EP3438339B1 - Non-woven fabric manufacturing device, non-woven fabric manufacturing method, and non-woven fabric - Google Patents

Non-woven fabric manufacturing device, non-woven fabric manufacturing method, and non-woven fabric Download PDF

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EP3438339B1
EP3438339B1 EP17774778.9A EP17774778A EP3438339B1 EP 3438339 B1 EP3438339 B1 EP 3438339B1 EP 17774778 A EP17774778 A EP 17774778A EP 3438339 B1 EP3438339 B1 EP 3438339B1
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Shouichi TAKAKU
Kenichi Suzuki
Naosuke Kunimoto
Atsushi Kawada
Takayuki Tanaka
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric and a method of manufacturing a non-woven fabric.
  • Non-woven fabrics such as spunbonded non-woven fabrics find widespread use in medical materials, sanitary materials, civil engineering materials, packaging materials, and the like.
  • a spunbonded non-woven fabric is manufactured from a web obtained by subjecting filaments obtained by melt spinning a thermoplastic resin to a cooling process using cooling wind and a drawing process using drawing wind and thereafter collecting and depositing the filaments on a collecting medium while diffusing the filaments.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 2556953 discloses an apparatus including a cooling chamber whose cross section in the horizontal direction is rectangular, and is gradually reduced in the filament traveling direction, a drawing nozzle connected to the cooling chamber and having a stepped concave portion formed on a wall body at a discharge port, and a filament placement device connected to the drawing nozzle, the apparatus manufacturing a spun filament strip from an aerodynamically drawn synthetic resin filament.
  • the filament placement device of Patent Document 1 has a rectangular cross section in the horizontal direction and has a form of a jet pump including a Venturi-like drainage area in the longitudinal direction and a diffuser outlet, and is configured in such a manner that the amount of air sucked from a free air intake port is adjusted by an intake pipe opposed to the diffuser outlet across a filament strip placement filter belt.
  • Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent No. 3135498 discloses an apparatus for manufacturing a spun fleece web from a thermoplastic resin endless filament, comprising a nozzle plate body having a large number of nozzles, a process shaft, a conveying unit, and a conveying conveyor, wherein processing air flows into the process shaft and the conveying unit, endless filament is introduced from a nozzle hole of the nozzle plate body and flows into the process shaft by a discharge motion toward the conveying conveyor as an endless filament group in the form of a mixture of air and filament, the conveying unit includes a central introduction conduit for the endless filament group and a following diffuser conduit extending to the conveying conveyor, the discharge motion and its overlapping fleece forming motion are forcibly imparted, and the two conduits extend in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of the conveying conveyor belt.
  • the introduction conduit and/or the diffuser conduit are used for mixing air and a filament
  • the apparatus is configured to includes an aerodynamic equidistribution device including a flow-through slit shape for additional introduction of air into the conduit extending across the direction of travel of the conveying conveyor belt across the width of the conduit and an outflow slit shape for discharging air from the conduit, whereby a flow rate to be additionally supplied and a flow rate of air to be discharged are controlled or adjusted for the purpose of additionally influencing equidistribution of the filament during mixing of air and the filament.
  • the apparatus is configured in such a manner that the inner surface of the introduction conduit and/or the diffuser conduit are provided with an obstruction member in the vicinity of the surface in the longitudinal section of the conduit, whereby a spiral region is formed rearwardly with respect to the flow direction.
  • Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent No. 5094588 describes, as an apparatus for manufacturing a spunbonded web formed from a filament, an apparatus including: a spinneret for forming a filament; a cooling chamber for supplying processing air for cooling the filament provided downstream of the spinneret; and a drawing unit for extending the filament connected to the cooling chamber, wherein a connection area between the cooling chamber and the drawing unit is closed, the drawing unit has a drawing passage in which a passage wall is branched over at least a part of the length of the drawing passage, and in the drawing unit, at the upstream end of the branched drawing passage portion, additional air is injected into the drawing passage under a condition that a filament bundle is widely formed in the machine direction, and a deposition device for depositing a filament of a spunbonded web is provided.
  • Patent Document 3 describes that there is a deposition unit downstream of the drawing unit, the deposition unit includes an upstream diffuser and an adjacent downstream diffuser, and an ambient air inlet slit is provided between the upstream diffuser and the downstream diffuser.
  • US 5,800,840 A , US 6,966,762 B1 , and US 5,503,786 A relate to prior art devices for manufacturing non-wovens.
  • Patent Document 2 aims to obtain a non-woven fabric having a uniform mesh size.
  • the entanglement of the filaments may be insufficient so that the strength is lowered.
  • the invention has been made in view of the above facts, and an object thereof is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric, a method of manufacturing a non-woven fabric, and a non-woven fabric in which the uniformity of the non-woven fabric is improved while decrease in the strength of the non-woven fabric is suppressed.
  • a first embodiment is an apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric, the apparatus comprising:
  • a second embodiment is a method of manufacturing a non-woven fabric, the method comprising:
  • a spinning unit that spins filaments from a molten resin or the like to output a plurality of filaments
  • a cooling unit cooling step
  • a drawing unit drawing step
  • a collecting unit collecting step
  • collects and deposits the plurality of drawn filaments to produce a web are included, and a non-woven fabric is manufactured from the collected web.
  • the manufacturing apparatus includes a diffusing unit (diffusing step) in which a plurality of filaments introduced from the drawing unit is jetted toward the collecting unit while the filaments are diffused.
  • the diffusing unit includes: a main nozzle; and a diffusion space provided between the main nozzle and a collecting medium of the collecting unit.
  • the diffusion space in the first and second embodiments is a space in which an air flow by air jetted from the main nozzle can be naturally diffused without being disturbed.
  • the diffusion space may be surrounded by partition walls, and when the space is surrounded by partition walls, the partition walls may be provided apart from an air flow so as not to affect an air flow caused by air jetted from the main nozzle.
  • a plurality of filaments are arranged along the machine width direction, and the main nozzle has a long slit shape along the machine width direction.
  • the air jetted from the main nozzle becomes an air flow (jet flow) flowing to the collecting medium while gradually spreading along the machine direction in the diffusion space.
  • the plurality of filaments jetted, together with the air, from the main nozzle are diffused in the machine direction by the air flow formed in the diffusion space and collected on the collecting medium.
  • air flow generation means is provided, and around an air flow of air jetted from the main nozzle, an air flow that is close to and follows the air flow is generated by the air flow generation means, whereby air in the diffusion space is suppressed from entering the air flow of the air jetted, together with the plurality of filaments, from the main nozzle due to the air flow that is close to and follows the air flow of the main nozzle.
  • a flow velocity fluctuation is generated inside the air flow of the air jetted from the main nozzle, and when air in the diffusion space enters the air flow, a region in which the flow velocity fluctuation is larger than the surroundings is generated.
  • the air flow generation means includes a sub nozzle for jetting air into the diffusion space.
  • the air flow generation means includes a sub nozzle that has an opening portion arranged side-by-side with the opening portion of the main nozzle, and that jets air into the diffusion space.
  • a sub nozzle that has an opening portion arranged side-by-side with the opening portion of the main nozzle is provided, and air jetted from the sub nozzle generates, around the air flow of the air jetted from the main nozzle, an air flow that is close to and follows the air flow.
  • the sub nozzle in the third and fourth embodiments is provided at the machine direction side of the main nozzle and at the opposite side of the main nozzle from the machine direction side.
  • the sub nozzle is provided both at the machine direction side of the main nozzle and at the opposite side of the main nozzle from the machine direction side.
  • the flow velocity of the air jetted from the sub nozzle may be equal to or lower than the flow velocity of the air jetted from the main nozzle, in any of the third embodiment to the fifth embodiment. In a seventh embodiment, it is more preferable that the flow velocity of the air jetted from the sub nozzle is no lower than 1/10 of the flow velocity of the air jetted from the main nozzle, in the sixth embodiment.
  • Each of the first to seventh embodiments is suitable for obtaining a non-woven fabric in which the ratio of the strength at 5% elongation in the machine direction to the strength at 5% elongation in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction is 2.0 or less as a non-woven fabric in which uniformity is improved while suppressing strength degradation.
  • Each of the first to seventh embodiments is suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric having a maximum strength of 35.0 (N/25 mm) or more at a time of elongation in the machine direction.
  • the maximum strength at a time of elongation in the machine direction of a non-woven fabric to be manufactured is more preferably 37.5 (N/25 mm) or more, further more preferably 40.0 (N/25 mm), and most preferably 42.5 (N/25 mm).
  • each of the first to seventh embodiments is suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric having a basis weight variation (%) of preferably 3.0% or less, and more preferably 2.5% or less.
  • Fig. 1 shows a main part of apparatus 10 for manufacturing a non-woven fabric according to the embodiment.
  • the manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment is used for manufacturing a spunbonded non-woven fabric.
  • MD (machine direction) direction indicates the machine direction (machine flow direction)
  • UP direction indicates upward direction in the vertical direction.
  • a direction (a direction perpendicular to the machine direction) orthogonal to each of the MD direction and the UP direction is expressed as CD (cross machine direction) direction (machine width direction: not shown).
  • the manufacturing apparatus 10 includes: a spinning unit 12 for spinning a molten resin obtained by melting a thermoplastic resin used for a spunbonded non-woven fabric to produce filaments; a cooling unit 14 that performs a cooling process on the spun filaments; and a drawing unit 16 that performs a drawing process on the filaments.
  • the manufacturing apparatus 10 includes: a collecting unit 18 for collecting the cooled and drawn filaments to obtain a web to be a non-woven fabric; and a diffusing unit 20 that jets a plurality of filaments so as to diffuse toward the collecting unit 18.
  • the spinning unit 12 includes a spinneret 22 including a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged therein, and a molten resin introduction pipe 24 is connected to the spinneret 22.
  • a molten resin introduced into the spinneret 22 through the molten resin introduction pipe 24 is spun by spinning nozzles to produce filaments.
  • the spinneret 22 includes a plurality of spinning nozzles, thereby outputting a plurality of filaments arranged in the CD direction.
  • the cooling unit 14 includes a cooling chamber 26 into which a plurality of spun filaments are introduced, and a cooling wind supply duct 28 is connected to the cooling chamber 26. The cooling unit 14 uses air supplied from the cooling wind supply duct 28 as cooling wind and cools the plurality of filaments introduced into the cooling chamber 26 by cooling wind.
  • the drawing unit 16 is provided with a drawing shaft 30 whose opening section is elongated in the CD direction (in Fig. 1 , a direction perpendicular to the page) and short in the MD direction, and which extends in the vertical direction.
  • the drawing shaft 30 is connected to the cooling chamber 26, and a plurality of filaments are introduced from the cooling chamber 26 to the drawing shaft 30.
  • the drawing unit 16 uses cooling wind introduced together with the plurality of filaments or air supplied into the drawing shaft 30 separately from the cooling wind as drawing wind, and outputs the filaments introduced from the cooling unit 14 while drawing the filaments by drawing wind.
  • the collecting unit 18 includes a moving belt 32 as a collecting medium formed of mesh, punching metal, or the like, and suction means (not shown) provided below the moving belt 32.
  • the diffusing unit 20 jets a drawing wind introduced from the drawing shaft 30 or air introduced separately from the drawing wind toward the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18.
  • the collecting unit 18 collects the jetted plurality of filaments on the collection surface 32A of the moving belt 32 while sucking the filaments by suction means to generate a web to be a non-woven fabric.
  • the spinning unit 12, the cooling unit 14, the drawing unit 16, and the collecting unit 18 of the manufacturing apparatus 10 may apply known configurations for generating a plurality of filaments by spinning a molten resin, cooling and drawing the plurality of filaments generated, and collecting a plurality of filaments.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the diffusing unit 20 according to the embodiment.
  • the diffusing unit 20 includes a jet nozzle 34 as a main nozzle.
  • an opening 34A at the tip as an opening portion serving as a jetting port is formed in a slit shape long in the CD direction and is directed onto the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18.
  • the jet nozzle 34 is connected to the drawing shaft 30 of the drawing unit 16, and a plurality of cooled and drawn filaments are introduced.
  • air of a drawing wind or air separate from drawing wind is introduced into the jet nozzle 34.
  • the diffusing unit 20 jets air and a plurality of filaments introduced into the jet nozzle 34 from the opening 34A onto the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18.
  • the diffusing unit 20 sends a plurality of filaments jetted from the jet nozzle 34 toward the collecting unit 18 by the air flow of air jetted from the jet nozzle 34.
  • an air flow generated by the air jetted together with the plurality of filaments from the jet nozzle 34 is referred to as a conveying flow.
  • a diffusion space 36 is provided between the jet nozzle 34 and the collection surface 32A of the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18, and the conveying flow flows in the diffusion space 36 towards the moving belt 32.
  • the diffusion space 36 is a space that is not provided with a wall surface or the like for regulating the flow of the conveying flow by air jetted from the jet nozzle 34. That is, the diffusion space 36 is a space in which the conveying flow jetted from the jet nozzle 34 is not influenced by a structure such as a wall surface other than the collecting unit 18.
  • This diffusion space may be partitioned by a partition wall as long as the partition wall is provided in such a manner not to interfere with the flow of the air flow.
  • the conveying flow of the air jetted from the jet nozzle 34 flows while gradually (naturally) spreading in the MD direction and in the direction opposite to the MD direction.
  • the flow velocity of the conveying flow gradually decreases.
  • the plurality of filaments jetted from the jet nozzle 34 are diffused in the MD direction and in the direction opposite to the MD direction.
  • the filaments are diffused and collected in a predetermined collection region on the collection surface 32A of the moving belt 32.
  • the opening width and the opening length of the jet nozzle 34, the moving speed of the moving belt 32, the distance between the jet nozzle 34 and the collection surface 32A of the moving belt 32, and the like are determined according to a non-woven fabric to be produced, the production speed of a non-woven fabric, the width in the CD direction of a web produced by collecting the filaments in the collecting unit 18, and the like.
  • the distance (height H) between the tip of the jet nozzle 34 and the surface of the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18 is determined to be from 0.1 m to less than 1 m, and the distance H is the height of the diffusion space 36.
  • the flow velocity of air jetted from the jet nozzle 34 or the air volume per unit time of jetted air is defined, and in the following, the flow velocity of air at the opening of the jet nozzle 34 is referred to as a flow velocity Vm of the conveying flow.
  • the spread of the conveying flow in the diffusion space 36 changes according to the flow velocity Vm, and when the flow velocity Vm is high, the spread of the conveying flow becomes smaller than when the flow velocity Vm is low.
  • the conveying flow jetted from the jet nozzle 34 reaches the moving belt 32 while gradually spreading along mainly the MD direction.
  • the region of the conveying flow in the diffusion space 36 is referred to as a conveying flow region 38.
  • Fig. 2 virtually shows the conveying flow region 38.
  • the diffusing unit 20 is provided with a sub nozzle 40 as air flow generation means.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is provided with a slit shape opening 40A long in the CD direction as an opening portion.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is arranged at the MD direction side of the jet nozzle 34 and at the opposite side of the jet nozzle 34 from the MD direction side, and the opening 40A of the sub nozzle 40 is aligned with the opening 34A of the jet nozzle 34.
  • An air supply pipe 42 is connected to the sub nozzle 40, and air supplied through the air supply pipe 42 is jetted from the opening 40A.
  • air supplied to the sub nozzle 40 through the air supply pipe 42 is controlled in such a manner that an air flow of air jetted from the sub nozzle 40 has a flow velocity Vs determined in accordance with the flow velocity Vm of the conveying flow jetted from the jet nozzle 34.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is provided in such a manner that the jetting direction of air is substantially parallel to the jetting direction of air from the jet nozzle 34.
  • the flow velocity Vs is preferably equal to or less than the flow velocity Vm (Vs ⁇ Vm), and more preferably no lower than 1/10 of the flow velocity Vm (Vs ⁇ Vm/10).
  • the opening 34A of the jet nozzle 34 and the opening 40A of the sub nozzle 40 are arranged side-by-side, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the opening 34A of the jet nozzle 34 and the opening 40A of the sub nozzle 40 may be arranged with a step in such a manner that one of them is farther from the collection surface 32A of the moving belt 32 than the other.
  • FIG. 2 in the diffusing unit 20, an air flow that is close to and follows the conveying flow is generated around the conveying flow (conveying flow region 38) in the diffusion space 36 by air jetted from the sub nozzle 40.
  • Fig. 2 virtually shows the air flow generated by air jetted from the sub nozzle 40 as an air flow layer 44.
  • the plurality of filaments spun from the molten resin and subjected to cooling treatment and drawing treatment are introduced into the jet nozzle 34 of the diffusing unit 20.
  • Air air of a drawing wind or air supplied separately from the drawing wind
  • for generating a conveying flow is introduced into the jet nozzle 34.
  • a diffusion space 36 is provided between the jet nozzle 34 and the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18, and the air and the plurality of filaments introduced into the jet nozzle 34 are jetted from the opening 34A of the jet nozzle 34 toward the diffusion space 36.
  • the plurality of filaments are blown onto the moving belt 32 of the collecting unit 18 while being diffused by the conveying flow by air jetted from the jet nozzle 34, and are collected on the collection surface 32A.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is provided together with the jet nozzle 34 in the diffusing unit 20, and the sub nozzle 40 jets air supplied through the air supply pipe 42 to the diffusion space 36.
  • the sub nozzle 40 jets air supplied through the air supply pipe 42 to the diffusion space 36.
  • the flow velocity of a plurality of filaments which are conveyed in the diffusion space 36 by the conveying flow fluctuates inside the conveying flow, and in a region in which the flow velocity fluctuation is larger than the surroundings, the larger the flow velocity fluctuation is, the more entanglement of the filaments is generated.
  • a non-woven fabric obtained from a web produced by collecting the filaments has high tensile strength.
  • the uniformity of the non-woven fabric is deteriorated.
  • the diffusing unit 20 provided with the sub nozzle 40 an air flow that is close to and follows the conveying flow is formed around the conveying flow by air jetted from the sub nozzle 40, and the magnitude of the flow velocity fluctuation is suppressed in a region, generated inside the conveying flow, in which the flow velocity fluctuation is large.
  • increase in entanglement of the filaments is suppressed, and a non-woven fabric in which uniformity is improved can be obtained.
  • Figs. 3A and 3B show simulation results of the flow velocity fluctuation (velocity fluctuation) of the air flow in the diffusion space 36 by the distribution of the flow velocity fluctuation.
  • Fig. 3A corresponds to the diffusing unit 20 of the embodiment (Example 1 below) provided with the jet nozzle 34 and the sub nozzle 40
  • Fig. 3B shows as Comparative Example (Comparative Example 1 below) a diffusing unit 20A in which the sub nozzle 40 is not provided and only the jet nozzle 34 is provided.
  • Vs Vm/2
  • the diffusing unit 20 of Example 1 shown in Fig. 3A the magnitude of the flow velocity fluctuation is suppressed in a region in which the flow velocity fluctuation is large in the air flow jetted from the jet nozzle 34, as compared with the diffusing unit 20A.
  • the diffusing unit 20 entanglement of the filaments in a web collected in the collecting unit 18 is more suppressed than in the diffusing unit 20A.
  • a non-woven fabric with improved uniformity is obtained as compared with a case in which the sub nozzle 40 is not provided.
  • the diffusing unit 20 of the Example a region having a larger flow velocity fluctuation than the surroundings remains in the conveying flow, whereby a reduction in the tensile strength of a non-woven fabric is suppressed.
  • the flow velocity Vs of the sub nozzle 40 is set to 1/2 of the flow velocity Vm of the jet nozzle 34, but the flow velocity Vs is not limited thereto.
  • the flow velocity Vs of the sub nozzle 40 may be equal to or less than the flow velocity Vm of the jet nozzle 34, whereby the flow velocity fluctuation is suppressed in the conveying flow without restricting the spread of the conveying flow in the diffusion space 36.
  • the flow velocity Vs of the sub nozzle 40 may be larger than the flow velocity Vm of the jet nozzle 34 (Vs > Vm). In this case, when the jetting direction of air from the sub nozzle 40 is made substantially parallel to the jetting direction of air from the jetting nozzle 34, air jetted from the sub nozzle 40 may regulate the spread of the conveying flow in the diffusion space 36.
  • the direction of the opening 40A or the jetting direction of air may be a direction along the conveying flow around the conveying flow of air jetted from the jet nozzle 34, that is, a direction of flowing in contact with the flow of the conveying flow.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is provided at the MD direction side and at the side opposite from the MD direction side with respect to the jet nozzle 34, but the sub nozzle 40 may be provided at the MD direction side or at the side opposite from the MD direction side with respect to the jet nozzle 34. In other words, the sub nozzle 40 may be provided at at least one of the MD direction side or the side opposite from the MD direction side with respect to the jet nozzle 34.
  • the sub nozzle 40 is provided as the air flow generation means, but the air flow generation means is not limited to the sub nozzle 40, and may be any means as long as the means generates around the conveying flow a flow of an air flow that is close to and follows the conveying flow.
  • Example 1 Physical properties in the embodiment (hereinafter referred to as Example 1) and Comparative Example to the embodiment (hereinafter referred to as Comparative Example 1) were measured by the following methods.
  • test pieces of 100 mm (MD) x 100 mm (CD) were taken from a non-woven fabric.
  • the sampling locations (sampling positions) of the test pieces were set to 5 arbitrary locations.
  • the mass of each test piece was measured for each sampled test piece using an electronic even balance (manufactured by Kansei Co., LTD.), and the average value of the mass of the test pieces was obtained.
  • the value obtained by converting the obtained average value into the mass [g] per 1 m 2 was rounded off to the first decimal place to obtain the basis weight [g/m 2 ] of each test piece sample.
  • test pieces of 50 mm (MD) ⁇ 50 mm (CD) were taken from a non-woven fabric. Sampling was carried out at 10 locations in the width direction (CD) of the non-woven fabric and ten times in the flow direction (MD).
  • the mass [g] of each test piece was measured using an electronic even balance (manufactured by Kansei Co., LTD.), and the average value and the standard deviation of the mass of the test pieces were obtained.
  • the value obtained by dividing the standard deviation by the average value was taken as the basis weight variation [%] of each non-woven fabric sample.
  • test pieces of 10 mm (MD) ⁇ 10 mm (CD) were taken from a non-woven fabric. Sampling was carried out at one arbitrary location.
  • test piece was photographed with an optical microscope at a magnification of 200 times, and the photographed image was analyzed with image size measurement software (manufactured by INNOTECH CORPORATION: Pixs 2000 Version 2.0).
  • image size measurement software manufactured by INNOTECH CORPORATION: Pixs 2000 Version 2.0.
  • Ten filament diameters were measured for each test piece, the average value of the filament diameters of each test piece was obtained, rounded off to the first decimal place, and the rounded value was taken as the filament diameter ( ⁇ m) of each non-woven fabric sample.
  • test piece of 250 mm (MD) ⁇ 200 mm (CD) was taken from a non-woven fabric. Sampling was carried out at one arbitrary location.
  • the non-woven fabric was visually checked, and the number of spots (yarn bundles) where two or more filaments were entangled in a bundle was counted, and evaluated according to the following criteria.
  • each sampled test piece was pulled and elongated under the conditions of chuck distance: 100 mm and tensile speed: 100 mm/min using a universal tensile tester (manufactured by INTESCO Co. Ltd., IM-201 type), and the load [N] at the time when the distance between the chucks was 105 mm, and the maximum load [N] were measured.
  • Average values of each of the test pieces were determined, they were rounded off to the first decimal place, and the rounded values were defined as the MD 5% strength [N/25 mm] and the MD strength [N/25 mm] of each non-woven fabric sample.
  • the MD 5% strength corresponds to the strength at 5% elongation in the machine direction
  • the MD strength corresponds to the maximum strength at a time of elongation in the machine direction.
  • each sampled test piece was pulled and elongated under the conditions of chuck distance: 100 mm and tensile speed: 100 mm/min using a universal tensile tester (manufactured by Intesco, IM-201 type), and the load [N] at the time when the distance between the chucks was 105 mm, and the maximum load [N] were measured.
  • Average values of each of the test pieces were determined, they were rounded off to the first decimal place, and the rounded values were defined as the CD 5% strength [N/25 mm] and the CD strength [N/25 mm] of each non-woven fabric sample.
  • the CD 5% strength corresponds to the strength at 5% elongation in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction
  • the CD strength corresponds to the maximum strength at a time of elongation in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction.
  • a propylene homopolymer having a melting point of 162°C and an MFR (measured at 230°C under a load of 2.16 kg, according to ASTM D 1238, the same applies hereinafter) of 60 g/10 min was used.
  • a propylene/ethylene random copolymer having a melting point of 142°C, an MFR of 60 g/10 min, and an ethylene unit component content of 4.0% by mole was used.
  • the obtained filaments were dispersed from the main nozzle (jet nozzle 34) shown in Fig. 1 and was deposited on the collecting medium (moving belt 32).
  • the velocity of air jetted from the jet nozzle 34 (main nozzle) was 107.3 m/sec
  • air jetted from the sub nozzle 40 (jet width 12 mm) provided at a position 38 mm horizontally away from the jetting port (opening 34A) of the jet nozzle 34 was set to 1/4 (26.8 m/sec) with respect to the velocity of air jetted from the jet nozzle 34.
  • the filaments were peeled from the collecting medium and thermally adhered by heating embossing with an area ratio of the emboss pattern of 6.7%, an emboss area of 0.19 m 2 , a heating temperature of 130°C, and a linear pressure of 60 kg/cm to obtain a spunbonded non-woven fabric.
  • the basis weight of the obtained spunbonded non-woven fabric was 20.0 g/m 2 .
  • the obtained spunbonded non-woven fabric was evaluated by the methods described above. The evaluation results are shown in Fig. 4 .
  • a spunbonded non-woven fabric was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that air jetted from the sub nozzle 40 was set to 0 (speed 0 m/sec).
  • the basis weight of the obtained spunbonded non-woven fabric was 20.2 g/m 2 .
  • the obtained spunbonded non-woven fabric was evaluated by the methods described above. The evaluation results are shown in Fig. 4 .
  • Example 1 the basis weight variation was 3.5 [%] in Comparative Example 1, whereas the basis weight variation in Example 1 was 2.0 [%].
  • Example 1 the evaluation of the yarn bundle [points] in the non-woven fabric was B, whereas the evaluation in Comparative Example 1 was C.
  • the MD 5% strength was 4.3 N/25 mm in Example 1 and 5.2 N/25 mm in Comparative Example 1
  • the CD 5% strength was 2.7 N/25 mm in Example 1 and 1.2 N/25 mm in Comparative Example 1.
  • the MD 5% strength/CD 5% strength in Example 1 was 1.6, whereas the ratio in Comparative Example 1 was 4.3. From this, it is understood that in Example 1, compared with Comparative Example 1, strength reduction is suppressed and uniformity is improved.
  • the manufacturing apparatus and the manufacturing method of a non-woven fabric according to the embodiment are suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric in which strength reduction is suppressed and uniformity is improved.
  • the manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of a non-woven fabric according to the embodiment are suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric having a ratio of 5% elongation strength (MD 5% strength) in the machine direction (MD direction) to 5% elongation strength (CD 5% strength) in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction (CD direction) (MD 5% strength/CD 5% strength) of 2.0 or less.
  • the manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of a non-woven fabric according to the embodiment are suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric having a basis weight variation of preferably 3.0% or less, and more preferably 2.5% or less.
  • the manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of a non-woven fabric in the embodiment are suitable for manufacturing a non-woven fabric having a maximum strength (MD strength) at a time of elongation in the machine direction of more preferably 37.5 [N/25 mm] or more, still more preferably 40.0 [N/25 mm], and most preferably 42.5 [N/25 mm].
  • MD strength maximum strength
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