EP1005957B1 - Schleifvliesstoffrolle - Google Patents

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EP1005957B1
EP1005957B1 EP00103426A EP00103426A EP1005957B1 EP 1005957 B1 EP1005957 B1 EP 1005957B1 EP 00103426 A EP00103426 A EP 00103426A EP 00103426 A EP00103426 A EP 00103426A EP 1005957 B1 EP1005957 B1 EP 1005957B1
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Charlie A. Hanf
Louis S. Moren
Douglas S. Spencer
Laurie A. Windisch
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24D—TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
    • B24D11/00—Constructional features of flexible abrasive materials; Special features in the manufacture of such materials
    • 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
    • D04H1/413—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 containing granules other than absorbent substances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/02—Scraping
    • A47L13/06—Scraping with wire brushes or wire meshes
    • A47L13/07—Metal sponges
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges
    • A47L13/17—Cloths; Pads; Sponges containing cleaning agents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L17/00—Apparatus or implements used in manual washing or cleaning of crockery, table-ware, cooking-ware or the like
    • A47L17/04—Pan or pot cleaning utensils
    • A47L17/08—Pads; Balls of steel wool, wire, or plastic meshes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24D—TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
    • B24D11/00—Constructional features of flexible abrasive materials; Special features in the manufacture of such materials
    • B24D11/008—Finishing manufactured abrasive sheets, e.g. cutting, deforming
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24D—TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
    • B24D15/00—Hand tools or other devices for non-rotary grinding, polishing, or stropping
    • B24D15/04—Hand tools or other devices for non-rotary grinding, polishing, or stropping resilient; with resiliently-mounted operative surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24D—TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
    • B24D3/00—Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents
    • B24D3/02—Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent
    • B24D3/20—Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially organic
    • B24D3/28—Resins or natural or synthetic macromolecular compounds
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H18/00—Winding webs
    • B65H18/28—Wound package of webs
    • 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
    • D04H1/70—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres characterised by the method of forming fleeces or layers, e.g. reorientation of fibres
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/18—Form of handled article or web
    • B65H2701/184—Wound packages
    • B65H2701/1846—Parts concerned

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  • the present invention relates to surface conditioning products, and specifically to surface conditioning sheets comprising a lofty, non-woven abrasive article.
  • the abrasive article can be provided to the user in roll form.
  • the roll material has surfaces which interengage sufficiently to maintain the roll in a spirally wrapped configuration, yet are separable to allow roll unwinding.
  • the roll is perforated to permit sheet separation and removal therefrom.
  • US-A-4 227 350 describes a low density abrasive product comprising a web of lofty nonwoven material having abrasive particles bonded thereto by a binder.
  • This type of abrasive product is typically formed of crimped staple fibers which have been formed into a mat and impregnated with resinous binder and abrasive.
  • This material is made available commercially in a wide variety of types to provide many functions. It can be formed as a disc or wheel for mounting on a rotating axis, a belt, a pad for finishing equipment, such as floor treating pads or in sheet form for use as a hand pad.
  • cut sheets have been provided for use as hand pads in surface finishing applications, such as stripping, scuffing, cleaning or finishing work. Such sheets were provided to users in pre-cut form, sold individually or packaged in stacked form.
  • Such nonwoven abrasive material has also been available in roll form, typically wound on a support core (such as a cardboard core), and then lengths of nonwoven material could be cut to length as desired and removed from the roll.
  • nonwoven abrasive material hand pads have displaced (in many instances) steel wool pads as the desired surface conditioning product.
  • Steel wool pads shed metallic particles during use, which can lead to numerous problems (e.g., finish imperfections, rust stains, annoying or injurious splinters in a user's fingers, etc.).
  • steel wool pads tend to snag or tear during use, becoming non-uniform in terms of abrasive qualities and handling characteristics.
  • Prior art nonwoven abrasive material hand pads while avoiding the problem of shedding particles, have not been suitably conformable for the end user, and could not retain a folded or wadded shape. Even though the faces of the prior art nonwoven abrasive material pads are rough (i.e., abrasive) in nature, they do not engage or adhere on contact with one another. This feature, in combination with the thickness, stiffness and weight of the prior art nonwoven abrasive material prevented such material from maintaining a folded or wadded configuration. Another advantage that steel wool pads had over the prior nonwoven abrasive material hand pads was the ability to achieve a fine surface finish while providing a desired Bearing Ratio on the abraded surface.
  • prior nonwoven abrasive material has been provided to end users only in discrete hand pad or roll form.
  • a longitudinally extending web of nonwoven abrasive material such as web 11 in FIG. 1
  • Each web section 15 is then subjected to a longitudinally-disposed severing, along a plurality of separation lines 17, to form a plurality of pad members 19 therefrom.
  • the severing at each line 17 is not complete (a few strands of the nonwoven material are left uncut between adjacent pad members 19), so the pad members 19 remain connected as a web section 21.
  • Each web section 21 may be further processed for one or more manufacturing steps, including the stacking of several web sections 21, as illustrated at 23.
  • Adjacent stacks 25 of pad members 19 are separated by relative vertical movement (see, e.g., arrows 27 and 29) to break the few strands of nonwoven material that connect adjacent pad members 19 of the same web section 21, into in-process stacks 25.
  • Each separate stack 25 of pad members 19 is then further processed and packaged for distribution to end users, where each pad member 19 thus constitutes a discrete, nonwoven abrasive hand pad.
  • Mirka a Finnish company, has sold prior art nonwoven abrasive material in roll form, under the mark "MIRLON," where the roll of material (which is not self-engaging) is encased in a shrink-wrap material as delivered to the end user.
  • the nonwoven abrasive material is removed from this roll by unwinding it off of the innermost wrap of the roll, from adjacent the central axis of the roll, and cutting a piece to whatever length is desired.
  • the abrasive surface treatment material according to the present invention is defined in claim 1.
  • the present invention provides an improved means for packaging, delivering and dispensing lofty nonwoven abrasive surface treatment material.
  • a longitudinally extending web of such material is improved by providing a plurality of longitudinally spaced and laterally disposed weakened areas along the web to permit a user to readily and successively separate the web into a plurality of sheets of abrasive surface treatment material.
  • each weakened area is defined by perforations formed through the web.
  • a roll of lofty, nonwoven abrasive surface treatment material is improved by forming a roll to be self-binding, with successive wraps of the nonwoven material having opposed surfaces which interengage sufficiently to maintain the nonwoven material in a spirally-wrapped configuration, yet are sufficiently disengageable to permit unwinding of material from the roll.
  • a nonwoven material having such surface characteristics can be folded or wadded into a desired shape and will hold such shape, without immediately springing open to a more flattened state. Thus, a single sheet of such a material can be conformed to a shape as desired by the end user.
  • the nonwoven abrasive material is wrapped spirally about itself to form a roll which is coreless.
  • the material is unwound or removed from the roll from adjacent its innermost wrap, and a protective sheath is disposed about an outermost wrap of the roll.
  • the sheath is formed from a shrink-wrap process and, if desired, may bear product identifying indicia thereon.
  • the nonwoven abrasive article has an abrasive particle size and distribution which imparts a surface finish having values of Ra less than 10 microinches and a Bearing Ratio of between 15 and 60 percent, more preferably between 15 and 50 percent, and still more preferably between 15 and 40 percent.
  • a nonwoven abrasive article is especially well-suited for scuffing automotive finishes prior to the application of subsequent coatings, for example.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a roll of nonwoven abrasive surface treatment material formed and configured for use in connection with the present invention.
  • the nonwoven abrasive material described in more detail below, is initially formed as a longitudinal web 30, which is then spirally wrapped on a laterally disposed axis and configured as a roll 32.
  • the web 30 is generally unitary in formation, and has incrementally spaced weakened areas across the web, as indicated by perforations 34. Individual sheets or sections 36 of nonwoven abrasive material can thus be separated from the roll 32 successively, along their respective perforations 34.
  • the roll 32 is coreless (i.e., there is no core or central mandrel of other material centrally supporting the roll 32 in its final form as provided to the end user).
  • a central cylindrical hole or opening 38 is left adjacent the innermost wrap of the roll 32 to permit access to its interior (i.e., to the nonwoven abrasive material of the innermost wrap).
  • the sheets 36 are preferably separated from the roll 32 in a center-pull or center feed manner, being removed successively from the end of the roll's innermost wrap.
  • a dispenser 40 includes at least a side wall 42 surrounding the roll 32 and a bottom wall 44 supporting the roll 32.
  • the roll 32 can be loaded within the dispenser 40 so that its central opening 38 is aligned with a central port 46 in the bottom wall 44, to permit access to the end of the innermost wrap of the roll 32.
  • Single sheets 36 can then be accessed from the innermost wrap and readily separated from the remainder of the roll 32 along perforations 34, as desired by a user (such as by pulling on the exposed sheets in direction of arrow 48, as in FIG. 3, and particularly on end sheet 36a).
  • the dispenser 40 is suitably adapted for mounting, such as on a wall, stand or other support, at a height and location for ready user accessibility. All of the sheets 36 on a roll 32 can be dispensed in this manner, until the roll in the dispenser is used up and needs to be replenished with a new roll of nonwoven abrasive surface treatment material.
  • the lofty nonwoven abrasive surface treatment material itself has certain desired characteristics.
  • the nonwoven abrasive material is intended for use as a general purpose abrasive product in the areas of maintenance, degreasing, cleanup, repair, scuffing and detailing in automotive and general abrasive applications. It is desired that the nonwoven abrasive material provide the user a disposable abrasive product that is thin, useful and easy to dispense.
  • the surface characteristics of the nonwoven abrasive material are such that when spirally wrapped in a roll, successive layers of the material interengage or adhere together sufficiently to maintain the spirally wrapped roll configuration, but yet are readily disengageable to permit unwinding of material from the roll, either from adjacent an innermost wrap or an outermost wrap.
  • the individual sheets 36 formed from such nonwoven abrasive material have the ability to be folded or wadded into a desired shape by a user, and will retain that shape without immediately springing open.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a sheet 36 folded to a desired shape
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a sheet 36 wadded or crumpled upon itself.
  • the interengaging surfaces ofthe sheet 36, as folded or wadded, tend to hold the formed shape rather than allowing the sheet to spring open to its more flattened, manufactured state. This feature thus results in a very conformable or "scrunchable" sheet 36 of nonwoven abrasive material, which more closely imitates the feel and look of a conformable pad of steel wool.
  • the interengaging surfaces catch or snag on one another to help hold the folds or creases in place and overcome the resilient forces of the web material that tend to want to make the sheet spring open to a more flattened state.
  • This feature also permits the user to define other desired shapes. For example, a sheet can be wadded or rolled into a pencil-shaped configuration (with a tapered, cone-shaped end) which allows surface conditioning in otherwise inaccessible workpiece areas.
  • FIG. 6 shows a roll 32 as preferably provided to the end user.
  • an outer protective sheath 50 is provided around the outermost wrap of the roll 32.
  • This sheath 50 which is preferably formed from a polyethylene, poly(vinyl chloride), or polyester shrink-wrap tubing as is well known in the art, with poly(vinyl chloride) being more preferred, protects the outermost wrap, prevents the roll 32 from inadvertent unwrapping, and also provides a means for providing commercial information and product identifying indicia 52.
  • the shrink wrap sheath 50 completely covers the outermost wrap of the roll 32, but only partially covers its ends.
  • the shrink wrap sheath 50 is open (as at opening 54) adjacent the central axis ofthe roll 32 (and its opening 38) to permit dispensing of sheets 36 from the innermost wrap of the roll 32 without removing the shrink wrap sheath 50.
  • Low density open, nonwoven abrasive material and methods for manufacture thereof are described in U.S. Patent 2,958,593.
  • Alternative methods of preparing nonwoven abrasive materials are available, and include carding, wet-lay, air-lay and spunbond (as disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,227,350).
  • a light-weight open, nonwoven air-laid web is formed on a "Rando-Webber" machine, commercially available from the Rando Machine Corporation of Ard, New York.
  • the web is formed from 15 denier du Pont T852 (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Seaford Plant, Seaford, Delaware) a nylon crimp-set fiber with a staple length of one and one-half inches.
  • the weight of the fiber mat is approximately 15 grains per four inch by six inch sample (63 grams per square meter), and the thickness is approximately 0.200-0.250 inches (5.08-6.35 mm).
  • the fiber mat is conveyed to a horizontal, two-roll coater, where a prebond resin is applied at a weight of 15-19 grains per four by six inch sample (63-80 grams per square meter) wet.
  • the prebond resin has the following composition: Component Supplier Percentage Neste BB-077 Phenolic Resin Neste Resins Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 74.9 % Reactint Violet X80-LT Milliken Chemicals, Blacksburg, South Carolina 0.2 % Water 24.885 % "1520" Silicone Antifoam Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan 0.015 % This resin has a percent solids of 52.5% and a viscosity of 100-200 centipoise.
  • the "wet" mat After passing through the two-roll coater, the "wet" mat is conveyed to an oven which is maintained at a temperature of 190-195 degrees Celsius to initiate curing of the phenolic resin.
  • the web Upon exiting the oven, the web is conveyed to a spray booth where a resin/abrasive slurry is sprayed on the top portion of the web.
  • spray nozzles Within the booth, spray nozzles (which are mounted to reciprocate perpendicularly to the direction of web movement) apply the slurry at a weight of approximately 33 grains per four by six inch sample (138 grams per square meter).
  • the spray slurry has the following composition: Composition Supplier Percentage Neste BB-077 Phenolic Neste Resins Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 25.6 % Reactint Violet X80-LT Milliken Chemicals, Blacksburg, South Carolina 0.2 % Water 16.1% Calcium Carbonate 4.2% Aluminum Oxide (grade 280 and finer) 53.9%
  • the slurry has a percent solids of 76.3 percent and a viscosity of 400-600 centipoise.
  • the web After spraying with this slurry, the web is conveyed to an oven which is maintained at a temperature of 190-195 degrees Celsius to further cure the phenolic resin. Upon exiting the oven, the web is inverted top to bottom and a spray coat is applied to the underside of the web. This spray coat composition, application technique, application amount, and thermal processing are identical to the first spray coat. Upon exiting the final oven, the cured web is wound on a winding mandrel to form a large jumbo roll of nonwoven abrasive web material.
  • This jumbo roll is converted into finished product by first slitting the web into eight inch wide master rolls which are then unwound, laterally cut and perforated.
  • the preferred perforation blade is a four-tooth perforation (four perforations per inch), with each perforation cut being approximately 0.200 inch (5.08 mm) long, with the cuts spaced apart approximately 0.040 inch (1.016 mm).
  • Each perforated unwound master roll is then cut to a desired length and each cut length is rolled up for final packaging.
  • a shrink wrap or shrink wrap tube is applied around each final product roll and processed to shrink firmly around the roll, leaving holes of approximately four inches (10.16 cm) in diameter on the top and bottom of the roll, adjacent its central axis.
  • the final product is thus a shrink-wrapped, coreless roll of lofty, nonwoven abrasive surface treated material.
  • the roll width is eight inches (20.32 cm) and its length (unwound) is twenty feet (6.096 m).
  • the roll diameter (wound) is approximately nine inches (22.86 cm), and the center hole of the roll is approximately three inches (7.62 cm) in diameter.
  • the web is laterally perforated every four inches (10.16 cm), resulting in a total of 60 eight by four inch (20.32 cm by 10.16 cm) sheets of nonwoven material per roll.
  • the shrink wrap is formed from two to three mil, high clarity polyethylene shrink tubing, preprinted with the desired commercial end product and source identification information.
  • the shrink wrap likewise has a center hole (preferably also approximately four inch (10.16 cm) on both the top and bottom of the roll of nonwoven abrasive material.
  • This roll size and packaging thus results in a roll that is portable, protected and self-contained (or alternatively fits within most commercially available, wall-mount, center pull dispensers (e.g., existing dispensers for such products as paper towels and wipes), although the center hole in the bottom of the dispenser may need to be enlarged).
  • the shrink wrap allows the roll of nonwoven material to be readily carried as an individual, self-contained package of nonwoven abrasive material or dropped into such a dispenser without having to remove any of the roll's packaging material.
  • Alternative packaging and dispensing means will also suffice to dispense sheets of the nonwoven abrasive material, such as a Z-fold dispenser, a stack of sheets or a cored roll of the material with dispensing from the outermost roll.
  • rolls with webs as short as two feet (0.6096 m) or as long as 160 feet (48.768 m), with lateral widths of from one to sixteen inches (2.54 to 40.64 cm).
  • Roll diameter can be from two to twenty-four inches (5.08 cm to 60.96 cm), with a central opening diameter extending from zero up to about 16 inches (40.64 cm).
  • the perforations can be spaced longitudinally between a range of one inch (2.54 cm) (to form short strips) or up to 24 inches (60.96 cm) (to prepare long, foldable sheets of nonwoven abrasive material).
  • a preferred perforation arrangement for this specific example is specified above. This perforation arrangement was selected for the preferred embodiment based on an analysis of the linear force required to separate adjacent perforated sheets, using different perforation schemes. Samples of the nonwoven abrasive material made as described above were perforated using different perforation blades, and then tensile tested to break the perforations. Six different blade configurations were examined in this regard:
  • One inch wide strips of the above examples of nonwoven abrasive material (perforated laterally relative to web advance during web processing) were clamped into a constant rate of extension tensile testing machine, and evaluated using ASTM test method 16-82, the standard method for breaking load and elongation of textile fabrics using the cut strip option. Each strip was aligned with its perforation at its midpoint, and the force to separate the strip along its perforation was measured in pounds force, and the characteristic force recorded was the peak load.
  • the above example provides a nonwoven abrasive material formed in a two-roll coater process, where a first coating serves to bond the web fibers together and a second coating applies abrasive material to the web.
  • Other coating methods include roll coating and spray coating of abrasive-bearing coatings, including coating directly onto the bare fibers of the web, with no prebond coating.
  • nonwoven abrasive material was formed using the roll coating compositions and coating processes as follows: Component Roll Coat #1 Roll Coat #2 Roll Coat #3 Abrasive Roll Coat #1 Abrasive Spray Coat #1 Abrasive Spray Coat #2 Water 42.9% 24.96% 26.2% 22.62% 17.46% 29.1% Phenolic Resin 56.7% 74.64% 74.8% 22.62% 23.57% 29.4%
  • Surfactant FC-170C 0.2% 0.1% -- 0.11% -- -- "Reactint” Violet X80LT 0.2% 0.3% -- 0.22% 0.2% -- calcium carbonate -- -- -- 3.88% 4.24% -- "Carbopol” EZ-1 -- -- -- 0.22% -- -- aluminum oxide (grade 280 and finer) -- -- -- -- 50.33% 54.53% -- "Q2" antifoam -- -- 0.015% -- -- -- silicon carbide (grade 1000 and finer) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.5%
  • the phenolic resin is a condensate of a 1.96 to 1.0 formaldeh
  • Prebond Method refers to three options: phenolic, thermally bondable fiber or none.
  • the "phenolic” prebond method includes a resin roll coat step to bond the loose web fibers together, with an oven cure at 190-195 degrees Celsius.
  • the "thermally bondable fiber” prebond method includes no resin coating, but rather simply an oven heating of the web to bond the loose fibers together, again at 190-195 degrees Celsius.
  • the “none” prebond method includes no specific step to bond the loose web fibers together, but rather doing so in the course of applying the abrasive coating, via roll coating or spray coating.
  • Table 1 In addition to specifying which sample (e.g., samples A-L) were formed from which material, and subjected to which prebond, Table 1 also specifies the nature of the coating and their respective dry weights added to each sample by each of the coatings.
  • Test specimens were mounted in a three-point fixture having contact points comprising 1/8 inch (0.32 cm) diameter dowels spanning 1 inch (2.54 cm), the fixture being mounted in a constant rate of extension tensile testing machine. The test was initiated and the crosshead moved at 1 inch (2.54 cm) per minute to an initial limit of 2% strain. The force was then tared and the test continued to a final limit of 5% strain. The bending force in grams at 5% strain was recorded.
  • the self-engaging phenomenon was measured by overlapping two one by five inch (2.54 cm by 12.70 cm) strips of each of the nonwoven abrasive material samples and prior art end to end with a two inch (5.08 cm) overlap.
  • the overlapped strips were then placed on a vibratory feed motor with a one pound weight on top of the overlap.
  • the vibratory motor was a Syntron Magnetic Feeder, Model F-TOC, controlled by a Syntron Electric Controller, Model CSCR-1B, both available from FMC Corporation's Material Handling Equipment Division, Homer City, Pennsylvania.
  • the motor was run for 15 seconds at a controller setting of six.
  • the weight was then removed and a paper support was wrapped around the overlapped area to prevent movement during transport and securing in a tensile test fixture.
  • the ends of the strip were clamped into a constant rate of extension tensile testing machine, and evaluated using ASTM Test Method 16-82, the standard method for breaking load and elongation of textile fabrics using the cut strip option.
  • the force to pull the two strips apart was measured in grams force, and the characteristic force recorded was the peak load.
  • Table 2 presents the average measured values for the samples, both for samples A to L, and for five prior art nonwoven abrasive materials. To incorporate thickness and weight into the analysis, the required bending force was divided by the density of the nonwoven abrasive materials being tested. This combines the properties of thickness, weight and stiffness into one variable.
  • the five prior art nonwoven abrasive materials considered in these tests include three products from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing sold under the designation "SCOTCH-BRITE.” These three products are also further identified by product Nos. 96, 7447, and 7448. In Table 2, these products are identified as 3M-96, 3M-7447 and 3M-7448, respectively.
  • Another prior art nonwoven abrasive material considered is manufactured by Mirka of Finland, and is identified commercially as Mirka "MrRLON" surface finishing pad 18-111-447, grit very fine. In Table 2, this product is identified as Mirka-447.
  • the other prior art nonwoven abrasive material considered is manufactured by Norton of Worcester, Massachusetts. This product is identified commercially as Norton "BEAR-TEX" No. 747 general purpose hand pad, grit very fine. In Table 2, this product is identified as Norton-747.
  • a scratch test provides a means of comparing the surface finish imparted to a workpiece by the action of an abrasive article.
  • the test workpiece is a 15 inch x 15 inch x 0.25 inch thick (38.1 cm x 38.1 cm x 0.64 cm) acrylic sheet.
  • a number of 2 inch by 4.25 inch (5.1 cm by 10.8 cm) specimens are cut from the abrasive materials to be tested and placed in contact with the acrylic sheet.
  • the acrylic sheet is labeled to identify each test specimen.
  • a 2 inch by 4.25 inch (5.1 cm by 10.8 cm) weighted sanding block weighing 8.32 lbs (3.74 kg) is then placed across the test specimens such that the test specimens are compressed against the workpiece.
  • the sanding block is then linearly reciprocated across the 15-inch (38.1 cm) dimension of the acrylic sheet. Following 50 full cycles of abrading in this manner, the sanding block and test specimens are removed from the acrylic sheet, the sheet is cleaned with window cleaning solution and a paper towel, and surface finish is measured in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the abrasion at 4 equally-spaced places along the abraded length of the abraded track . The surface finish is measured using a "Perthen S6P" No. 680 0602 profilometer, available commercially from Feinpruf GmbH, Gottingen, Germany.
  • This device is capable of measuring and calculating many surface profile parameters, but for the purposes of this test, the parameters Average Roughness (Ra) and Bearing Ratio are recorded.
  • the Average Roughness is the arithmetic average of the depth of all sequential peak-to-valley scratches imparted to the surface along a test path and is measured in microinches. Values of Ra generally vary with the grade of abrasive particles present in the abrasive article.
  • the Bearing Ratio is a measurement by which one can examine imaginary "slices" or planes parallel to the abraded surface as they move deeper into the abraded surface and is expressed as a fraction (or percentage) of the abraded surface that would be a "bearing” surface if the imaginary slice were being supported at that distance from the surface of a test path. Such measurements provide a means for determining the uniformity of abrasion imparted by the test specimen and the shape of the resulting scratches. In practice, a reference point is chosen and the Bearing Ratio is calculated as the plane is incrementally moved deeper into the abraded substrate until it has progressed through the abraded surface, thereby generating a Bearing Ratio value of 1 (or 100%).
  • Bearing Ratio values at a test "slice" at a constant distance from the reference point are reported.
  • an abraded surface Bearing Ratio of approximately 15-60% is preferred, with a value of approximately 15-50% being more preferred, and a value of approximately 15-40% being still more preferred.
  • the Bearing Ratio is reported at the plane that is at a depth of 0.3 micrometers relative to the 0.0 reference plane.
  • the values reported in Table 3 are the average of specimen top and bottom sides. Ra is reported in microinches and Bearing Ratio is reported in percent.
  • Example Weight (grains/24in 2 (grams/m 2 )) Thickness (mils (mm)) Ra Ra standard deviation Bearing Ratio @ 0.3 micrometers
  • TypeS 117 (491) 345 (8.76) 8.49 0.32 40.8
  • Type S 113 (475) 412 (10.5) 3.28 0.32 91.8
  • Type S, (FR) 94 (395) 371 (9.42) 5.28 0.81 73.9 Standard 125 (525) 400 (10.2) 6.10 0.55 66.5 Norton 140 (588) 492 (12.5) 3.42 0.66 88.6 Mirka UK 88 (370) 360 (9.14) 9.77 0.40 33.6 Sia 83 (349) 401 (10.2) 11.93 0.82 24 Mirka 97 (407) 400 (10.2) 9.60 0.64 32.6 Steel Wool #2 - - 14.9 - - Steel Wool #0
  • the self-engaging nature or “scrunchability" of the nonwoven abrasive material adds a unique feature to the end product.
  • a roll of this material is wound and the end of the outermost wrap simply pressed against the previous wrap to maintain a self-adhering wrap of nonwoven abrasive material about the roll.
  • No tape, adhesive or mechanical fasteners are required to secure the successive wraps of nonwoven abrasive material together.
  • the product is essentially self-packaging.
  • the addition of the shrink wrap sheath is simply to increase durability, keep the product clean and provide a platform for product identification.
  • the nonwoven abrasive material is perforated to create a weakened area across the material for separating adjacent sheets of the material from the roll.
  • Any type of mechanical perforation method is applicable, including water jet perforation and mechanical blade perforation. Imparting a high degree stretch at specific points in the web, specific alignment of the fibers and various web formation methods can also create weakened areas across the web that could be used to enhance the separation or tear of adjacent sheets.
  • an air knife could be used to alter the web integrity in a line across the web for tearing purposes.
  • the desired objective during the dispensing operation is that all sheets remain contiguously attached until the innermost wrap (comprising one free end and at least two sheets with included perforations) is completely freed from the roll's center hole. Once the innermost wrap is free from the center hole of the roll (and end opening of optional protective sheath), it is then that an application of incrementally greater force may be applied to separate the end sheet from its adjacent sheet along the perforation therebetween. It is important that the force required to separate adjacent sheets be appropriate for the nonwoven abrasive material involved.
  • the perforation strength i.e., the force required to separate adjacent sheets such as exerted along arrow 48 in FIG.
  • the perforation strength must be greater than the interengagement strength, but less than the tensile or shear strength of the abrasive material itself.
  • abrasive sheets with high interengaging capacity will require a greater perforation strength in order to avoid premature separation of the sheets when dispensed from the center hole of the roll.
  • a wider roll will require a greater perforation strength since more interengagements must be overcome.
  • the roll center hole internal diameter i.d. affects the perforation strength requirements since, as the i.d. becomes larger, the sheets are more easily dispensed, and thus the perforation strength may be decreased.
  • the perforation strength requirements become less as the i.d. of the center hole becomes larger.
  • the end opening of the protective sheath is small in diameter (i.e., less than about 3 inches (7.62 cm))
  • the perforation strength requirement is higher than if the opening is relatively large (i.e., about 5 inches (12.7 cm) or more).
  • the abrasives specified are relatively aggressive abrasives.
  • An appropriate abrasive characteristic for the nonwoven material would be selected by a person of ordinary skill in the art, depending upon the workpiece and desired surface treatment. Thus, aggressive is a relative term dependent on these factors. It is understood that any abrasive, including a soft abrasive, a hard abrasive, or a mixture thereof will suffice in connection with a nonwoven material to create a nonwoven abrasive web having the inventive characteristics.
  • Soft abrasives having a Mohs hardness in the range of about I to 7, provide the nonwoven web material with a mildly abrasive surface.
  • soft abrasives include such inorganic materials as garnet, flint, silica, pumice, and calcium carbonate; and such organic polymeric material as polyester, poly(vinyl chloride), poly(methacrylic acid), poly(methylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, and particles of thermosetting polymers such as melamine-formaldehyde condensates.
  • Hard abrasives those having a Mohs hardness greater than about 8, provide the nonwoven web material with an aggressive abrasive surface.
  • hard abrasives examples include such materials as silicon carbine, aluminum oxide, topaz, fused alumina-zirconia, boron nitride, tungsten carbide, and silicon nitride.
  • the particle size of the abrasive material can be any desired size, but typical sizes are from about 80 grade (average diameter approx. 200 micrometers) to about 1000 grade (average diameter approx. 3 micrometers) or finer.
  • Such an article can be constructed, for example, with an abrasive particle and binder mixture in which the abrasive particles comprise approximately 40-80%, preferably approximately 66%, by dry weight of the binder and particle mixture, with an abrasive particle and binder mixture dry add-on weight of approximately 15-50 grains per 24 in 2 (63-210 grams/m 2 ) and preferably approximately 25 grains per 24 in 2 (105 grams/m 2 ).
  • nonwoven abrasive material can provide a surface finish comparable to that of #00 and #0000 steel wool.
  • Such an abrasive particle size can advantageously be used with the "scrunchable" nonwoven material described above, and can also be advantageously used in other, “non-scrunchable” nonwoven material.
  • Particle size distribution was measured with a Coulter Multisizer II, available from Coulter Electronics, Limited, Bedford, England. Particle size distributions (size reported in micrometers) of two batches of abrasive material suitable for use with the 1000 grade and finer embodiment are reported in Table 4 as volume percent.
  • the nonwoven material itself (a nonwoven three-dimensional lofty web of crimped or undulated synthetic fibers which are adhesively bonded at points of mutual contact with a binder material), without a specific coating of "abrasive" particles, may have the desired abrasive characteristics. Again, this is dependent upon the nature of the workpiece and the intended surface treatment for that workpiece.

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  1. Schleifmaterial (30) zur Oberflächenbehandlung, das. aufweist:
    eine Bahn aus lockerem Faservliesmaterial (30) mit Schleifmittelteilchen, die durch ein Bindemittel daran gebunden sind, wobei die Schleifmittelteilchen die Körnung 1000 und feiner aufweisen, wobei die Schleifmittelteilchen etwa 40 bis 80 Gew.-% vom Trockengewicht des Gesamtzusatzgewichts von Bindemittel und Schleifmittelteilchen bilden, und wobei das trokkene Zusatzgewicht von Schleifmittelteilchen und Bindemittel 63-210 g/m2 beträgt.
  2. Schleifmaterial nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Schleifmittelteilchen etwa 66% vom Trockengewicht des Gesamtzusatzgewichts von Bindemittel und Schleifmittelteilchen bilden, und wobei das trockene Zusatzgewicht von Schleifmittelteilchen und Bindemittel etwa 105 g/m2 beträgt.
  3. In Längsrichtung verlaufende Bahn aus lockerem Faservliesschleifmaterial (30) zur Oberflächenbehandlung, die ein Schleifmaterial zur Oberflächenbehandlung gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2 aufweist, und die ferner aufweist:
    mehrere in Längsrichtung beabstandete und in Querrichtung zur Bahn angeordnete geschwächte Bereiche (34), um zu ermöglichen, daß ein Anwender mühelos und nacheinander die Bahn in mehrere Schleifmaterialblätter (36) zur Oberflächenbehandlung trennen kann.
  4. Bahn nach Anspruch 3, wobei jeder geschwächte Bereich durch Perforationen (34) definiert ist, die in einer Bahn ausgebildet sind.
  5. Bahn nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, wobei die Bahn spiralförmig um sich selbst zu einer Rolle (32) aus Schleifmaterial zur Oberflächenbehandlung aufgewickelt ist.
  6. Rolle (32) aus lockerem Faservliesschleifmaterial zur Oberflächenbehandlung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei:
    die Rolle selbstbindend ist und aufeinanderfolgende Lagen des Faservliesmaterials einander gegenüberliegende Oberflächen aufweisen, die ausreichend ineinandergreifen, um das Faservliesmaterial in einer spiralförmig gewickelten Konfiguration zu halten, dabei aber lösbar sind, um das Abwickeln von Material von der Rolle zuzulassen.
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