EP3108052B1 - Reinigungstuch - Google Patents

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EP3108052B1
EP3108052B1 EP15702647.7A EP15702647A EP3108052B1 EP 3108052 B1 EP3108052 B1 EP 3108052B1 EP 15702647 A EP15702647 A EP 15702647A EP 3108052 B1 EP3108052 B1 EP 3108052B1
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Andreas Eisenhut
Jörg Dunkel
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08CLEANING
    • B08BCLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B08B1/14Wipes; Absorbent members, e.g. swabs or sponges
    • B08B1/143Wipes
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING 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
    • D04H1/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40Non-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
    • D04H1/44Non-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 the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling
    • D04H1/46Non-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 the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres
    • D04H1/498Non-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 the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres entanglement of layered webs
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING 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
    • D04H3/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/005Synthetic yarns or filaments
    • D04H3/009Condensation or reaction polymers
    • D04H3/011Polyesters
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING 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
    • D04H3/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/016Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the fineness
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING 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
    • D04H3/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/018Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the shape

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  • Textile physical properties of cleaning wipes can be controlled via the chemical and textile-physical properties of the fibers or filaments forming them.
  • the fiber or filament raw materials are selected according to the desired chemical or physical properties, for example with regard to their colorability, chemical resistance, their thermoformability, their Schmutzment- or their adsorption capacity.
  • the modulus and force-strain properties of the fibers or filaments are u. a.
  • the material properties which can be controlled by the choice of the degree of crystallization and / or orientation and the cross-sectional geometry in order to influence the bending stiffness, the force absorption or the specific surfaces of the individual fibers or filaments.
  • the sum of the textile-physical properties of the fibers or filaments forming a textile fabric is also controlled by the weight per unit area.
  • microfiber nonwovens are both a high Have life and good handling, especially when soaking, wringing and wiping, a good cleaning efficiency, a good resistance to mechanical wear and / or provide a specific water balance.
  • One way to combine different properties in a cleaning cloth is to combine with the selected type of production of the fabric (for example, as a woven or knitted fabric or as a nonwoven fabric) different types of fibers together.
  • fabrics, knits or knitted fabrics which contain thicker fibers in combination with microfibers show a good durability and at least initially satisfactory performance properties.
  • a disadvantage of these fabrics, however, is that they are more expensive to produce than nonwovens.
  • knits in particular have insufficient retention capacity for microfibers. It was found that after about 400 industrial washing cycles (according to DIN EN ISO 155797) the microfiber components are almost completely removed. This is reflected in a significant deterioration in the performance characteristics, such as manageability, skin sensor, cleaning efficiency or water balance.
  • Nonwovens containing microfibers are significantly easier to manufacture compared to woven, knitted or knitted fabrics.
  • Nonwovens are structures of limited length fibers (staple fibers), filaments (continuous fibers) or cut yarns of any kind and of any origin which have been somehow joined together to form a nonwoven (fibrous web) and interconnected in some way.
  • Microfiber nonwovens basically have excellent properties in the removal of dirt and in the absorption and release of liquids, especially water, on.
  • On the known microfiber nonwovens is disadvantageous that their durability, especially with frequent washing in industrial washing cycles, is limited, which is reflected for example in a occurring after about 200 industrial washing cycles hole formation in the nonwovens. For professional cleaning applications, these 200 wash cycles mean, for example, daily sanitizing laundry will last less than a year.
  • Another way to combine truly contradictory properties with each other in one sheet is to produce Composites of two or more fabrics.
  • the individual sheets can be produced separately and then joined together by known joining methods, such as sewing, gluing, laminating.
  • Multi-component spunbonded fabrics which have a titer gradient. That's how it describes EP 1 619 283 A1 Multi-component spunbonded nonwovens consisting of at least two polymers forming interfaces with one another, which originate from at least one spinning device with uniform spinneret openings and which are hydrodynamically stretched, laid down in a planar manner and solidified together either as individual layers or as a multi-component composite.
  • the invention here has the object of developing the known microfiber nonwovens to the effect that they have good mechanical properties, in particular a good Treasurewaschbe Partix with good performance characteristics, a good thermophysiological comfort, pleasant skin sensor and optics, good water management (absorption and water release, preferably evenly) and a offer good cleaning efficiency.
  • EP 1696064 describes a cleaning cloth containing a combination of split fibers and / or meltblown fibers with coarser fibers.
  • the layers can be single layers or layer composites, with nonwoven fabrics made of split fibers representing the outer layers.
  • This document neither describes nor suggests a cleaning cloth having a washing resistance to industrial hot washing cycles. Rather, it is directed to the production of cleaning wipes for personal care, especially baby wipes. However, these products are disposable and are not intended to be cleaned, let alone in industrial hot wash cycles.
  • WO 2004009347 describes a method of making a nonwoven composite comprising the steps of a) providing a first layer containing continuous split fibers, b) splitting the continuous split fibers into split filaments, c) superimposing the first and second layers, the second layer containing staple fibers, and d) Needling of the first and second layers to the nonwoven composite.
  • the staple fibers pulp Preferably, the staple fibers pulp.
  • EP 1613802 describes a water-jet needled nonwoven fabric based on multicomponent fibers.
  • a method for producing a multilayer structure is described in which applied to the multicomponent fiber layer another fiber layer with absorbent material and the layer composite is water jet needle punched.
  • absorbent material according to page 19 preferably pulp with fiber lengths of up to 2.5 mm is used.
  • WO 2006102360 describes wipes made of micro- and nanofibers. Among other things, a three-layer composite is described in which the inner layer is a spunbond.
  • the invention further relates to a process for producing such a cleaning cloth and to the use of the products obtained thereafter.
  • the cleaning cloth according to the invention is characterized in that it contains extremely fine microfilaments in synergistic combination with coarser fibers.
  • the two fiber components are at least partially in layers, which are at least partially arranged alternately with respect to the cross section of the microfiber composite nonwoven fabric.
  • the mechanical properties and the durability can be markedly improved by the special combination of the layers of fine and coarse fibers in an alternating arrangement.
  • the cleaning cloth according to the invention exhibits excellent durability washing resistance, especially in heavy-duty industrial hot washing cycles.
  • the nonwoven fabric offers satisfactory performance properties such as good thermo-physiological comfort, a pleasant skin sensor and optics, good water management and a good cleaning efficiency.
  • the good mechanical strength in terms of pilling, abrasion, and wash resistance of the nonwoven fabric of the present invention is due to the high entanglement of the fine filaments in their manufacture, i. during splitting or during the solidification process, for example during needling and / or hydroentanglement of the composite elements is achieved.
  • the filaments of the first fiber component are interlaid at least partially engulfed with the fibers of the second fiber component ("tentacle effect").
  • This effect can be achieved, for example, by first forming a layer composite ABA or even larger layer composites, for example a layer composite ABABA, from initially unconsolidated or merely preconsolidated nonwovens of the first and second fiber components, and then a splitting or solidification step for the entire layer composite is carried out.
  • the fine filaments of the first fiber component obtained in the splitting are distributed in the Z direction, that is, in the direction of the cross section of the nonwoven fabric.
  • This distribution can comprise several layers and leads to a particularly intensive connection of the individual layers. Practical experiments have shown that the elementary filaments are transported further into the other layers the finer they are.
  • the first fiber component has melt-spun composite filaments deposited to form a nonwoven.
  • filaments according to the invention are understood to mean fibers which, unlike staple fibers, have a theoretically unlimited length.
  • Composite filaments consist of at least two elementary filaments and can be split and solidified into elementary filaments by conventional grit methods such as water jet needling.
  • the composite filaments of the first fiber component according to the invention are at least partially split into elementary filaments. The degree of splitting is advantageously more than 80%, more preferably more than 90% and in particular 100%.
  • the proportion of the elementary filaments of the first fiber component is at least 20% by weight. Practical experiments have shown that a particularly high washing resistance can be produced in combination with good performance properties if the proportion of these elementary filaments of 20 wt .-% to 60 wt .-%, in particular from 30 wt .-% to 50 wt .-% , based on the total weight of the nonwoven fabric.
  • the proportion of the elementary filaments of the first fiber component in the respective layer A for example in an outer layer A or in an inner layer A of 80 wt.% To 100 wt.% , preferably from 90% by weight to 100% by weight, in particular 100% by weight, in each case based on the total weight of the layer A.
  • the respective layers A contain, in addition to the first fiber component, further fibers.
  • the outer layers A consist entirely of elementary filaments of the first fiber component.
  • An advantage of the use of composite filaments as starting material for producing the elemental filaments is that the titer of the elementary filaments produced from them can be adjusted in a simple manner by varying the number of elementary filaments contained in the composite filaments. In this case, the titer of the composite filaments can remain constant, which is advantageous in terms of process technology.
  • Another advantage of using the composite filaments is that in addition the ratio of thicker and thinner filaments in the nonwoven fabric can be controlled in a simple manner by varying the degree of splitting of the composite filaments.
  • nonwoven fabrics having a particularly high washing strength in combination with good performance properties can be obtained when the average denier of the elementary filaments of the first fiber component is between 0.01-0.1 dtex, in particular from 0.03 dtex to 0.06 dtex is.
  • elementary filaments having this denier can be obtained by splitting composite filaments having a titer of from 0.02 to 6.4 dtex, preferably from 0.06 to 3.8 dtex.
  • the elementary filaments can be formed in cross-section circular segment-shaped, n-sided, or multilobal.
  • the composite microfiber nonwoven fabric of the present invention is one in which the composite filaments have a cross-section of orange-slit-like or "pie" multisegment structure, which segments may contain various alternating incompatible polymers.
  • the composite filaments have a cross-section of orange-slit-like or "pie" multisegment structure, which segments may contain various alternating incompatible polymers.
  • hollow-pie structures that can also have an asymmetrically axially extending cavity. Pie structures, in particular hollow-pie structures, can be split particularly easily.
  • the orange-slit or pie-pie arrangement advantageously has 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 or 64 segments, particularly preferably 16, 24 or 32 segments.
  • the proportion of the first fiber component in the nonwoven fabric is preferably at least 40 wt .-%, more preferably from 40 wt .-% to 60 wt .-%, in particular from 45 wt .-% to 55 wt .-%, each based on the total weight of the nonwoven fabric.
  • the composite filaments comprise filaments which contain at least two thermoplastic polymers.
  • the composite filaments comprise at least two incompatible polymers.
  • Incompatible polymers are to be understood as meaning those polymers which in combination do not give only limited or poorly adhering pairings.
  • Such a composite filament has a good cleavability in elementary filaments and causes a favorable ratio of strength to basis weight.
  • polyolefins As incompatible polymer pairs, polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides and / or polyurethanes are preferably used in such a combination that does not result in only limited or difficultly adhesive pairings.
  • the polymer pairs used are particularly preferably selected from polymer pairs with at least one polyolefin and / or at least one polyamide, preferably with polyethylene, such as polypropylene / polyethylene, polyamide 6 / polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate / polyethylene, or with polypropylene, such as polypropylene / polyethylene, polyamide 6 / polypropylene or Polyethylene terephthalate / polypropylene.
  • Polymer pairs with at least one polyamide or with at least one polyethylene terephthalate are preferred because of their conditional bondability, and polymer pairs with at least one polyolefin are particularly preferably used because of their poor bondability.
  • Polyesters preferably polyethylene terephthalate, polylactic acid and / or polybutylene terephthalate on the one hand, polyamide, preferably polyamide 6, polyamide 66, polyamide 46 on the other hand, if appropriate in combination with one or more further polymers which are incompatible with the abovementioned components, have been preferably selected as particularly preferred components made of polyolefins proved to be particularly useful. This combination has excellent cleavability.
  • the combination of polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide 6 or of polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide 66 is very particularly preferred.
  • the proportion of the second fiber component in the nonwoven fabric is preferably at least 30 wt .-%, preferably from 40 wt .-% to 60 wt .-%, in particular from 45 wt .-% to 55 wt .-%, each based on the total weight of nonwoven fabric.
  • the respective layers B contain further fibers in addition to the second fiber component.
  • the respective layers B advantageously contain, in addition to the second fiber component, fibers of the first fiber component. These may have been introduced, for example during solidification and / or splitting, from the layers A into the layer B. As a result, a higher entanglement of the layers and thus a higher strength can be obtained.
  • the second fiber component comprises staple fibers having an average titer of 0.1 to 3 dtex and a length of 20 mm to 60 mm.
  • staple fibers in contrast to filaments having a theoretically unlimited length, fibers with a limited length, and according to the invention from 20 mm to 60 mm to understand.
  • the fibers of the second fiber component can be made of a variety of materials. Particularly suitable are polymers, especially plastics, in particular the plastics already discussed above with regard to the first fiber component but also natural materials.
  • the selection of the fibers of the second fiber component expediently depends on the respective fields of application in which the nonwoven fabric is to be used. As suitable for many applications, filaments have been found. These may be present as monocomponent filaments and / or composite filaments.
  • the fibers of the second fiber component are at least partly as Composite filaments before and are at least partially split into elementary filaments.
  • at least a part of these elementary filaments has a titer of 0.1 to 3 dtex. Most preferably, all of these elementary filaments have this titer.
  • Such elementary filaments can be obtained by splitting composite filaments having a titre of 0.2 to 24 dtex.
  • Another advantage of using the composite filaments is that the titer of the individual elementary filaments can be adjusted in a simple manner by varying the number of elementary filaments contained in the composite filaments.
  • the ratio between thicker and thinner filaments in the nonwoven fabric can be controlled. Practical experiments have shown that when the degree of splitting of the composite filaments is adjusted to at least 60%, more preferably at least 70%, even more preferably 80% to 100%, particularly good pilling properties can be obtained.
  • a further advantage is that in this embodiment a solidification of the nonwoven fabric can preferably be effected by a common splitting of the two composite filament components, for example by hydroentanglement. This procedure allows a particularly intensive cross-layer entanglement of the elementary filaments formed during the splitting, so that the obtained composite nonwoven fabric has a particularly good durability.
  • the type and structure of the composite filaments may correspond to those discussed above for the first fiber component.
  • the composite filaments of the second fiber component preferably consist of 2, 4, 8, 16 elementary filaments and more preferably of 4 or 8 elementary filaments.
  • the fibers of the second fiber component may be monocomponent filaments and / or a blend of composite filaments with monocomponent filaments.
  • the mean titer of the filaments of the first fiber component is significantly below the mean titer of the fibers of the second fiber component.
  • Practical experiments have shown, however, that it is useful for the setting of high strength and good service properties, when the fibers of the second fiber component have an average titer which is not more than 30 times, preferably not more than ten times the average titer of the filaments the first fiber component is.
  • the ratio of the average filament titre of the filaments of the second fiber component to the average filament titer of the filaments of the first fiber component is from 6 to 16, preferably from 8 to 12. It has been found that nonwoven fabrics with such a ratio have a particularly high delamination resistance.
  • an essential characteristic of the nonwoven fabric according to the invention is the alternating arrangement of layers of fibers with large and small fiber titers.
  • Particularly preferred is an arrangement in which the fiber layers are traversed with high titre of filaments from the fiber layers with a low titer at least partially ("tentacle effect").
  • the outer fine filaments which due to the lower mechanical strength and rigidity per se have a higher pilling tendency (fibers can be easily released from the composite by mechanical stress), are better anchored in the overall composite of the nonwoven fabric. This can be done in particular by the above-mentioned "tentacle effect", which binds them better in the adjacent layers with filaments of larger titers.
  • At least part of the surface of the nonwoven fabric is formed by the elementary filaments with a titre of less than 0.1 dtex. Accordingly, advantageously at least one, preferably both, of the surfaces of the nonwoven fabric are formed at least 50%, preferably 60-100%, of the elementary filaments with a titer of less than 0.1 dtex.
  • the structure and composition of the surface can be determined, for example, by means of SEM images.
  • the provision of the fine filaments on the outside of the nonwoven fabric has the advantage that internal threads or filaments of any kind, but especially the coarse fibers of the second fiber component, can be mechanically stabilized.
  • the surface of the nonwoven fabric is characterized by advantageous performance characteristics and by an advantageous aspect and handle.
  • the formation of the alternating arrangement of coarse and fine fibers in the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention can be carried out, for example, by layers containing filaments of the first fiber component and layers containing filaments of the second fiber component prepared separately and joined together in the desired arrangement.
  • the Connection of the layers can be effected by known joining methods, such as sewing, gluing, laminating, and / or mechanical needling, wherein the individual layers are optionally solidified.
  • the connection of the layers is particularly simple in the context of a hydroentanglement of the composite filaments contained in the nonwoven fabric.
  • the layers can also be pre-consolidated separately before the connection.
  • both the fibers of the first and second fiber components are composite filaments which are at least partially split into elementary filaments.
  • a solidification of the nonwoven fabric is preferably carried out by a common splitting of the two composite filament components. This can be done, for example, by first forming a layer composite of nonwovens of the first and second fiber components and then solidifying them, for example by means of water jets. This procedure allows a particularly intensive cross-layer entanglement of the elementary filaments formed during the splitting, so that the obtained composite nonwoven fabric has a particularly good durability.
  • the degree of splitting, in particular of the first fiber component is as high as possible.
  • the proportion of the respective elementary filaments of the first or second fiber component in the layers is advantageously more than 80% by weight, more preferably 85 to 100% by weight.
  • all layers A contain at least partially split Pie 24 filaments, Pie 32 filaments and / or Pie 64 filaments. It is also conceivable that all layers B at least partially split Pie 8 filaments or Pie 4 filaments contain. Also conceivable is an arrangement in which one or more layers contain B Pie 8 filaments and other layers B Pie 16 filaments and / or Pie 4 filaments.
  • the layers such that the layers B containing the fibers of the second fiber component are located inside the nonwoven fabric while the layers A containing the filaments of the first fiber component are at least on the surfaces of the nonwoven fabric are arranged.
  • the outer layers of fine filaments can surprisingly effectively protect the inner layers, despite their fine deniers and their resulting mechanical sensitivity, which, as explained above, leads to the formation of a particularly stable composite layer and good long-term use properties.
  • This effect may possibly be due to the fact that the fine filaments obtained in the splitting step in the Z-direction solidification step, i. in the direction of the cross section of the nonwoven fabric.
  • This distribution can comprise several layers and leads to a particularly intensive connection of the individual layers. Practical experiments have shown that the elementary filaments are transported further into the adjacent layers, the finer they are.
  • the nonwoven fabric according to the invention contains at least two layers A which contain filaments of the first fiber component and at least one layer B which contains filaments of the second fiber component.
  • the alternating base position sequence ABA is obtained.
  • the layer B into the interior of the composite layer, it is possible to obtain a composite nonwoven having outstanding durability become.
  • the fact that the outer sides of the nonwoven fabric are formed by the layers A, the nonwoven fabric also shows very good performance characteristics.
  • the base layer sequence ABA according to the invention can be extended by further alternating layers A and B.
  • layer sequences are thus ABABABA, ABABABABA etc. it is conceivable that one or more layers A comprises a plurality of sub-layers A 'and / or one or more layers B a plurality of sub-layers B'.
  • the titer of the fibers in the respective documents may be the same or different from each other.
  • the outer layers are each formed by the layers A in the layer sequences.
  • the layer sequences are advantageously characterized by an alternating arrangement of the layers A and B. As explained above, however, it is likewise conceivable for the layer sequence to have further layers which are different from A and B.
  • all layers A and / or B each have fibers with the same fiber titer. These embodiments are advantageous because they allow a particularly easy production of the nonwoven fabric.
  • different layers A (and / or B) and / or sub-layers A '(and / or B') have fibers with different fiber titers. This is advantageous in that the properties of the nonwoven fabric can be adjusted very targeted and page-related.
  • the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention may also contain further layers.
  • the further layers are formed as reinforcing layers, for example in the form of a scrim and / or that they comprise reinforcing filaments, nonwovens, woven fabrics, knitted fabrics and / or scrims.
  • Preferred materials for forming the further layers are plastics, for example polyesters, and / or metals.
  • the further layers form the outer layers of the nonwoven fabric.
  • the further layers are arranged in the interior of the nonwoven fabric between the layers A and B.
  • the polymers used to make the filaments of the composite nonwoven fabric may contain at least one additive selected from the group consisting of color pigments, antistatic agents, antimicrobials such as copper, silver, gold, or hydrophilization or hydrophobing additives in an amount of 150 ppm to 10% by weight. , contain.
  • the use of said additives in the polymers used allows adaptation to customer-specific requirements.
  • the basis weights of the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention are adjusted depending on the desired application. As for many applications have useful basis weights, measured according to DIN EN 29073, in the range of 10 to 500 g / m, preferably from 20 to 300 g / m 2 , and in particular from 30 to 250 g / m proved.
  • the composite microfiber nonwoven fabric according to the invention is characterized by excellent mechanical properties.
  • the microfiber composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention is characterized by a high durability. It has thus been found that exemplary nonwoven fabrics according to the invention have no holes even after 850 industrial washing cycles according to DIN EN ISO 155797.
  • microfiber composite nonwoven fabric is further characterized by an easily adjustable tear propagation force according to DIN EN ISO 155797.
  • microfiber composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention is characterized by a moisture content that is easily adjustable.
  • the microfiber composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention can be produced in a manner known to the person skilled in the art. A process has proven to be particularly simple in which at least one first fiber layer comprising filaments of the first fiber component and at least one second fiber layer comprising filaments of the second fiber component are produced and joined together.
  • the process for producing the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention is carried out as follows: First, the individual fiber layers are spun separately, stored to a fleece and optionally pre-consolidated, for example by needling. Subsequently, the fiber layers are joined together.
  • connection of the individual layers can be brought about by known joining methods, such as sewing, gluing, laminating, calendering and / or needling.
  • connection of the individual layers is particularly preferably carried out by alternately arranging layers with fibers of the first fiber component and layers with fibers of the second fiber component after their production and subsequently solidifying them directly, for example by means of mechanical consolidation and / or hydrofluidic treatment, and simultaneously bonding them together.
  • the composite nonwoven fabric can be solidified from the outside in, optionally split and intimately intertwined with the inner coarser filaments.
  • This procedure allows a particularly effective use of the filaments with a low filament titer, since the fine filaments are transported very deeply into the nonwoven fabric and there evidently, owing to their entanglement, lead to a particularly effective stabilization of the composite "tentacle effect".
  • the solidification and splitting of the fiber layers takes place according to the invention in that the optionally preconsolidated nonwoven composite is subjected at least once on each side with high-pressure water jets.
  • the inventive Composite nonwoven fabric can thereby obtain the appearance of a textile surface and the degree of splitting of the composite filaments can be set to more than 80%.
  • the fibers of the first and second fiber components originate from a uniform spinning and / or laying process, are generated simultaneously and stored together.
  • at least two spinning stations each having uniform spinning nozzle openings can be provided, which produce composite filaments with different elementary filament numbers or a mixture of composite filaments with monocomponent filaments in a common spinning and drawing device. These filaments can then be deposited to the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention, and solidified by hydrofluidic treatment and split into the elementary filaments.
  • the advantage is achieved that the production of spunbonded fabrics with different filament titer does not have to be done separately and no subsequent combination is necessary to arrive at a multi-component spunbonded nonwoven consisting of different filaments with different filament titers.
  • at least one row with correspondingly different spinning nozzle openings in a spinneret pack (curtain spinning) or a large number of individual spinneret packs can be present in a so-called traversing tray.
  • composite nonwoven fabrics can be obtained, which consist of layers with a different filament titer and which thereby combine textile-physical properties that can otherwise be achieved only by joining separately produced layers.
  • the inventive method is further formed in such a way that the order of the spinning stations with respect to the storage belt is selected so that the layer structures described above in an arrangement ABA, or A (BA) n BA of the composite layers can be obtained.
  • the order of the spinning stations with respect to the depositing belt is selected so as to produce an alternating denier of the filaments across the thickness of the composite nonwoven web.
  • the composite filaments may have a central opening, particularly in the form of a tubular elongated cavity, which may be centered with respect to the central axis of the composite filaments.
  • the composite filaments may have a latent or spontaneous crimp resulting from an asymmetric configuration of the elementary filaments with respect to their longitudinal center axis, which crimp is optionally activated or reinforced by an asymmetric geometric configuration of the cross section of the composite filaments ,
  • the nonwoven fabric can be provided with a high thickness, a low modulus and / or a multi-axial elasticity.
  • the composite filaments may have a latent or spontaneous curl due to a differentiation of the physical properties of the polymer filaments forming the elementary filaments in the spinning, cooling and / or stretching operations involving the composite filaments, resulting in distortions caused by internal stresses asymmetric loads are caused with respect to the longitudinal central axis of the composite filaments, wherein the crimping is optionally activated or reinforced by an asymmetric, geometric configuration of the cross section of the composite filaments.
  • the composite filaments may have a latent crimp which is activated by thermal, mechanical or chemical treatment prior to forming the composite nonwoven fabric.
  • the crimp can be reinforced, for example, thermally or chemically by additional treatment before solidification of the nonwoven fabric.
  • the solidification of the nonwoven according to the invention preferably takes place by treatment with high-pressure fluid jets.
  • the elementary filaments can be strongly entangled with a mechanical means (needling, liquid pressure jets) acting predominantly perpendicular to the material plane.
  • the filaments in particular the composite filaments, can be deposited, for example by mechanical and / or pneumatic deflection, wherein at least two of these types of deflection can be combined, as well as by spinning on an endless treadmill and mechanically by needling or by the action of liquid pressure jets can be acted upon with solid (micro) particles.
  • the steps of entanglement and separation of the composite filaments into elementary filaments can be carried out in one and the same process step and with one and the same device, wherein the more or less complete separation of the elementary filaments can end with an additional, more directed to the separation, process.
  • the strength and the mechanical resistance of the composite nonwoven fabric can be further increased significantly if it is provided that the elementary filaments are bonded to each other by a thermofusion, which relates to one or more of them, preferably by hot calendering with heated, smooth or engraved rolls, by pulling through a hot-air tunnel kiln, by pulling on a through-flow of hot air drum and / or by applying a binder contained in a dispersion or in a solution or powdered.
  • a thermofusion which relates to one or more of them, preferably by hot calendering with heated, smooth or engraved rolls, by pulling through a hot-air tunnel kiln, by pulling on a through-flow of hot air drum and / or by applying a binder contained in a dispersion or in a solution or powdered.
  • solidification of the nonwoven fabric may also be effected, for example, by hot calendering prior to any separation of the unitary composite filaments into elementary filaments, the separation occurring after nonwoven bonding.
  • the nonwoven structure may also be obtained by a chemical treatment (as described, for example, in French Pat. 2 546 536 the applicant is described) or solidified by a thermal treatment, which leads to a controlled shrinkage, at least a portion of the elementary filaments, after their separation if necessary. This results in a shrinkage of the fabric in the width and / or longitudinal direction.
  • the composite nonwoven fabric may be subjected to chemical type bonding such as anti-pilling treatment, hydrophilization or hydrophobization, antistatic treatment, refractory treatment treatment and / or tactile property modification or solidification after solidification of bonding or finishing Gloss, a mechanical treatment such as roughening, sanforizing, sanding or a tumbler treatment and / or a change of appearance treatment such as dyeing or printing.
  • chemical type bonding such as anti-pilling treatment, hydrophilization or hydrophobization, antistatic treatment, refractory treatment and / or tactile property modification or solidification after solidification of bonding or finishing Gloss
  • a mechanical treatment such as roughening, sanforizing, sanding or a tumbler treatment and / or a change of appearance treatment such as dyeing or printing.
  • a composite nonwoven fabric with a particularly homogeneous structure can be obtained when the web by exposure to temperature and / or pressure, preferably by calendering at a temperature of 160 to 220 ° C, preferably 180-200 C and / or a line pressure of 20 to 80 N / mm is pre-consolidated.
  • the composite nonwoven fabric according to the invention is subjected to a point calendering to increase its abrasion resistance.
  • the split and solidified composite nonwoven fabric is passed through heated rollers, of which at least one roller has elevations, which lead to a pointy fusion of the filaments with each other.
  • the composite filaments are dyed by spin dyeing.
  • PIE 8 16, 32 plies with basis weights (FG) of about 22 g / m 2 and 43 g / m 2 are prepared, which are assembled as follows.
  • This composite nonwoven fabrics are 6-9 and with the nonwovens 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 reference nonwoven fabrics obtained.
  • nonwoven fabric layers of PIE 16, PIE 8 and PIE 32 segmented bicomponent filaments are produced in a first step.
  • PIE 32 in a bicomponent spunbond system is described below by way of example.
  • zones 1 - 7 270-295 ° C PA6, zones 1 - 7: 260-275 ° C
  • the structure of the obtained PIE 32 segmented bicomponent filaments is in FIG. 1 illustrated.
  • the layers are arranged in the desired order on each other. Subsequently, the splitting and felting of the individual layers is carried out to a multifilament composite nonwoven fabric by means of hydroentanglement.
  • the water jet conditions are set as follows: Pressure (bar) Suction (mbar) pre-consolidation: 0.4 -728 Nozzle bar 2: 2.8 -74 Nozzle bar 3: 230 -206 Nozzle bar 4: 0.1 -206 Nozzle bar 5: 230 -871
  • Nozzle bars 3 and 5 face each other. Jetstrips hole diameter: 130 ⁇ m Shelf band: 100 mesh Materials Handling: 12 m / min
  • the drying conditions are set as follows: There is a drying in a through-air dryer of about 4m length at an air temperature of 190 ° C and a belt speed 12m / min.
  • the tests are based on the following standards: FG Basis weight (g / m 2 ) EN 965 Thickness (mm) EN 964-1 HZK Maximum tensile strength (N / 5cm) EN 13934-1 Elongation at HZK (%) EN 13934-1 Module (N) EN-13934-1 Porosity ( ⁇ m) ISO 2942 / DIN 58355-2 WRK Tearing force (N) EN 13937-2 Abrasion (Martindale, 9KPa) EN 12947 Air permeability (l / m 2 / s) EN 9237 Pilling DIN 53867 (based on) Water absorption (%) based on DIN 53923 Industrial laundry (here 75 ° C) based on DIN EN ISO 155797 (cycles to hole)
  • Example 15 Examination of the duration washing results of the nonwovens:
  • FIGS. 2 to 6 Photographs of the surfaces of exemplary nonwovens are shown.
  • FIG. 2 the surface structure of the non-woven fabric according to the invention No. 2 is shown after 250 washing cycles. It turns out that the surface is very rough and has a high pilling grade.
  • FIG. 3 the surface structure of the non-woven fabric according to the invention No. 1 is shown after 250 washing cycles.
  • the surface does have one improved appearance compared to nonwoven fabric No. 2 is still rough and has a high pilling grade.
  • FIG. 4 the surface structure of the non-woven fabric according to the invention No. 3 is shown after 250 washing cycles.
  • the surface has a much improved appearance compared to nonwoven fabric no. 2.
  • the nonwoven fabric consisting entirely of PIE-32 is, however, of limited use because it has, among other things, a far too low resistance to traveling.
  • FIG. 5 The surface structures of the nonwoven fabric no. 7 are compared after 500 washing cycles with non-inventive nonwovens 1 (after 650 washing cycles) and 3 (after 800 washing cycles). It turns out that the surface of the nonwoven fabric No. 7 has a similar good appearance as the nonwoven fabric No. 3 consisting only of PIE-32. In addition, it is characterized by excellent performance characteristics, such as a good water management, a high tear strength, a good piling and good cleaning properties. In comparison, the nonwoven fabric 1 according to the invention has a strong hole formation.
  • FIG. 6 a cross section of the nonwoven fabric no. 7 is shown.
  • tentacle effect in which the fine PIE-32 elements were carried deep into the layers of coarser filaments by hydroentanglement.

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