EP3775340B1 - Tissu et produits abrasifs le contenant - Google Patents

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EP3775340B1
EP3775340B1 EP19712211.2A EP19712211A EP3775340B1 EP 3775340 B1 EP3775340 B1 EP 3775340B1 EP 19712211 A EP19712211 A EP 19712211A EP 3775340 B1 EP3775340 B1 EP 3775340B1
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Michael Tyler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
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  • the present application relates to fabric containing abrasive products.
  • Abrasive products are widely established and used in a variety of industries, such as aerospace, automotive equipment manufacturing, general industries, marine, metal working, paint preparation, precision grinding and finishing, primary metal, thermal spraying, transportation heavy equipment and woodworking.
  • Abrasive products may comprise of a base fabric, which is usually of polyester, cotton or aramid, a fabric coated layer which may e.g. be of rubber, elastomer, thermoplastic or thermoset materials which are either/or chemically or physically attached to the base fabric and a top layer comprising of various abrasive compounds and particles. Categories of abrasive products are, without limitation: wet/dry bands, file, narrow, portable, super abrasive and micro-finishing, wide and flat finishing belts and materials. Abrasive products may be in the form of pads, disks or belts.
  • Abrasive products inevitably experience a strong shear stress during their usage.
  • the shear occurs because of the adherence of the backside of the abrasive product to the moving support and because of the friction between the front, abrading side of the abrasive product and the surface of the application to be abraded.
  • the two forces acting on the backside and the front side of the abrasive product point in opposite directions, thus causing shear inside the abrasive product.
  • This shear may be unidirectional, if the abrasive product is an abrasive belt running in only one direction while abrading the application to be abraded.
  • the shear may however also be bidirectional, if the abrasive product is e.g. a pad which is moved in two directions, in particular in an approximately circular motion, over the application to be abraded.
  • JP 2013/240839 discloses an abrasive cloth containing a fabric base material which may be a plain, twill or satin weave.
  • the warps are at least in part core-sheath fibres.
  • the cloth is used in an abrasive belt.
  • JP 2011/093083 discloses a laminated polishing pad comprising a multifilament hard-twist-yarn textile and a base material whose Asker A hardness is 60.
  • the textile may be plain weave, twill weave or satin, wherein plain weave is preferable in view of strongest binding force of warp and weft.
  • WO 2012/042040 mentions that in coated abrasives in the form of "sheets, belts, mop discs, flap discs" for bonding the abrasives "mainly phenolic resins are used” if high performance is needed, otherwise “urea resins and also animal glue”, and for wet grinding "epoxy, urethane or alkyd resins”.
  • US 2010/0323574 discloses a fabric having 4 layers of weft filaments extending in levels N1, N3, N5 and N7; warp fibres A, B and C all having the same weave type and being interwoven with said weft filaments of levels N1, N3, N5 and N7; warp fibres G, H and I all having the same, second weave type, and also being interwoven with said weft filaments of levels N1, N3, N5 and N7; further weft filaments extending in levels N2, N4 and N6; and warp filaments D, J, E, K, F and L not being interwoven with any weft filaments.
  • This fabric is for use in producing composite material parts such as stays, rods and struts of landing gear.
  • GB 1 390 603 discloses a fabric containing upper and lower layers of weft filaments, reinforcing wires (extending in the warp direction), warp-wise extending yarns running in parallel with the reinforcing wires and not being interwoven with the upper and lower weft filaments, binder weft yarns being interwoven with both the upper and lower weft filaments, and warp yarns being interwoven either only with the upper weft filaments or only with the lower weft filaments. It also discloses a conveyor belt comprising that fabric and being impregnated with an elastomeric material, preferably a PVC plastisol.
  • GB 562 611 A discloses a fabric-backed abrasive containing a fabric with weft threads in two layers and running parallel to the direction of travel of the belt and with transverse warp threads weaving the two layers of weft threads together.
  • the present invention aims to provide improved fabrics for abrasive products and abrasive products containing them.
  • the present invention provides an abrasive product as defined in claim 1.
  • This invention provides to use a matrix of a thermoplastic, thermoset or elastomer material or mixture thereof, which matrix is flooded directly into the unidirectional reinforced multi-layer woven fabric component woven joined layers, providing a fully impregnated, physical entanglement of matrix and fabric, wherein the fabric is embedded and entangled in the matrix.
  • Such entanglement aids in minimising layer separation, improves the polymer matrix bonding/adhesion characteristics and resistance to product ingress/commination issues and generally improves belt performance and service life, through good wear characteristics whilst providing good integral and dimensional flexibly.
  • inventive abrasive products over the good to be abraded may be either in the warp or the weft direction of the fabric, or both. In one special embodiment the motion may be approximately, or exactly, circular.
  • inventive fabric and the abrasive products of the invention containing it exhibit equally good resistance to shear delamination when shearing is in either warp direction or weft direction. This is surprising because the inventive fabric differs in both weave structure and filament density in warp direction from weave structure and filament density in weft direction. The differences in weave structure are e.g.
  • warp or weft direction typically the warp direction
  • weft or warp direction typically the weft direction
  • the inventive fabric offers equally good resistance to shear delamination in either warp direction or weft direction, the orientation of the fabric within the inventive abrasive products with respect to the predominant, or sole, abrasive motion direction does not matter. If the abrasive product is however an abrasive belt, then it is preferred that the warp direction of the fabric is in the travel direction of the belt.
  • FIG. 5 A possible theoretical explanation for the improvement in resistance to shear delamination in warp direction of the inventive fabric will be given with reference to Figs. 1-4 .
  • the fabric of the invention firstly offers good resistance to shear delamination in weft direction because all weft filaments are multifilaments, engaging more intimately with an impregnation adhering to them than monofilaments possibly could.
  • a possible further theoretical explanation for the improvement in resistance to shear delamination in weft direction will be given with reference to Fig. 5 .
  • uncrimped weft multifilaments are multifilaments (designated in the following as "uncrimped weft multifilaments").
  • the uncrimped weft multifilaments are preferably made of polyester, such as PET.
  • the titer of the uncrimped weft multifilaments, particularly if made of polyester such as PET, is preferably in the range of 670 to 2100 dtex.
  • the tenacity of the uncrimped weft multifilaments is preferably in the range of 15 to 250 cN/tex, more preferably in the range of 30 to 100 cN/tex and most preferably of 60 to 80 cN/tex.
  • the uncrimped weft multifilaments may preferably have a slight or S- or Z-twist, or no twist at all, with the number of turns per metre preferably being in the range of 0 to 50, more preferably of 0 to 30 and most preferably of 0 to 10.
  • the uncrimped weft multifilaments may optionally be spun together with staple fibres, such as polyester or a natural fibre such as cotton, e.g. by the known "core-spinning" process (see e.g.
  • the uncrimped weft multifilaments are devoid of such staple fibres.
  • the impregnation adheres sufficiently to such weft multifilaments even in the absence of staple fibres, by virtue of the overall inventive fabric.
  • the fabric of the invention contains first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments of the abovementioned type. To each of the first uncrimped weft multifilaments there is one corresponding second uncrimped weft multifilament, and vice versa, to form successive multifilament pairs, to each of which is assignable an integer index N.
  • This index N is arbitrary, provided that it increases with the order of the successive multifilament pairs in warp direction.
  • the index N may be in a range of N min to N max , wherein N min is the lowest possible index typically assigned to the first multifilament pair of the specimen of fabric in question, and wherein N max is the highest possible index typically assigned to the last multifilament pair of the specimen of fabric in question.
  • N A , N B , Nc or N D depends on the result of the modulo 4 operation performed on N, which as used here is the remainder obtained by the so-called "Euclidean integer division" of N by 4.
  • All crimped warp filaments are preferably also multifilaments, spun yarns or a combination of multifilament yarns and staple fibres spun together by the commonly known "core-spinning" process.
  • Any such crimped warp filaments are preferably devoid of natural fibres, such as cotton, jute, hemp or cellulose-based fibres. The impregnation adheres sufficiently to the inventive fabric even in the absence of such natural fibres.
  • the crimped warp filaments are preferably made of polyester such as PET.
  • the titer of the crimped warp filaments is preferably in the range of 550 to 2000 dtex, particularly if made from polyester such as PET.
  • the tenacity of the crimped warp filaments is preferably in the range of 15 to 250 cN/tex, more preferably in the range of 15 to 40 cN/tex and most preferably of 20 to 30 cN/tex.
  • their heat shrinkage is in the range of 0.5 to 15%, more preferably of 5 to 15% and most preferably of 8 to 12%.
  • the crimped warp yarns may preferably have an S- or Z-twist, with the number of turns per metre preferably being in the range of 0 to 400, more preferably of 250 to 400 and most preferably of 300 to 400.
  • their degree of twisting may preferably be in the range of 5 to 15%, more preferably of 7 to 13% and most preferably of 9 to 11%.
  • the crimped warp filaments have one of four different weave types c1-c4. These four weave types are as in following Table 1, using the above indexes N A -N D to define the multifilament pairs in question: Table 1 weave type N A N B N C N D c1 entwine around first uncrimped weft multifilament of such multifilament pairs pass between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs entwine around second uncrimped weft multi multifilament of such multifilament pairs pass between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs c4 pass between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs entwine around second uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs pass between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs entwine around first uncrimped weft multifilaments of such multifilament pairs
  • the above weave types c1, c4, c2 and c3 differ only in that their entwining around first uncrimped weft multifilaments, their passing between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments, their entwining around second uncrimped weft multifilaments and their passing between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments is permutated cyclically over the indexes N A , N B , Nc and N D when going from c1 to c4 to c2 to c3.
  • crimped warp filaments of above weave types c1 and c2 always appear pairwise and immediately adjacent to each other in weft direction
  • crimped warp filaments of above weave types c3 and c4 always appear pairwise and immediately adjacent to each other in weft direction.
  • the fabric of the invention contains crimped warp filaments of all weave types c1-c4 discussed above.
  • it contains crimped warp filaments of each of the four weave types c1, c2, c3 and c4 in equal numbers, more preferably also in equal numbers within each above discussed repetitive unit.
  • All uncrimped warp filaments are preferably multifilaments, or a plurality of such multifilaments, e.g. 3-8 such multifilaments, arranged in parallel and immediately adjacent to each other.
  • the uncrimped warp filaments are preferably made of polyester, in particular of PET, or aramid.
  • the titer of the uncrimped warp filaments (or, if there is a plurality of multifilaments, the sum of the titer of all them) is preferably in the range of 500 to 5000 dtex.
  • the uncrimped warp filaments are of polyester such as PET, their titer (or, if there is a plurality of multifilaments, the sum of the titer of all them) is in the range of 550 to 2000 dtex; if they are of aramid, then their titer (or, if there is a plurality of multifilaments, the sum of the titer of all them) is more preferably in the range of 440 to 3500 dtex.
  • the tenacity of the uncrimped warp filaments is preferably in the range of 15 to 250 cN/tex, more preferably in the range of 30 to 100 cN/tex and most preferably of 60 to 80 cN/tex.
  • their heat shrinkage is in the range of 0.5 to 15%, more preferably of 0.5 to 5% and most preferably of 1 to 2%.
  • the uncrimped warp multifilaments may preferably have a slight S- or Z-twist, or no twist, with the number of turns per metre preferably being in the range of 0 to 400, more preferably of 50 to 300 and most preferably of 70 to 140.
  • the crimped warp filaments and the uncrimped warp filaments are present in repetitive units in weft direction, wherein the order in which crimped warp filaments with weave type c1, crimped warp filaments with weave type c2, crimped warp filaments with weave type c3, crimped warp filaments with weave type c4 and uncrimped warp filaments are arranged in weft direction is always the same.
  • each uncrimped warp filament is separated in weft direction from the next uncrimped warp filament by an even number of crimped warp filaments, wherein that even number is at least 2. More preferably here, any crimped warp filaments immediately adjacent have either the above discussed weave types c1/c2 or the weave types c3/c4.
  • each uncrimped warp filament is sandwiched in weft direction by two immediately adjacent crimped warp filaments. That is, two successive uncrimped warp filaments are preferably never immediately adjacent to each other in weft direction; there is preferably always at least one, preferably two (see above) crimped warp filaments in between.
  • crimped warp filaments there are typically 4 to 12 crimped warp filaments per uncrimped warp filament, wherein the specific ratio of 12:1 applies in particular to the above mentioned embodiment of the uncrimped warp filament being a plurality of filaments arranged in parallel and immediately adjacent to each other.
  • Another most preferred embodiment is a ratio of crimped warp filaments to uncrimped warp filaments of 4:1.
  • the ratio of crimped warp filaments to uncrimped warp filaments may be 4:1. If therein these warp filaments occur in repetitive units, wherein the order of the filaments in these repetitive units is always the same, then exemplary such orders are C(c1 )-C(c2)-UC-C(c3)-C(c4) or any cyclic permutation thereof, wherein C designates crimped warp filaments and UC designates an uncrimped warp filament, and the weave types are indicated in parentheses.
  • the ratio of crimped warp filaments to uncrimped warp filaments may be 12:1. If therein the warp filaments occur in repetitive units, wherein the order of the filaments is always the same, then exemplary such orders are C(c3)-C(c4)-C(c1)-C(c2)-C(c3)-C(c4)-UC-C(c1)-C(c2)-C(c3)-C(c4)-C(c1)-C(c2) or any cyclic permutation thereof, wherein C and UC are as above, and the weave types are indicated in parentheses.
  • All of the foregoing uncrimped weft, crimped warp and uncrimped warp multifilaments may preferably be in the form of bicomponent fibres.
  • Subclasses of such bicomponent fibres are those wherein a plurality of filaments of a higher-melting polymer are combined with a plurality of filaments of lower-melting polymer; or a plurality of filaments of a higher-melting polymer is embedded in, or sheathed by, a lower-melting polymer
  • “higher melting” and “lower melting” are relative to each other.
  • bicomponent fibres are heated such that only the lower-melting material softens, fusing adjacent multifilaments together, in particular at the overcrossing sections thereof.
  • a fabric results which, due to the hotmelt adhesive joining of the overcrossing sections, exhibits increased resistance towards deformation under shear, and thus towards shear delamination.
  • bicomponent fibres wherein a plurality of filaments of a higher-melting polymer is embedded in lower melting polymer are the so-called “islands-in-a-sea" filaments;
  • examples of bicomponent fibres wherein a plurality of filaments of a higher-melting polymer is sheathed by a lower molecular weight polymer are the "core-sheath” fibres, e.g. of mass ratio core:sheath of 50:50 to 80:20; and either concentric or eccentric.
  • core-sheath bicomponent fibres most preferred of the concentric type.
  • the difference in melting point or melting interval may be controlled e.g. by having the same type of polymer, but with two different molecular weights, or by combining two chemically different but compatible polymers.
  • polymer material pairs for the higher melting and lower melting polymer are e.g. higher and lower molecular weight polyester, in particular PET; polyester and polyamide-6,6; polyamide-6,6 and copolyester.
  • the fabric of the invention may optionally contain crimped antistatic warp filaments e) of one of the above defined weave types c1-c4.
  • These antistatic filaments preferably are spun yarns, e.g. of carbon fibres, or are conductive polyester, cotton, nylon or aramid fibres having a metallic conductor adhered thereto, coated there onto or embedded therein.
  • Such conductive fibres are as such conventional.
  • the tenacity of the crimped antistatic warp filaments is preferably in the range of 15 to 250 cN/tex, more preferably in the range of 15 to 40 cN/tex and most preferably of 20 to 30 cN/tex.
  • the crimped antistatic warp filaments may preferably have an S- or Z-twist, with the number of turns per metre preferably being in the range of 0 to 400 and more preferably of 100 to 400. More preferably there is exactly one crimped antistatic warp filament separated by every four consecutive uncrimped warp filaments.
  • the fabric of the invention does not comprise any other types of crimped filaments, besides the crimped warp filaments and optional crimped antistatic warp filaments with one of above weave types c1, c2, c3 or c4. More preferably, the fabric of the invention does in warp direction not comprise any other types of filaments, besides the crimped warp filaments and optional crimped antistatic warp filaments with weave types c1, c2, c3 or c4 and the uncrimped warp filaments.
  • the fabric of the invention preferably does not comprise any other filaments, besides the uncrimped first and second weft filaments. Most preferably, the fabric of the invention does not comprise any other filaments, besides the uncrimped first and second weft filaments, uncrimped warp filaments, crimped warp filaments and optional crimped antistatic warp filaments.
  • the warp filaments occur in repetitive units, wherein the order of the filaments in these repetitive units is always the same, and crimped antistatic warp filaments are also present, then preferably again these crimped antistatic warp filaments are included always at the same position within a repetitive unit. Apart from that, their number and position(s) in a repetitive unit is arbitrary. Preferably there is one such crimped antistatic warp filament per repetitive unit.
  • the fabric tensile of the overall fabric is preferably in the range of 4000 to 8000 N/50mm, more preferably of 5000 to 7000 N/50mm in warp direction and preferably 6000 to 9000 N/50mm, more preferably 6500 to 8500 N/50mm in weft direction.
  • thermoplastic, thermoplastic elastomer, elastomer or thermoset may be a precursor to an abrasive product of the invention.
  • thermoplastic as the impregnation may preferably be selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyolefins (such as polyethylene or polypropylene), substantially random ethylene/C3-12- ⁇ -olefin copolymers (examples of the ⁇ -olefin being 1-propene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene and 1-octene), thermoplastic polyamides, ethylene-vinylacetate copolymers, poly(vinylacetate) and PVC.
  • thermoplastic polyolefins such as polyethylene or polypropylene
  • substantially random ethylene/C3-12- ⁇ -olefin copolymers examples of the ⁇ -olefin being 1-propene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene and 1-octene
  • thermoplastic polyamides ethylene-vinylacetate copolymers
  • poly(vinylacetate) and PVC poly(vinylacetate)
  • thermoplastic elastomer as the impregnation may preferably be selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymers (such as styrenic block copolymers, in particular styrene-butadiene-styrene, styrene-isoprene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene and styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene block copolymers), copolymers of hard blocks of medium density polyethylene and of soft blocks of ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes (such as copolymers of polyester diols or polyether diols with diisocyanates), polyether-/ester block amides and thermoplastic elastomeric ionomers.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymers such as styrenic block copolymers, in particular
  • thermoset as the impregnation may e.g. be a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a thermosetting polyurethane, an epoxy resin, or a polycarboxylic acid such as a poly(meth)acrylic acid which is crosslinked by a glycol, such as glycerol.
  • the elastomer as the impregnation may e.g. be a polyurethane, a natural rubber, polyisoprene, polybutadiene, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) or an acrylate rubber. All of these may be crosslinked or vulcanized preferably simultaneously during the impregnation step or thereafter.
  • the elastomer may beforehand have been blended with a thermoplastic as exemplified above.
  • the impregnation is preferably made of a thermoplastic elastomer, more preferably of a TPU.
  • Suitable TPU's may be obtained by reacting diisocyanate-containing hard block segments with polyester diol soft block segments.
  • Such impregnated fabric may e.g. be obtained by the following steps:
  • the finished impregnated fabric will typically have impregnating material on both sides of the inventive fabric, such as that no filament portions of the fabric are exposed to the environment.
  • the impregnation will form a continuous layer of geometrically well defined surface, this continuous layer completely embedding the fabric.
  • This continuous layer may preferably also comprise a first top layer consisting only of impregnation material and being completely devoid of fabric.
  • This first top layer is, when the above described process is used, normally on the side of the fabric onto which the relatively thick film coating of thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixture thereof was applied by calendaring or extrusion.
  • the thickness of this first top layer if present, is designated as D i and is typically in the range of 100 to 500 micrometres.
  • the thickness D i may be determined using ultrasound reflection. Namely, an appropriate ultrasound probe may be placed onto said geometrically well defined surface. The time difference between the emission of an ultrasound pulse from the probe into the belt and the detection of the first ultrasound echo, which is reflected from the surface of the embedded fabric, can be measured. If the longitudinal speed of the ultrasound in the used thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer is known, then D i can be determined. For the longitudinal speed of sound in the used thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer reference is made e.g. to the chapter 60 "Acoustic properties of polymers" of the " Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook", second edition, by James E. Mark , its Table 60.1 and the references cited there. Such belt thickness measurement devices and appropriate probes are in fact known and available on the market. An example is the 38DL Plus from NDT Instruments with a single element transducer as the probe.
  • a sheet of the same thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixture thereof as used in the impregnation can be laminated or calendared to the other side of the impregnated fabric.
  • this is the side that was initially sealed with the relatively thin layer of thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixtures thereof_. This will then form on said other side of the fabric an optional second top layer with a second geometrically well defined topmost surface.
  • the abrasive product of the invention contains at least one type of particulate abrasive material.
  • the particulate abrasive material(s) as such is(are) conventional.
  • abrasive materials include, without limitation, alumina (e.g. fused aluminium oxide including brown aluminium oxide, heat treated aluminium oxide and white aluminium oxide; ceramic aluminium oxide; corundum; ruby; sapphire; or doped alumina), refractory carbides (e.g. silicon carbide; boron carbide; tungsten carbide; titanium carbide or cementite (Fe 3 C)) , refractory nitrides (e.g.
  • garnets e.g. pyrope; almandine; spessartine; uvarovite and andradite
  • the abrasive particles may typically have a mass median diameter (MMD) ranging from 0.01 to 30 micrometres, preferably from 0.05 to 10 micrometres, and more preferably from 0.1 to 5 micrometres, as obtainable by laser diffraction determination of the particle size distribution.
  • MMD mass median diameter
  • the abrasive particles may typically have a Mohs' hardness of at least about 7, preferably of at least 8.
  • the abrasive product of the invention may be prepared by providing an impregnated fabric, as described above, and applying a particulate abrasive material, as described above. This may be done in several ways.
  • the abrasive product contains the abrasive particles embedded into the topmost surface(s) of the top layer(s) itself(themselves).
  • the material of the impregnation, and thus of the top layer(s) is a thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixture thereof, thus a material that softens or melts upon heating.
  • the topmost surface(s) of the top layer(s) may in one alternative be uniformly heated, such as with an array of IR lamps, to soften it(them) up up to nearly its (their) melting point.
  • the particulate abrasive is uniformly sprayed or dusted, such as by electrostatic spraying, onto the softened surface(s).
  • each abrasive-containing top layer, D i ' may again be determined using ultrasound reflection as outlined above for the top layer still devoid of abrasive particles.
  • the abrasive particles are very small with respect to the expected thickness of the abrasive-containing uppermost continuous top layer, e.g. when their mass median diameter (MMD, see above) is in the range of 0.01 to 0.5 micrometres, then the time difference between ultrasound pulse generation and the echo, reflected from the surface of the embedded fabric, can be taken.
  • the D i ' will then be essentially the same as D i discussed above.
  • the ultrasound probe will not lie directly on the outermost surface but on the apexes of the abrasive particles. In this case the time difference between the first echo, reflected from the outermost surface, and the second echo, reflected from the surface of the embedded fabric, can be taken.
  • particulate abrasive material is directly embedded into the thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixture thereof comprised in the top layer(s), as outlined above, then one maximally takes advantage of the enhanced resistance impregnation against delamination from the inventive fabric under shear stress, because there are no further layers and there is thus no concern about any other possible interlayer separations during use in abrasion.
  • a second preferred way to obtain an abrasive article of the inventions is to apply one or two prefabricated sheets containing abrasive particles, as described above, onto one or both of the surfaces of the impregnation (if no top layer(s) of the same thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer as in the impregnation is or are present) or onto the surface(s) of the top layer(s), if such top layer(s) is(are) present.
  • Including the abrasive particles in the form of prefabricated sheets containing them may allow to take advantage of the diversity of such sheets that are available on the market and of the experience of the respective producers in manufacturing them in the desired uniformity. It may also allow to impart the abrasive article further mechanical rigidity, which is favourable in view of better abrasive action onto the substrate to be abraded.
  • the term "apply a prefabricated sheet containing abrasive particles" is firstly understood to mean to the joining of the compound of impregnated fabric / optional top layer(s) and the prefabricated abrasive sheet by means of heat and pressure, such as by heated calendaring rolls, wherein the impregnation material itself may act as a hotmelt adhesive, or with co-use of an additional, thermoplastic or thermosetting or elastomer adhesive or adhesion primer.
  • each of the optional first and second top layer(s) will again have a thickness Di 1 and Di 2 , respectively, and each of the first and second prefabricated sheets containing abrasive particles will have a thickness D i1 ' and D i2 ', respectively.
  • Each of these thicknesses is again measurable by ultrasound as described above, particularly also because the thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer of the impregnation and optional first and second top layer(s) will normally be different from the matrix material of the prefabricated abrasive sheet(s), so that a further ultrasound echo is obtained on each respective phase boundary.
  • prefabricated sheet containing abrasive particles may mean any planar sheet like material, such as in the form of sheets, ribbons, tapes or disks. These prefabricated sheets contain abrasive particles embedded in a plastic support, such as typically of polyester, optionally with use of an adhesive, or may be of the sandpaper type. The latter is in particularly preferred for the abovementioned abrasive articles without physical or chemical bonding to the compound of impregnated fabric / optional top layer(s).
  • the resistance to delamination of the resulting abrasive product under shear during use may be similar as in the above outlined first way of directly embedding abrasive particles into the impregnation.
  • the prefabricated abrasive sheet is simply applied to the compound of impregnated fabric / optional top layer(s) without physical or chemical bonding then adhesion between them during use in abrasion occurs typically because of the pressure that the abrasive product will exert against the surface of the good to be abraded, taking advantage of the static coefficient of friction between surface of the impregnation and bottom side of the prefabricated abrasive sheet.
  • bottom side has a notable surface roughness or surface unevenness, such as by an explicit surface profiling or embossing, then, during use in abrasion, that uneven bottom surface may in time start to snugly fit the surface of the impregnation or of the uppermost continuous top layer:
  • the use in abrasion generates friction heat, and the impregnation, of moderate Shore A hardness at room temperature and becoming softer when heated, will in time slightly deform to match the said uneven bottom surface.
  • the abrasive particles may eventually cover only a fraction of the outermost surface of the abrasive product of the invention. Sections of the outermost surface that are not covered by abrasive particles or abrasive sheet may constitute recessed channels through which abraded material and/or excess friction heat may be removed. Furthermore, if only a fraction of the outermost surface is covered, then the pressure that is exerted onto the surface of the good to be abraded increases by the reciprocal of that fraction, if the remainder of the parameters of the abrading process are left unchanged.
  • the overall thickness of an abrasive product of the invention, D tot is typically in the range of 0.5 to 5 mm, preferably of 1 to 3 mm.
  • the thickness D tot can be measured with an ordinary gauge, if necessary by applying a weak overpressure such as of 0.2 bar.
  • the abrasive product of the invention can have any essentially sheet-like shape of sufficient surface such as to be able to abrade a sufficient portion of the surface of a good to be abraded.
  • the abrasive product may be used in planar shape or wound up to a cylindrical shape.
  • the abrasive product may be hand-driven or power-driven, e.g. by a power drill which has a circular rubber support disk onto which the abrasive product of the invention is fixed or laid upon.
  • a power drill which has a circular rubber support disk onto which the abrasive product of the invention is fixed or laid upon.
  • it has the shape of an abrasive belt, or of an abrasive disk or abrasive pad.
  • abrasive particles are preferably embedded directly into the topmost surface of a fabric-devoid top layer made of the same thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer as the impregnation in the fabric (see above).
  • Abrasive belts are normally operated similar as an ordinary conveyor belt, that is, in endless shape using driving and idler pulleys.
  • the abrasive belts of the invention contain thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer and they can thus be made endless by any of the customary end-joining techniques for conveyor belts using that thermoplastic, thermoset, elastomer or mixture thereof as a hotmelt adhesive, such as by the so-called "finger end” or overlap joining technique.
  • Abrasive pads are preferably planar and have preferably the shape of a square, rectangle, triangle, or of a sector of a circular arc or of a sector of a circle, preferably also with rounded edges.
  • Abrasive disks of the invention have a preferably an essentially or exactly circular shape and are preferably intended to be used for circular abrasion motion.
  • abrasive coatings may be applied to one or both sides of the impregnated fabric; preferably they are applied only to one side thereof.
  • the abrasive coating is preferably applied in the form of prefabricated abrasive sheets, either directly to the impregnated fabric or to a fabric-devoid cover layer consisting of the same material as the impregnation.
  • the abrasive product of the invention can have, depending on the contained abrasive and shape, widely diverse applications.
  • Non-limiting examples are deburring (such as deburring internal diameters), blending (such as blending corners), buffing, chrome stripping, cleaning, coating removal, descaling, sanding (such as drum sanding; edge sanding; mould sanding; wide belt sanding; portable belt sanding or stroke sanding), edge bevelling, edge seaming, finishing (such as contour finishing; fine finishing; flat area finishing; intermediate finishing; stainless steel finishing; straight line brushed finishing; superfinishing; weld removal finishing or power train micro-finishing), gate removal, grinding (such as high pressure grinding; light grinding; plate grinding; right angle grinding; sheet grinding; swing frame grinding; slab grinding or centreless & cylindrical grinding), mill scale removal, parting line removal, polishing (such as plate polishing; polishing internal diameters; sheet polishing or coil polishing), prepping metal prior to paint, radiusing, refin
  • Fig. 1 cross-sectional view
  • Fig. 2 top view
  • This fabric has uncrimped warp filaments 1, first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments (shown in cross-section in Fig. 1 ), designated with numerals 301-308 and 309-316, respectively, and crimped warp filaments 41-44.
  • first uncrimped weft multifilaments 301 resp. 302 resp. 303 resp. 304 resp. 305 resp. 306 resp. 307 resp. 308 there is one corresponding second uncrimped weft multifilament 309 resp. 310 resp. 311 resp. 312 resp. 313 resp. 314 resp. 315 resp.
  • each of these successive multifilament pairs is designable with an integer index; e.g.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic side view of the crimped warp filament 41 of the fabric of Fig. 1 , once (upper part of Fig. 3 ) without shear and once (lower part of Fig. 3 ) at attempted 20° shear.
  • the rising filament portions 412 come under tensile stress.
  • the uncrimped warp filament 1 and the crimped warp filaments 41-44 are assumed of reasonably high tenacity then the half pitch L and the length W of the rising filament portions 412 may be assumed unchanged in unsheared and sheared state.
  • the falling filament portions 411 when under shear, come under compressible stress and their length V' becomes schematically shorter under that compressible stress.
  • V ′ W 2 + 4 Lsin ⁇ Lsin ⁇ ⁇ L 2 sin 2 ⁇ + H 2
  • the presumed real reaction of the falling filament portions 411 to such compressible stress is (for monofilaments) some bulging outwards from their longitudinal axis or (for multifilaments) some fluffing up of the individual filaments contained therein or some bulking up of the multifilament.
  • This presumed reaction of the falling filament portions 411 to the compressible stress is believed to be a major reason for possible delamination of an impregnation adhering to these falling filament portions 411, and thus for delamination of such impregnation adhering to the warp filament 41.
  • This presumed real reaction of the falling filament portions 411 to compressible stress cannot be adequately shown in Fig. 3 . Instead Fig.
  • FIG. 3 shows said schematic shortening of the length of the falling filament portions 411 from V, unsheared state, to V', sheared state.
  • V' the more pronounced the schematic shortening of the falling filament portions 411 is, the more pronounced said real reaction of the falling filament portions 411 to compressible stress is predicted to be.
  • a crimped warp filament 5 which simply entwines around first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments, 301-308 and 309-316, respectively, in alternating manner, as shown in Fig. 4 , without ever passing between any uncrimped weft multifilaments 301-316, was used in the inventive fabric, then the half pitch L for that alternatingly entwining crimped warp filament 5 would be equal to D and thus only 15 instead of 30. If the length W of its rising filament portions 52 could be assumed constant under shear and all other parameters were assumed identical as for Figs.
  • the half pitch L of the weave in warp direction is about twice the distance D between centres of adjacent uncrimped weft filaments, because there are always extra filament pairs which allow passing of the crimped warp filaments 41-44 between their first and second uncrimped filaments.
  • the H' calculated with formula (3) becomes smaller with increasing half-pitch L.
  • the H' by formula (3) is equal to H when the shear angle ⁇ is zero and becomes smaller than H when ⁇ is greater than zero.
  • crimped warp filament 41 appearing in Figs. 1-2 , but can be applied to any of the other crimped warp filaments 42, 43 and 44 shown therein, since they all have the same weaving type as crimped warp filament 41.
  • the fabric of Fig. 1 when impregnated and formed into an abrasive product, is predicted to be less prone to shear delamination, when the abrasive motion is in warp direction of the fabric, than a fabric having alternatingly entwining warp filaments 5 as shown in Fig. 4 .
  • the fabric of the invention contains both crimped warp filaments 41-44 of the weave type discussed for Fig. 1-2 and contains uncrimped warp filaments 1, but does not contain any crimped warp filaments 5 simply entwining around the first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments in alternating manner without ever passing between uncrimped weft filaments, as depicted in Fig. 4 .
  • Fig. 5 shows four cross-sectional views of the inventive fabric of Fig. 1 in weft direction.
  • the first cross-sectional view is through the successive multifilament pair with uncrimped weft multifilaments 302, 310; the second one through the successive multifilament pair with uncrimped weft multifilaments 303, 311; the third one through the successive multifilament pair with uncrimped weft multifilaments 304, 312; and the fourth one through the successive multifilament pair with uncrimped weft multifilaments 305, 313.
  • a dashed box indicates a repetitive unit in weft direction.
  • This repetitive unit in all cross-sectional views also comprises one crimped warp filament passing between first and second uncrimped weft multifilament of each successive multifilament pair: In the first and third cross-sectional views it is the crimped warp filament 43, and in the second and fourth cross-sectional views it is the crimped warp filament 42.
  • the passing of the crimped warp filaments 42, 43 between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments is indicated by vertical lines; these being upward solid and downward dashed if the crimped warp filaments 42, 43, upon passing between first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments, form a rising filament portion 412 (as discussed in Fig.
  • the crimped warp filaments 42, 43 cannot rotate at all around their central axis and thus firstly prevent an axial displacing movement of said first uncrimped weft multifilaments 302-305 and said second uncrimped weft multifilaments 310-313 in opposite directions.
  • Such axial displacing movement would actually be favoured by the uncrimped warp filaments 1, which possibly could act as a roller, facilitating such axial displacing movement of said first uncrimped weft multifilaments 302-305 and said second uncrimped weft filaments 310-313 in opposite directions by rotation around their central axis.
  • the crimped warp filaments 42, 43 also prevent further axial displacement thereof in opposite directions by friction, since they cannot rotate.
  • the repetitive unit contains still further crimped warp filaments 41, 44 the inhibition of axial displacement of the uncrimped weft multifilaments 302-305 and 310-313 in opposite directions is even more pronounced, for the same reasons as discussed for the crimped warp filaments 42, 43.
  • the resistance to shear delamination predicted to be particularly pronounced if the direction of shear is simultaneously in warp direction (to bring about a stronger compression of the fabric, as discussed with reference to Fig. 3 ), and in weft direction (to use said stronger compression of the fabric, to cause increased friction between uncrimped weft filaments 302-305 and 310-313 and uncrimped warp filament 1, which in turn prevents shear in the weft direction, as discussed with reference to Fig. 5 ).
  • the resistance to shear delamination of the inventive abrasive products under abrasive action can easily be experimentally tested in a Taber abrader (Taber industries). Instead of the standardized Taber abrading wheels a custom abrading wheel of the same size, but containing as the abrasive outer face a ribbon of the abrasive product of the invention to be tested, is used. This setup allows to test for shear of the abrasive product of the invention in any direction of the weave of the fabric contained therein (warp, weft, or a combination of both). The ribbon only needs to be cut out from the abrasive product of the invention in a suited orientation.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an abrasive belt of the invention containing the fabric of the invention, along its longitudinal direction, cutting through the uncrimped warp filament 1 and the first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments, 301-308 and 309-316, respectively.
  • the longitudinal (warp) direction of the fabric is also considered to be the abrasive belt's travel direction.
  • the first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments 301-308 and 309-316, respectively, are made of polyester and in the exemplified embodiment have a thickness of 0.25-0.45 mm.
  • the uncrimped warp filament 1 is typically a multifilament made of polyester or, more preferable, of aramid.
  • the crimped warp filaments 41-44 are typically multifilaments made of polyester and in the exemplified embodiment have a titer of 550 to 2000 dtex. There are typically 4 or 12 crimped warp filaments 41-44 per uncrimped warp filament 1.
  • the abrasive belt has an impregnation 6, typically of a TPU, such as of Lubrizol's Estane ® TPU types, and an uppermost continuous top layer 7 consisting of the same impregnation material as the impregnation 6, and being completely devoid of fabric. The boundary between uppermost continuous top layer 7 and impregnated fabric is indicated by a dashed line.
  • the uppermost continuous top layer 7 has a top surface 8 with abrasive particles 9 embedded directly therein.
  • the uppermost continuous top layer has, after having the abrasive particles embedded, a thickness D i ', measurable by ultrasound as outlined above. Embedding the abrasive particles 9 directly into the top surface 8 of the top layer 7 helps in reducing the overall thickness Diet of the belt, which is favourable in view of its bendability over pulleys.
  • This abrasive belt of the invention has an overall thickness Diet of typically in the range of 1 to 3 mm, measurably by gauge as described above.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an abrasive pad or disk of the invention containing the fabric of the invention, along its longitudinal direction, cutting through the uncrimped warp filament 1 and the first and second uncrimped weft multifilaments, 301-308 and 309-316, respectively. It contains a fabric of the invention, an impregnation 6 and on one side of the impregnated fabric a first cover layer 71 of a thickness D i1 , consisting of the same impregnation material as the impregnation 6, but being completely devoid of fabric.
  • a second cover layer 72 of thickness D i2 also consisting of the same impregnation material as the impregnation 6, but being completely devoid of fabric.
  • This abrasive pad or belt contains first abrasive particles 91 in the form of a first prefabricated sheet 101 of thickness D i1 ' and containing these first abrasive particles 91 embedded into its first top sheet surface 111. It may e.g. be an abrasive tape of type 262L, or a so-called "micro-finishing film" of type S, both produced by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing.
  • This first prefabricated sheet 101 has been laminated under heat and pressure, optionally with co-use of a compatible hotmelt adhesive (not shown) to the first top layer 71.
  • a second prefabricated sheet 102 identical to the first prefabricated sheet 101 or different therefrom, of thickness D i2 ' and containing further abrasive particles 92 (which may be same as the abrasive particles 91 or different therefrom) embedded into its second top sheet surface 112 has been laminated to the second top layer 72.
  • This second prefabricated abrasive-containing layer is optional.

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  1. Produit abrasif, comprenant :
    i) une toile tissée, comprenant :
    a) une première couche (A) de premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (301-308) s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement les uns aux autres et étant espacés les uns des autres d'une distance D ;
    b) une seconde couche (B) de seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés (309-316) s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement les uns aux autres et étant espacés les uns des autres de ladite distance D ;
    dans lequel pour chacun des premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (301-308) il existe un second multifilament de trame non frisé correspondant (309-316), et vice versa, pour former des paires de multifilaments successives (301/309, 302/310, 303/311, 304/312, 305/313, 306/314, 307/315, 308/316), chaque paire de multifilaments successive pouvant être désignée par un indice entier unique et croissant N ;
    c) des filaments de chaîne frisés (41-44) ayant un type de tissage sélectionné dans le groupe constitué des types de tissage c1 à c4 suivants :
    c1 - un enroulement autour des premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (302, 306) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (302/310, 306/314) ayant des indices N satisfaisant (N mod 4) = 0, ces indices N étant désignés par NA ; un passage entre les premiers (303, 307) et seconds (311, 315) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (303/311, 307/315) ayant des indices N satisfaisant (N mod 4) = 1, ces indices N étant désignés par NB; un enroulement autour des seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés (312, 316) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (304/312, 308/316) ayant des indices N satisfaisant (N mod 4) = 2, ces indices N étant désignés par NC ; et un passage entre les premiers (301, 305) et seconds (309, 313) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (301/309, 305/313) ayant des indices N satisfaisant (N mod 4) = 3, ces indices N étant désignés par ND ;
    c2 - un enroulement autour des seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés (310, 314) de toutes les paires de multifilaments ayant lesdits indices NA ; un passage entre les premiers (303, 307) et seconds (311, 315) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (303/311, 307/315) ayant lesdits indices NB ; un enroulement autour des premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (304, 308) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (304/312, 308/316) ayant lesdits indices NC ; et un passage entre les premiers et seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (301/309, 305/313) ayant lesdits indices ND ;
    c3 - un passage entre les premiers (302, 306) et seconds (310, 314) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (302/310, 306/314) ayant ledit indice NA ; un enroulement autour des premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (303, 307) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (303/311, 307/315) ayant lesdits indices NB ; un passage entre les premiers (304, 308) et seconds (312, 116) multifilaments de trame non frisés (304/312, 308/316) de toutes les paires de multifilaments ayant lesdits indices NC; et un enroulement autour des seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés (309, 313) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (301/309, 305/313) ayant lesdits indices ND ;
    et
    c4 - un passage entre les premiers (302, 306) et seconds (310, 314) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (302/310, 306/314) ayant lesdits indices NA ; un enroulement autour des seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés (311, 315) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (303/311, 307/315) ayant lesdits indices NB ; un passage entre les premiers (304, 308) et seconds (312, 316) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (304/312, 308/316) ayant lesdits indices NC ; et un enroulement autour des premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés (301, 305) de toutes les paires de multifilaments (301/309, 305/313) ayant lesdits indices ND ; dès lors que des filaments de chaîne frisés (41-44) ayant chacun des quatre types de tissage définis ci-dessus c1, c2, c3 et c4 sont présents ;
    et
    dans lequel (N mod 4) désigne le reste obtenu par une division entière euclidienne de N par 4 ;
    le produit abrasif étant caractérisé en ce que
    - la toile comprend en outre
    d) des filaments de chaîne non frisés (1) passant entre les premiers (301-308) et seconds (309-316) multifilaments de trame non frisés de toutes les paires de multifilaments (301/309, 302/310, 303/311, 304/312, 305/313, 306/314, 307/315, 308/316) ; et
    e) facultativement, des filaments de chaîne antistatiques frisés ayant l'un des types de tissage c1, c2, c3 ou c4 définis ci-dessus ;
    - la toile ne comprend pas de quelconque autre filament de chaîne frisé, en dehors desdits filaments de chaîne frisés (41-44) et desdits filaments de chaîne antistatiques frisés facultatifs e) ;
    - la toile est imprégnée d'une imprégnation (6) comprenant un thermoplastique, un élastomère thermoplastique, un plastique thermodurcissable, un élastomère ou un mélange de ces derniers, ou étant constituée de ces derniers ;
    et
    - la toile comprend soit :
    iia) immédiatement adjacente à un premier côté de la toile imprégnée, une première couche supérieure (7) dotée d'une première surface le plus en haut (8) comprenant les mêmes thermoplastique, élastomère thermoplastique, plastique thermodurcissable, élastomère ou mélange de ces derniers, ou étant constituée de ces derniers, que dans l'imprégnation (6) mais étant dépourvue de toile, et
    iiia) un premier matériau abrasif particulaire (9) incorporé dans la première surface le plus en haut (8) de la première couche supérieure (7) ;
    soit
    iib) facultativement, immédiatement adjacente à un premier côté de la toile imprégnée, une première couche de recouvrement (71) comprenant les mêmes thermoplastique, élastomère thermoplastique, plastique thermodurcissable, élastomère ou mélange de ces derniers, ou étant constituée de ces derniers, que dans l'imprégnation (6) mais étant dépourvue de toile ;
    iiib) adjacente audit premier côté de la toile imprégnée, ou, si la première couche de recouvrement (71) est présente, à ladite première couche de recouvrement (71), une première feuille abrasive préfabriquée (101) comprenant un matériau de matrice, une première surface de feuille supérieure (111) et des premières particules abrasives (91) incorporées dans la première surface de feuille supérieure (111), dans lequel ledit matériau de matrice est différent de l'imprégnation (6).
  2. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque filament de chaîne non frisé (1) est séparé dans une direction de trame du filament de chaîne non frisé suivant (1) par un nombre pair de filaments de chaîne frisés (41-44), ledit nombre pair étant au minimum de 2.
  3. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel chaque filament de chaîne non frisé (1) est pris en sandwich dans une direction de trame par deux filaments de chaîne frisés immédiatement adjacents (42, 43).
  4. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel les filaments de chaîne frisés de types de tissage c1 (41) et c2 (42) selon la revendication 1 sont toujours présents par paire et immédiatement adjacents les uns aux autres dans la direction de trame, et les filaments de chaîne frisés de types de tissage c3 (43) et c4 (44) selon la revendication 1 sont toujours présents par paire et immédiatement adjacents les uns aux autres dans la direction de trame.
  5. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel le rapport numérique de filaments de chaîne frisés c) (41-44) aux filaments de chaîne non frisés d) (1) s'inscrit dans la plage de 4:1 à 12:1.
  6. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel les filaments de chaîne frisés c) (41, 42, 43, 44) et les filaments de chaîne non frisés d) (4) sont disposés en unités répétitives dans la direction de trame, dans lesquelles unités répétitives l'ordre dans lequel les filaments de chaîne non frisés d) (1) et les filaments de chaîne frisés des types de tissage ci-dessus c1 (41), c2 (42), c3 (43) et c4 (44) sont disposés dans la direction de trame est toujours le même.
  7. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, comprenant les filaments de chaîne antistatiques frisés e) .
  8. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel la toile tissée est constituée de premiers multifilaments de trame non frisés a) (301-308), de seconds multifilaments de trame non frisés b) (309-316), de filaments de chaîne frisés c) (41-44), de filaments de chaîne non frisés d) (1) et, facultativement, des filaments de chaîne antistatiques frisés e).
  9. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant iia) et iiia) selon la revendication 1.
  10. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 9, qui est une bande abrasive sans fin, et dans lequel la direction de chaîne de la toile correspond à la direction de déplacement de la bande.
  11. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 9, comprenant en outre :
    iv) immédiatement adjacente à l'autre côté de la toile imprégnée, une seconde couche supérieure dotée d'une seconde surface le plus en haut et étant constituée des mêmes thermoplastique, élastomère thermoplastique, plastique thermodurcissable, élastomère ou mélange de ces derniers, que dans l'imprégnation (6) de la toile mais étant dépourvue de toile ; et
    v) un second matériau abrasif particulaire incorporé dans la seconde surface le plus en haut de la seconde couche supérieure.
  12. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant iib) et iiib) selon la revendication 1.
  13. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 12, comprenant en outre :
    iv) facultativement, immédiatement adjacente à l'autre côté de la toile imprégnée, une seconde couche de recouvrement (72) comprenant les mêmes thermoplastique, élastomère thermoplastique, plastique thermodurcissable, élastomère ou mélange de ces derniers, ou étant constituée de ces derniers, que dans l'imprégnation (6) mais étant dépourvue de toile ;
    v) adjacente audit autre côté de la toile imprégnée, ou, si la seconde couche de recouvrement (72) est présente, à ladite seconde couche de recouvrement (72), une seconde feuille abrasive préfabriquée (102) comprenant un matériau de matrice, une seconde surface de feuille supérieure (112) et des secondes particules abrasives (92) incorporées dans la seconde surface de feuille supérieure (112), dans lequel ledit matériau de matrice est différent de l'imprégnation (6) .
  14. Produit abrasif selon la revendication 12 ou la revendication 13, qui est un tampon abrasif ou un disque abrasif.
  15. Produit abrasif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 14, dans lequel l'imprégnation (6) est d'un thermoplastique ou d'un élastomère thermoplastique, en particulier d'un polyuréthane thermoplastique (TPU).
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