 1972) discloses stretched polypropylene film fibers containing LDPE and teaches that LDPE contents above 20 weight percent drastically affect the tenacity of the products.
  • JP-A-52072744, JP-A-58011536, JP-A-58206647 and JP-A-5904132 disclose moulding compositions comprising polypropylene and polyethylene but make no reference to fiber manufacture.
  • JP-A-52072744 discloses compositions containing 70 to 98 weight percent polypropylene, 1 to 14 weight percent ethylene/but-1-ene random copolymers and 1 to 15 weight percent LDPE.
  • JP-A-58011536 discloses compositions comprising an ethylene propylene random copolymer, containing 3 to 9 weight percent ethylene, and a LLDPE.
  • JP-A-58206647 discloses a composition comprising polypropylene, LDPE and LLDPE.
  • JP-A-59041342 discloses compositions containing 60 to 95 weight percent LLDPE and 5 to 50 weight percent polypropylene.
  • DE-A-3544523 discloses the production of biconstituent fibers by a process in which a finely dispersed mixture of polypropylene and 5 to 20 wt. %, preferably 10 to 20 wt. %, polyethylene is melt spun.
  • the biconstituent fibers have higher polyethylene density near the fiber surface, where the polyethylene fibrils are axially oriented.
  • the polyethylene can be LLDPE.
  • the invention provides a biconstituent fiber consisting essentially of polypropylene as a continuous phase, having distributed therein 20 to 45 percent by weight of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) fibrils as a dispersed phase arrayed in a substantially omni-directionally splayed manner, said LLDPE having a melt flow rate (as measured in accordance with ASTMD-1238 (E)) in the range of 12 to 120 g/10 min.
  • LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
  • a process of preparing a biconstituent fibers which comprises intimately mixing molten polypropylene (PP) and molten linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), having a melt flow rate (as measured in accordance with ASTM D-1238 (E)) in the range 12 to 120 g/10 min in the PP:LLDPE weight ratio 80:20 to 55:45 to disperse the LLDPE in the PP and maintaining the dispersion until the mixture, as an extrudate, is expelled from a spinning die to form a fiber in which LLDPE fibrils, as a dispersed phase, are arrayed in a substantially omni-directional splayed manner.
  • PP molten polypropylene
  • LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
  • Figs. 1-4 are provided herewith as visual aids for relating certain properties of blends described in this disclosure.
  • the polyethylene for use in this invention is LLDPE with a molecular weight of the polyethylene in the moderately high range, as indicated by a melt index, M.I., (a.k.a. melt flow rate, M.F.R.) value in the range of from 12 to 120, preferably 20 to 100 g/10 min, especially 50 ⁇ 20 g/10 mins, as measured by ASTM D-1238(E) (190°C/2.16 Kg).
  • M.I. melt index
  • M.F.R. melt flow rate
  • the comonomer ⁇ -olefin alkylenes in the LLDPE are, in the C3-C12 range, especially C4 to C8 and particularly 1-octene.
  • Butene (C4) can be used, but 1-octene is preferred.
  • Mixtures of the alkylene comonomers may be used, such as butene/octene or hexene/octene in preparing the ethylene/alkylene copolymers.
  • the density of the LLDPE is dependent on the amount of, and the molecular size (i.e. the number of carbons in the alkylene molecule) of, the alkylene incorporated into the copolymer.
  • alkylene comonomer used, the lower the density; also, the larger the alkylene comonomer, the lower the density.
  • an amount of alkylene comonomer is used which results in a density in the range of 0.88 to 0.94, most preferably 0.92 to 0.94, especially 0.92 to 0.93 g/cm3.
  • An ethylene/octene copolymer having a density of around 0.925 g/cm3, an octene content in the range of from 5 to 10 percent and a M.F.R. of 50 ⁇ 20 g/10 min. is very effective for the purposes of this invention.
  • the weight ratio of PP/PE can range from 80/20 to 55/45, but is preferably in the range of 78/22 to 60/40, most preferably in the range of 75/25 to 65/35.
  • An especially preferred range is 72/28 to 68/32.
  • melt-mixing is important due to generally acknowledged immiscibility of the PP and PE.
  • An intensive mixer-extruder is required which causes, in the blender, on the one hand, molten PE to be dispersed in the molten PP and the dispersion maintained until the mixture, as an extrudate, is expelled from the spinning die.
  • Polymer blends of PP and PE prepared in such a mixer are found to be useful, strong, and can be extruded into products where the immiscibility is not a problem.
  • the so-formed extrudate of a mixture which contains more PP than PE is spun and drawn into fibers, the molten PE globules become extruded into fibrils within the polypropylene matrix.
  • An important, novel feature of the fibers is that the fibrils of PE are diverse in their orientation in the PP fiber. A larger fraction of PE particles is found close to the periphery of the cross-section of the PP fibers, and the remaining PE particles are spread in the inner portions of the PP fiber.
  • the size of the PE particles is smallest at the periphery of the fiber's cross-section and a gradual increase in size is evidenced toward the center of the fiber.
  • the frequency of small particles at the periphery is highest, and it decreases toward the center where the PE particles are largest, but spread apart more.
  • the PE fibrils near the periphery of the PP fiber's cross-section are diverse in the direction in which they are oriented or splayed, whereas close to the center of the PP fiber the orientation is mostly coaxial with the fiber.
  • these fibers will be referred to herein as blends consisting of PP as a continuous phase, and containing omni-directionally splayed PE fibrils as a dispersed phase.
  • each PE fibril in the cross-section is dependent on whether one is viewing a PE fibril sliced at right angles to the axis of the PE fibril at that point or at a slant to the axis of the PE fibril at that point.
  • An oval or elongate shaped section indicates a PE fibril cut at an angle.
  • An elongate shaped section indicates a PE fibril which has skewed from axial alignment to a transverse position.
  • the mixer for preparing the molten blend of PP/PE preferably is a dynamic high intensity mixer, especially one which provides 3-dimensional mixing. Insufficient mixing will cause non-homogeneous dispersion of PE in PP resulting in fibers of inconsistent properties, and tenacities lower than that of the corresponding PP fibers alone.
  • a 3-dimensional mixer suitable for use in the present invention is disclosed in a publication titled "Polypropylene--Fibers and Filament Yarn With Higher Tenacity", presented at International Man-Made Fibres Congress, September 25-27, 1985, Dornbirn/Austria, by Dr. Ing. Klaus Schafer of Barmag, Barmer Maschinen-Fabrik, West Germany.
  • the distribution of PE fibrils in a PP matrix are studied by using the following method:
  • the fibers are prepared for transverse sectioning by being attached to strips of adhesive tape and embedded in epoxy resin.
  • the epoxy blocks are trimmed and faced with a glass knife on a Sorvall MT-6000 microtome.
  • the blocks are soaked in a mixture of 0.2 gm ruthenium chloride dissolved in 10 ml of 5.25 percent by weight aqueous sodium hypochlorite for 3 hours. This stains the ends of the fibers with ruthenium to a depth of about 30 micrometers.
  • the blocks are rinsed well and remounted on the microtome.
  • Transverse sections of fibers in epoxy are microtomed using a diamond knife, floated onto a water trough, and collected onto copper TEM grids.
  • the grids are examined at 100 KV accelerating voltage on a JEOL 100C transmission electron microscope (TEM). Sections taken from the first few micrometers, as well as approximately 20 micrometers from the end are examined in the TEM at magnifications of 250X to 66,000X.
  • the polyethylene component in the samples are preferentially stained by the ruthenium. Fiber sections microtomed near the end of the epoxy block may be overstained, whereas sections taken about 20 micrometers away from the end of the fibers are more likely to be properly stained.
  • Scratches made by the microtome knife across the face of the section may also contain artifacts of the stain, but a skilled operator can distinguish the artifacts from the stained PE.
  • the diameter of PE fibrils near the center of the PP fiber have been found to be, typically, on the order of about 350 to 500 angstrom (35 to 50 nm), whereas the diameter of the more populace fibrils near the periphery edge of the PP fiber have been found to be, typically, on the order of about 100 to 200 angstrom (10 to 20 nm). This is in reference to those which appear under high magnification to be of circular cross-section rather than oval or elongate.
  • dimensionally stable it is meant that upon storing a measured fiber for several months and then remeasuring the tenacity, one does not encounter a significant change in the tenacity. A change in tenacity indicates that stress relaxation has occurred and that fiber shrinkage has taken place. In many applications, such as in non-woven fabrics, such shrinkage is considered undesirable.
  • polypropylene By using 20 percent to 45 percent polyethylene in the polypropylene one obtains increased tenacity as well as obtaining better "hand” than with polypropylene alone. By using between 25 percent to 35 percent, especially 28 percent to 32 percent, of polyethylene in the polypropylene one also obtains a substantially dimensionally stable fiber.
  • a substantially dimensionally stable fiber is one which undergoes very little, if any, change in tenacity during storage.
  • a ratio of polypropylene/polyethylene of 70/30 is especially beneficial in obtaining a dimensionally stable fiber.
  • 50 percent to 90 percent polyethylene in the blend a reduction in tenacity may be observed, but the "hand" is noticeably softer than polypropylene alone.
  • a greater draw ratio gives a higher tenacity than a lower draw ratio.
  • a draw ratio of, say 3.0 may yield a tenacity greater than PP alone, but a draw ratio of, say 2.0 may not give a greater tenacity than PP alone.
  • a blend of 80 percent by weight of PP granules (M.I., 230°C/2.16 kg, about 25 g/10 min. and density of 0.910 g/cc) with 20 percent by weight of LLDPE (1-octene; M.I. of 50 g/10 min.; density of 0.926 g/cm3) is mechanically mixed and fed into an extruder maintained at about 245 to 250°C where the polymers are melted.
  • the molten polymers are passed through a 3-dimensional dynamic mixer mounted at the outlet of the extruder.
  • the dynamic mixer is designed, through a combination of shearing and mixing, to simultaneously divide the melt stream into superfine layers, and rearrange the layers tangentially, radially, and axially, thereby effecting good mixing of the immiscible PP and LLDPE.
  • the so-mixed melt is transported from the dynamic mixer, by a gear pump, through a spinnerent having 20,500 openings.
  • the formed filaments are cooled by a side-stream of air, wound on a take-up roller, stretched over a preheated heptet of Godet rollers (90° to 140°C), run through an air-heated annealing oven (150° to 170°C), followed by another heptet of Godet rollers (100° to 140°C), before crimping and cutting of the continuous fibers into 38 mm staple fibers.
  • Appropriate spin-finishes are applied to aid the operation.
  • the stretch ratio is 3.1X.
  • the resulting fibers have about 20 cpi (crimps per inch) (8 crimps per cm) and the titre is in the range of 2.0-2.5 dpf (denier per filament) (0.22 - 0.28 tex per filament).
  • the mechanical properties of the fibers, measured 3 weeks after production, are as follows (average of 15 randomly sampled fibers): Titre of 2.14 dpf (0.238 tex per filament); tenacity (tensile at break) of 4.73 g/denier (0.417 N/tex); elongation (at break) of 52 percent.
  • the "hand" (softness) was judged better than that of similar PP fibers alone.
  • This example is like Example 1 above except that 30 weight percent of the LLDPE and 70 weight percent of the PP is used.
  • This example is like Example 1 above except that the LLDPE contains 1-butene instead of 1-octene. It also has M.I. of 50 g/10 min., a density of 0.926 g/cm3, and comprises 20 percent by weight of the blend.
  • Table IA illustrates the change in properties when measured about 120 days following the initial measurements shown in Examples 1-3 above.
  • TABLE IA Example Ratio PP/PE DENIER TENACITY (g/denier) ((N/tex)) ELONGATION (%) First Measure Second Measure First Measure Second Measure First Measure Second Measure 1 80/20 2.14 (0.238) 2.81 (0.312) 4.73 (0.417) 3.41 (0.301) 52 70 2 70/30 2.66 (0.296) 2.69 (0.299) 3.23 (0.285) 3.37 (0.297) 61 72 3 80/20 2.24 (0.249) 3.00 (0.333) 3.93 (0.347) 2.99 (0.264) 48 63
  • the 70/30 blend (Example 2) in the tables above exhibited very little change in tenacity; this is an indication that these particular biconstituent fibers show unusual permanency of strength, affected very little by stress relaxation during storage.
  • the 70/30 blend is found to form a high strength non-woven structure (about 2650 gm. force (26.0 N) to break a 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide strip) when thermally bonded at about 148°C under 700 psi (4.8 MPa) pressure to form a 1 oz./yd2 (34 g/m2) fabric.
  • the following described blends are used, wherein the PP used in each is a highly crystalline PP having a M.F.R. of 25 g/10 minutes as measured by ASTM D-1238 (230°C, 2.16 Kg) and the M.F.R. of the PE's are measured by ASTM D-1238 (190°C, 2.16 Kg).
  • All of the PE's are LLDPE's identified as: PE-A - LLDPE (1-octene comonomer), 50 M.F.R., 0.926 density PE-B - LLDPE (1-octene comonomer), 105 M.F.R., 0.930 density PE-C - LLDPE (1-octene comonomer), 26 M.F.R., 0.940 density PE-D - LLDPE (1-butene comonomer), 50 M.F.R., 0.926 density Blends made of the above described polymers are made into fibers in the manner described hereinbefore, the results of which are shown below in Table II. TABLE II Run No. PE Used Wt.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates some of the data for PE-A.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates some of the data for PE-B.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates some of the data for PE-C.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates some of the data for PE-D.
  • Thermal bondability of biconstituent fibers are demonstrated using a PE/PP blend of 30/70 wherein PE-A is employed. After being stored for 150 days after spinning, thermal bonding is tested by preparing 10 samples of 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide slivers using a rotaring device, such as is commonly used in the industry, aiming at 1 oz. per yd2 (34 g/m2) web weight. Results of the 10 measurements are normalized to 1 oz. per yd2 (34 g/m2). The pressure between the calanders during the thermal bonding is maintained constant at 700 psig (4.8 MPa) in preparing fabrics. Listed below are the bonding temperature and corresponding tensile force, in grams, required to break the fabric.
  • the typical break force usually obtained for PP base fabrics is 2500 ⁇ 150 grams and the typical range usually obtained for LLDPE is 1300-1500 grams.
  • fibers are prepared using a melt temperature in the range of 180° to 260°C, preferably 200° to 250°C. Spinning rates of 20 to 150 m/min. are preferred. Stretch ratios in the range of 1.5-5X, preferably 2.0-3.0X are preferred. At excessive Godet rolls temperatures, sticking of the fibers to the rolls may take place. A proper choice of a spinfinish would tend to aleviate or minimize this, within a reasonable temperature range.
  • the diameter of the PE fibrils which are contained in the fibers are all of sub-micrometer size and most of them have a diameter of less than about 0.05 micrometers.
  • the fibers may be of any denier size
  • the preferred denier size is less than 30 (3.3 tex) and the most preferred denier size is in the fine denier range of 0.5 to 15 (0.05 to 1.7 tex), especially in the range of 1 to 5 (0.1 to 0.6 tex).
  • the fibers of this invention are useful in a variety of applications, such as non-wovens, wovens, yarns, ropes, continuous fibers, and fabrics such as carpets, upholstery, wearing apparel, tents, and industrial applications such as filters and membranes.
  • blends over the range of PP/PE ratios of 20/80 to 90/10 exhibit surprisingly good strength during extrusion and are not subject to the breaking one normally obtains from blends of incompatible polymers.

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  1. Fibre à deux composants essentiellement constituée de polypropylène en tant que phase continue, comportant, réparties dans celle-ci, des fibrilles de polyéthylène basse densité linéaire (PEbdl) en tant que phase dispersée, caractérisée en ce que ledit PEbdl a un indice de fluidité à chaud [mesuré selon ASTM D-1238) (E)] dans la plage allant de 12 à 120 g/10 min et constitue de 20 à 45 % en poids de la fibre, et lesdites fibrilles de celle-ci sont disposées de façon à s'étendre pratiquement dans toutes les directions.
  2. Fibre selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit PEbdl a une densité dans la plage allant de 0,92 à 0,94 g/cm³.
  3. Fibre selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle ledit PEbdl a une teneur en comonomère alcène dans la plage allant de 3 à 20 % en poids du PEbdl.
  4. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la fibrille a un titre inférieur à 3,3 tex (30 deniers).
  5. Fibre selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle la fibre a un titre dans la plage allant de 0,05 à 1,7 tex (0,5-15 deniers).
  6. Fibre selon la revendication 5, dans laquelle la fibre a un titre dans la plage allant de 0,1 à 0,6 tex (1-5 deniers).
  7. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le PEbdl a un indice de fluidité à chaud de 20 à 100 g/10 minutes.
  8. Fibre selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle l'indice de fluidité à chaud est de 50 ± 20 g/10 min.
  9. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le PEbdl a une densité de 0,92 à 0,93 g/cm³.
  10. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le comonomère alcène contient de 4 à 8 atomes de carbone.
  11. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le polyéthylène constitue de 25 à 35 % en poids du total.
  12. Fibre selon la revendication 11, dans laquelle le polyéthylène constitue de 28 à 32 % en poids du total.
  13. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les fibrilles de polyéthylène ont une taille inférieure au micromètre et, pour la majeure partie d'entre elles, un diamètre inférieur à 0,05 micromètre.
  14. Fibre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit comonomère alcène est le 1-octène.
  15. Fibre selon la revendication 14, dans laquelle le PEbdl a une densité d'environ 0,925 g/cm³, une teneur en octène de 5 à 10 % et un indice de fluidité à chaud de 50 ± 20 g/10 min.
  16. Procédé de fabrication de fibres à deux composants, comprenant l'expulsion, à travers une filière, d'un mélange intime de polypropylène (PP) fondu et de polyéthylène basse densité linéaire (PEbdl) fondu, caractérisé en ce que ledit PEbdl a un indice de fluidité à chaud [mesuré selon ASTM D-1238 (E)] dans la plage de 12 à 120 g/10 min et le rapport pondéral PP:PEbdl vaut de 80:20 à 55:45, ce par quoi les fibres comportent des fibrilles de PEbdl disposées de façon à s'étendre pratiquement dans toutes les directions.
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16, dans lequel le mélangeage est effectué au moyen d'un appareil de mélangeage dynamique en trois dimensions.
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 16 ou 17, dans lequel les composants du mélange sont ceux spécifiés dans l'une quelconque des revendications 2, 3, 7 à 12, 14 et 15 et/ou le mélange est filé pour donner des fibres telles que revendiquées dans l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 6 et 13.
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