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- the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of solid regenerated viscose fibres, to fibres obtainable by such process and to absorbent products including such fibres, especially tampons.
- viscose fibres is meant to encompass all types of regenerated viscose fibres, such as standard viscose fibre, Modal fibre and polynosic fibre.
- the disadvantage of a chemical modification of the cellulosic fibre is, that a costly and time-consuming toxicological and physiological testing procedure is needed for very sensitive medical applications like tampons and that the occurrence of the Toxic Shock Syndrom (TSS) prevents most tampon manufacturers from using chemically modified fibre materials, although the chemicals may regarded as safe.
- TSS Toxic Shock Syndrom
- hollow and collapsed hollow fibres are difficult to produce because of their high water retention value, which makes the fibres swell strongly during washing and stick together by formation of hydrogen bonds during drying, making them brittle in the dry state, soapy in the wet state and difficult to open and process into a carded web.
- the process should involve only moderate production costs.
- the process according to the invention for the manufacture of solid regenerated viscose fibres comprises the steps of:
- the fibre shows a significantly better Syngina absorbency than regular viscose fibres, up to the same level as trilobal viscose fibres spun from trilobal spinnerets.
- the fibre furthermore, offers significant advantages in carding and tampon manufacturing due to its chemical crimp and special surface structure.
- Stretching of the filaments should be performed at a stretching ratio of from 70% to 90%, preferably 80% to 90% of the maximum stretching ratio.
- the maximum stretching ratio depends on various parameters, such as the degree of regeneration of the filaments, the spinning speed, the size of the spinneret and/or the number of spinning positions in a production line, and may be determined in each case in advance by means of a tension meter:
- a tension meter measures the tension of the tow directly before the second godet.
- the speed of the first godet is reduced slowly step by step, thus increasing the stretching ratio.
- the tension of the tow also increases until maximum tension and stretching ratio are obtained. Beyond this point, individual filaments start to break and the tension of the tow drops.
- the stretching ratio where maximum stretching level has been recorded is the so-called “maximum stretching ratio”.
- a total level of stretching has to be applied, which is of from 70% to 90%, preferably 80% to 90% of this maximum stretching ratio.
- the term “stretching ratio” refers to the total amount of stretching applied in the two steps of stretching.
- the alkali ratio is calculated by dividing the total alkali concentration (w/w) of the viscose spinning dope by the cellulose concentration (w/w) of the viscose spinning dope.
- the total alkali concentration is given by the amount of alkali hydroxide, alkali carbonate and alkali sulphide in the viscose dope and is determined by the analytical method according to Jentgen as described in “Chemiefasern nach dem Viskoseclar” (K. Götze, 3 rd edition, Springer-Verlag 1967).
- said alkali ratio is achieved by admixing a suitable amount of alkali into said viscose spinning dope immediately before spinning. This may be achieved by way of injection, for example.
- the fatty acid ester used to treat the filaments is a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester such as TWEEN® 20 (available from ICI Surfactants).
- Treatment of the fibres may occur at any stage of the finishing and aftertreatment processes known from the state of the art of the viscose process, especially in the last treatment step before drying of the fibres.
- Treatment of the fibres furthermore, may be carried out during the various steps of further processing of the fibres, such as carding, by way of processes known in the art, such as spray finishing.
- the fibres are treated with said fatty acid ester in an amount of from 0.03 to 0.7% (w/w calculated on basis of cellulose), preferably of from 0.3 to 0.4%.
- the secondary bath preferably has an elevated temperature.
- stretching of the filaments may be carried out in a secondary bath, in air or in a two-step procedure comprising both alternatives.
- the filaments are cut to form staple fibre.
- all the spinning holes of the spinneret have a circular orifice.
- the regenerated solid viscose fibre according to the invention is obtainable by the process according to the invention.
- the fibre according to the invention preferably is present in the form of staple fibre.
- the titre of the fibre may be in the range of from 0.5 dtex to 6.0 dtex, preferably of from 2.5 dtex to 4 dtex.
- the fibre is a solid fibre and does not have limbs with an aspect ratio of more than 2:1 as disclosed in EP-A1 0 301 874, the fibre shows superior absorbency properties:
- the fibre according to the invention furthermore, exhibits a high level of crimp, providing bulk and excellent processability during carding.
- the fibre according to the invention is perfectly suitable for absorbent products, such as a tampon. Therefore, the present invention also provides an absorbent product, such as a tampon, including the fibre according to the invention in staple form.
- the Syngina Test assesses the absorbency of fibres in a tampon.
- the test as described below is a simplified version of the EDANA Test method ERT 350.0-02.
- FIG. 6 shows the apparatus used to perform the test method, wherein
- A, B denote valves
- the principle of the test method is to simulate the vaginal environment in the laboratory by applying standard pressure to a tampon inside a flexible membrane, being formed by a condom.
- the water retention and liquid absorptive capacity and water displacement can be measured.
- the tampon weight is taken before (dry) and after the test (wet) to calculate the weight of fluid absorbed.
- Syngina fluid distilled or de-ionised water is used.
- the weight of the compacted sliver is adjusted to 2.70 g and put into a device to form a cylinder by winding. During this procedure the roll is weighed down by a 150 g counter cylinder.
- the sample is then put into a mechanical press for plugs.
- This is a mechanical device, which is able to form tampon-shaped plugs.
- the plugs have the same volume, mass and fibre orientation as a commercial digital tampon, including 8 grooves along the side of the cylinder.
- the plug is pressed with 80 Nm for 10 minutes and is weighed again for redundance immediately before testing.
- FIGS. 7 to 11 the press by means of which the tampon-shaped pressed articles for carrying out the Syngina test are produced is illustrated.
- FIG. 7 depicts the mechanical press used to prepare the test specimen for the Syngina test method
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a component of the mechanical press of FIG. 7 , according to lines A-A.
- FIG. 9 is a sectional view of another component of the mechanical press of FIG. 7 , according to lines B-B.
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of region Y in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view of region Z in FIG. 9 .
- the press 41 is arranged on a base plate 42 and consists of a rigidly installed lower bracing 43 , in which a lower gripping device 44 is located, and an upper bracing 45 that is pivotable horizontally and vertically displaceable by means of a lifting device 47 and to which an upper gripping device 46 is connected.
- FIG. 8 shows a section through the upper gripping device 46 according to lines A-A in FIG. 7 .
- the upper gripping device comprises four upper gripping jaws 461 - 464 .
- FIG. 9 shows a section through the lower gripping device 44 according to lines B-B in FIG. 7 .
- the lower gripping device comprises four lower gripping jaws 441 - 444 .
- FIG. 10 shows an enlarged section of region Y in FIG. 8 .
- the exact dimensions of the four upper gripping jaws 461 - 464 result from the dimensions in FIG. 10 (in mm).
- a lower gripping jaw 442 is illustrated by a segmented line.
- FIG. 11 shows an enlarged section of region Z in FIG. 9 .
- the exact dimensions of the four lower gripping jaws 441 - 444 result from the dimensions in FIG. 11 (in mm).
- An upper gripping jaw 463 is illustrated by a segmented line.
- the upper gripping device 46 is swivelled in and brought down until the lower gripping jaws 441 - 444 and the upper gripping jaws 461 - 464 are flush with each other and—such as can be seen in FIGS. 10 and 11 —end up lying alternately adjacent to each other.
- the coiled card sliver now is located in the space 48 (see FIGS.
- This plug can be used for the Syngina test without further modification.
- the length of the plug is about 53 mm, its diameter is 14-15 mm; it does not change its longitudinal or radial dimension for at least 7 days.
- test specimen should be unwrapped immediately before testing, and the withdrawal cord should be cut away.
- the number of specimens per test should be three.
- a straight unlubricated condom having a tensile strength between 17 Mpa and 30 MPa is used as a test membrane.
- the condom is opened and unraveled.
- the condom is marked at 20 mm and 160 mm length from the open end.
- the condom is inserted through the chamber 1 of the test apparatus with the aid of a rod, so that the 160 mm mark rests on the edge of the smaller opening of the chamber 1 (bottom of chamber 1 ).
- the tip of the condom is cut and secured with a rubber band such that the 160 mm mark remains on the edge of the smaller opening of chamber 1 .
- the condom is drawn through the large opening of chamber 1 so that the 20 mm mark rests on the opening's edge and is secured there with a rubber band.
- Test condoms are replaced (a) if they leak, (b)—monthly—whichever applies first.
- the tampon or the pressed plug prepared according to section “Preparation of Specimen” above is weighed to the nearest 0.01 gram. The weight is recorded.
- tampon 8 is placed within the condom 5 as shown in FIG. 6 so that the centre of the tampon is at the centre of chamber 1 and the bottom end (end where withdrawal cord is located) is positioned toward the bottom of chamber 1 . It is helpful to use tweezers to place the plug in the center of this cell.
- valve A is opened so that chamber 1 is filled with water.
- a small tube 9 is inserted into the chamber 1 , so that it contacts the top end of tampon/plug 8 .
- Valve A is closed again.
- valve B is opened for pressure equalisation (a pressure equivalent to 170 mm water column is established as can be seen from FIG. 6 ).
- Filling tube 10 is inserted with a rubber ring 11 .
- 25 ml test liquid is filled into tube 10 .
- a stop watch is started.
- valve B is closed (except there is still some water replaced via run out 4 ). If any liquid is standing over the filling tube 10 and small tube 9 , it is sucked off with a Socorex pipette. Filling tube 10 is removed, and the measuring cell is raised.
- Tube 9 is removed, valve A is opened and the condom is relieved, which makes it easy to remove tampon/plug 8 with tweezers. Afterwards valve A is closed, and chamber 1 is fixed.
- the removed tampon/plug is weighed immediately to the nearest 0.01 gram. The wet weight is recorded. The remaining water is drained from chamber 1 .
- the test should be repeated three times with a new plug from the same fibre sample.
- chamber 1 should be filled without any bubbles.
- the results are expressed to the first decimal.
- the average absorbency of the total number of test specimens is calculated.
- the specific Syngina absorbency in g test liquid/g fibre is calculated by dividing the average absorbency (A) by the average weight of the dry tampons/plugs (C) in grams.
- Water retention of the fibres is measured according to the test method described in DIN 53814, using the Wt calculation scheme.
- Water holding capacity of the fibres is measured according to the test method for absorbency of Viscose waddings, Absorbent described in European Pharmacopoeia 4 01/2002:0034.
- Crimp was measured with a Crimp Tester type “Vibrotex 400” (available from Lenzingtechnik GmbH & CoKG).
- a viscose with the composition 8.25% cellulose, 7.15% alkali (thus having an alkali ratio of 0.87), 2.3% sulfur, a ballfall viscosity of 35 s at 20° C. and a ripening index of 13.5°Hottenroth was spun through a spinneret with 800 holes of circular shape and a diameter of 90 ⁇ m.
- the composition of the spinbath was 98 g/l sulfuric acid, 345 g/l sodium sulphate and 30 g/l zinc sulphate at a temperature of 49° C.
- the spinning speed was 55 m/min.
- the maximum stretching ratio was determined at 107%.
- the filaments were stretched by 90% (which is 84% of the maximum stretching ratio) at 90° C.
- the fibres had a titre of 2.65 dtex, a tenacity in conditioned state of 28.7 cN/tex, an elongation of 15.0% and a Syngina absorbency of 6.3 g/g.
- the water retention of the fibre was 90%, and the water holding capacity was 27.8 g/g.
- the fibre had a removing crimp of 16.2% and a recovering crimp of 9.0%.
- the finishing level of the fibre determined by extraction and subsequent HPLC analysis was 0.21%.
- the cross section of the fibre is shown in FIG. 1 .
- the limbs are much less fragile than those of a state-of-the-art trilobal fibre, which has a positive influence on the mechanical stability of the fibre during carding and tampon manufacturing.
- a fibre manufactured under the same conditions as decribed in example 1 was finished with a finishing bath containing 0.3 g/l of a fatty acid polyglycol ester instead of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester.
- the finish level of the fibre determined by ethanol extraction and subsequent HPLC analysis was 0.09%.
- the fibre had a Syngina absorbency of 6.1 g/g.
- a viscose fibre was manufactured under the same conditions as described in example 1, except for the stretching ratio.
- the maximum stretching ratio was determined to be 104%.
- During spinning of the fibres only 55% stretch (which is 53% of the maximum stretching ratio) were applied.
- the fibre was finished with a finishing bath containing 0.3 g/l of a fatty acid polyglycol ester.
- the finish level of the fibre determined by ethanol extraction and subsequent HPLC analysis was 0.09%.
- the Syngina absorbency of the fibre dropped to 5.6 g/g.
- the fibre had a water retention value of 97.5% and a water holding capacity of 21.5 g/g.
- Example 4 shows, that spinning of a regular viscose with an alkali ratio of 0.59 into a spinbath with a high zinc concentration does not lead to improved Syngina absorbency, even though a high level of stretch is applied:
- a viscose with the composition 8.60% cellulose, 5.09% sodium hydroxide, 2.26% sulfur, a ballfall viscosity of 52 s at 20° C. and a ripening index of 14.5° Hottenroth was spun through a spinneret with 800 holes of circular shape and a diameter of 90 ⁇ m.
- the composition of the spinbath was 100 g/l sulfuric acid, 345 g/l sodium sulphate and 30 g/l zinc sulphate at a temperature of 49° C.
- the spinning speed was 55 m/min.
- the filaments were stretched by 87% (85% of the maximum stretching ratio) at 90° C.
- the fibres had a titre of 3.23 dtex, a tenacity in conditioned state of 27.3 cN/tex, an elongation of 15.5% and a Syngina absorbency of 5.6 g/g.
- the water retention of the fibre was 79.5% and the water holding capacity was 19.0 g/g.
- the removing crimp of the fibres was 8.5%, the recovering crimp 4.9%.
- the finish level of the fibre determined by ethanol extraction and subsequent HPLC analysis was 0.33%.
- FIG. 2 The cross section of this fibre is depicted in FIG. 2 .
- a viscose flow of 106 g/min with the composition of 8.58% cellulose and a 5.19% sodium hydroxide, a ball fall viscosity of 60 s and a ripening index of 13.3°Hottenroth was mixed with a flow of 5.03 g/min of 50% caustic soda and spun by means of a spinneret of 800 holes, each hole having a diameter of 90 ⁇ m into a spinbath.
- the spinbath contained 101 g/l sulfuric acid, 350 g/l sodium sulphate, and 31.7 g/l zinc sulphate at a temperature of 49° C. At a spinning speed of 55 m/min, a maximum stretching ratio of 104% was achieved. The filaments were stretched by 88% (which is 85% of the maximum stretching ratio) in a hot secondary bath, and treated under the same conditions as decribed in example 1.
- the fibres had a titre of 2.79 dtex, a tenacity in conditioned state of 28.5 cN/tex, an elongation of 15.6% and a Syngina absorbency of 6.3 g/g.
- the fibres had a water retention value of 83% and a water holding capacity of 25.4 g/g.
- the removing crimp of the fibres was 16.0%, the recovering crimp 8.6%.
- the finish level of the fibre determined by ethanol extraction and subsequent HPLC analysis was 0.29%.
- the cross section of the fibres shows its irregular structure as depicted in FIG. 3 .
- the filaments were stretched first by 40% in the air, followed by stretching 13% in a hot secondary bath and cut, washed, desulfurized and bleached.
- the fibres were finished with a finishing bath containing 10 g/l Tween® 20 (available from ICI Surfactants).
- the fibres had a titre of 3.53 dtex, a tenacity of 23.2 cN/tex and an elongation of 21.3% in conditioned state.
- the Syngina absorbency of the fibre was 5.5 g/g.
- the cross section of the fibre is shown in FIG. 4 .
- the spinbath composition was 130 g/l sulfuric acid, 365 g/l sodium sulphate and 10.3 g/l zinc sulphate at a temperature of 49° C.
- the filaments were stretched by 17% in the air followed by stretching 36% at 90° C. in a hot secondary bath containing 20 g/l sulfuric acid and then cut into staples of 40 mn length, washed, desulfurized, washed again and finally finished with 1.6 g/l fatty acid polyglycol ester and dried.
- the spinning speed was 53 m/min.
- the fibres had a titre of 3.44 dtex, a tenacity of 20.6 cN/tex and an elongation of 17.5% in conditioned state, a water retention value of 88% and a water holding capacity of 25.2 g/g.
- the finish level according to the ethanol extract was 0.06%.
- the Syngina absorbeny of the fibre was 6.4 g/g.
- the shape of the cross section is depicted in FIG. 5 .
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