US20160010250A1 - Fibrous Network Structure Having Excellent Compression Durability - Google Patents

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US20160010250A1
US20160010250A1 US14/770,696 US201314770696A US2016010250A1 US 20160010250 A1 US20160010250 A1 US 20160010250A1 US 201314770696 A US201314770696 A US 201314770696A US 2016010250 A1 US2016010250 A1 US 2016010250A1
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    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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  • the present invention relates to a network structure suitable for cushioning materials that are used for office chairs, furniture, sofas, beddings such as beds, and seats for vehicles such as those for trains, automobiles, two-wheeled vehicles, buggies and child seats, and floor mats and mats for impact absorption such as members for prevention of collision and nipping, etc., the network structure having excellent repeated compression durability.
  • foamed-crosslinking type urethanes are widely used a cushioning material that is used for furniture, beddings such as beds, and seats for vehicles such as those for trains, automobiles and two-wheeled vehicles.
  • foamed-crosslinking type urethanes have excellent durability as a cushioning material, they have inferior moisture and water permeability and air permeability, and have thermal storage property to exhibit possible humid feeling. Since the foamed-crosslinking type urethanes do not have thermoplasticity, they have difficulty in recycling, and therefore they give significant damage to incinerators in case of incineration, and need high costs in elimination of poisonous gas. For this reason, the foamed-crosslinking type urethanes are often disposed of by landfill, but limitation of landfill spots based on difficulty of stabilization of ground causes problems of the necessity for higher costs. Furthermore, although the foamed-crosslinking type urethanes have excellent workability, they may cause various problems such as pollution problems with chemicals that have been used in the manufacturing process, residual chemicals after foaming and associated offensive odors.
  • Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose network structures. They are capable of solving various problems associated with the foamed-crosslinking type urethanes and have excellent cushioning performance. As for repeated compression durability properties, however, although performance with regard to the repeated compression residual strain is excellent for the 20000-times repeated compression residual strain being not more than 20%, a hardness after repeated use is low for the 50%-compression hardness retention after repeated compression being only about 83%.
  • Foamed-crosslinking type urethanes have been heretofore considered to have sufficient durability performance if the repeated compression residual strain is low. In recent years, however, it has been increasingly required to secure cushioning performance after repeated use with compression as requirements for repeated compression durability have become higher. However, in regard to the conventional network structures, it is difficult to obtain a network structure having durability performance which satisfies both the requirements of low repeated compression residual strain and high hardness retention after repeated compression.
  • the present invention has been completed in consideration of the problems of conventional technology described above, and aims at providing a network structure having excellent repeated compression durability, the network structure having a low repeated compression residual strain and a high hardness retention after repeated compression.
  • the present invention has been completed as result of wholehearted investigation performed by the present inventors in order to solve the above-described problems. That is, the present invention includes:
  • a network structure comprising a three-dimensional random loop bonded structure obtained by forming random loops with curling treatment of a continuous linear structure including a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer and having a fineness of not less than 100 dtex and not more than 60000 dtex, and by making each loop mutually contact in a molten state, wherein the network structure has an apparent density of 0.005 g/cm 3 to 0.20 g/cm 3 , a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of not more than 15%, and a 50%-compression hardness retention of not less than 85% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression.
  • a network structure according to the present invention is a network structure having excellent repeated compression durability, the network structure having a low repeated compression residual strain and high hardness retention after repeated compression and hardly causing a change in sitting comfort and sleeping comfort even after repeated use.
  • the excellent repeated compression durability has made it possible to provide a network structure suitable for cushioning materials that are used for office chairs, furniture, sofas, beddings such as beds, and seats for vehicles such as those for trains, automobiles, two-wheeled vehicles, buggies and child seats, and floor mats and mats for impact absorption such as members for prevention of collision and nipping, etc.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic graph of a compression/decompression test in the hysteresis loss measurement of a network structure.
  • the network structure of the present invention is a network structure made of a three-dimensional random loop bonded structure obtained by forming random loops with curling treatment of a continuous linear structure including a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer and having a fineness of not less than 100 dtex and not more than 60000 dtex, and by making each loop mutually contact in a molten state, wherein the network structure has an apparent density of 0.005 g/cm 3 to 0.20 g/cm 3 , a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of not more than 15%, and a 50%-compression hardness retention of not less than 85% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression.
  • polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer in the present invention a polyester ether block copolymer having a thermoplastic polyester as a hard segment and a polyalkylenediol as a soft segment or a polyester ester block copolymer having an aliphatic polyester as a soft segment may be mentioned as examples.
  • the polyester ether block copolymer is a triblock copolymer formed of at least one of dicarboxylic acids selected from aromatic dicarboxylic acids such as terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, naphthalane-2,7-dicarboxylic acid and diphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid, cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids such as 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids such as succinic acid, adipic acid, sebacic acid and dimer acid and ester forming derivatives thereof, at least one of diol components selected from aliphatic diols such as 1,4-butanediol, ethylene glycol, trimethylene glycol, tetramethylene glycol, pentamethylene glycol and hexamethylene glycol and cycloaliphatic diols such as 1,1-
  • the polyester ester block copolymer is a triblock copolymer formed of at least one of the above-described dicarboxylic acids, at least one of the above-described diols, and at least one of polyester diols such as polylactone, the number average molecular weight of which is about 300 to 5000.
  • triblock copolymers having terephthalic acid or naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid as a dicarboxylic acid, 1,4-butanediol as a diol component, and polytetramethylene glycol as a polyalkylenediol, or triblock copolymers having polylactone as a polyester diol are especially preferred.
  • those containing a polysiloxane-based soft segment may also be used.
  • the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer in the present invention also encompasses those obtained by blending or copolymerizing a non-elastomer component with the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer and those having a polyolefin-based component as a soft segment. Further, those obtained by adding various kinds of additives etc. to the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer as necessary are also encompassed.
  • the content of a soft segment in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer is preferably not less than 15% by weight, more preferably not less than 25% by weight, still more preferably not less than 30% by weight, especially preferably not less than 40% by weight, and for securing the hardness and from the viewpoint of heat and setting resistance, the content of a soft segment in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer is preferably not more than 80% by weight, more preferably not more than 70% by weight.
  • a component including the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer, which forms the network structure having excellent repeated compression durability of the present invention has an endothermic peak at a temperature of not higher than the melting point in a melting curve obtained by measurement using a differential scanning calorimeter. Those having an endothermic peak at a temperature of not higher than the melting point have significantly improved heat and setting resistance as compared to those having no endothermic peak.
  • an acid component of hard segment containing terephthalic acid or naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid etc.
  • the resulting product is then polymerized to a necessary polymerization degree, and not less than 15% by weight and not more than 80% by weight, more preferably not less than 25% by weight and not more than 70% by weight, still more preferably not less than 30% by weight and not more than 70% by weight, especially preferably not less than 40% by weight and not more than 70% by weight of polytetramethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of not less than 500 and not more than 5000, more preferably not less than 700 and not more than 3000, still more preferably not less than 800 and not more than 1800 is then copolymerized, crystallinity of hard segment is improved, plastic deformation is hard to occur and heat and setting resistance is improved when the acid component of
  • annealing treatment is further performed at a temperature lower by at least 10° C. than the melting point after hot-melt bonding, heat and setting resistance is further improved. It suffices that the sample can be heat-treated at a temperature lower by at least 10° C. than the melting point in annealing treatment, but heat and setting resistance is further improved when a compressive strain is imparted.
  • An endothermic peak appears more clearly at a temperature of not lower than room temperature and not higher than the melting point in a melting curve obtained by measuring the cushioning layer treated as described above using a differential scanning calorimeter. When annealing is not performed, an endothermic peak does not appear clearly in the melting curve at a temperature of not lower than room temperature and not higher than the melting point.
  • the fineness of the continuous linear structure which forms the network structure of the present invention should be set in a proper range because when the fineness is small, a necessary hardness cannot be maintained when the network structure is used as a cushioning material, and conversely when the fineness is excessively large, the hardness becomes excessively high.
  • the fineness is not less than 100 dtex, preferably not less than 300 dtex. When the fineness is less than 100 dtex, the network structure becomes so thin that although denseness and soft touch are improved, it is difficult to secure a necessary hardness as a network structure.
  • the fineness is not more than 60000 dtex, preferably not more than 50000 dtex. When the fineness is more than 60000, the hardness of the network structure can be sufficiently secured, but the network structure may become coarse, leading to deterioration of other cushioning performance.
  • the apparent density of the network structure of the present invention is 0.005 g/cm 3 to 0.20 g/cm 3 , preferably 0.01 g/cm 3 to 0.18 g/cm 3 , more preferably 0.02 g/cm 3 to 0.15 g/cm 3 .
  • the apparent density is smaller than 0.005 g/cm 3 , a necessary hardness cannot be maintained when the network structure is used as a cushioning material, and conversely when the apparent density is more than 0.20 g/cm 3 , the hardness may become so high that the network structure is unsuitable for a cushioning material.
  • the thickness of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not less than 10 mm, more preferably not less than 20 mm. When the thickness is less than 10 mm, the network structure may be so thin that a bottoming feeling is given.
  • the upper limit of the thickness is preferably not more than 300 mm, more preferably not more than 200 mm, still more preferably not more than 120 mm in view of manufacturing equipment.
  • the 70° C.-compression residual strain of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not more than 35%.
  • properties as a network structure to be used for an intended cushioning material are not satisfied.
  • the 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of the network structure of the present invention is not more than 15%, preferably not more than 10%.
  • the 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain is more than 15%, the network structure is reduced in thickness after a long period of use, and is not preferred as a cushioning material.
  • the lower limit of the 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain is not particularly defined, but it is not less than 1% in the case of the network structure obtained in the present invention.
  • the 50%-compression hardness of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not less than 10 N/ ⁇ 200 and not more than 1000 N/ 200.
  • the 50%-compression hardness is less than 10 N/ ⁇ 200, a bottoming feeling may be given.
  • the 50%-compression hardness is more than 1000 N/ ⁇ 200, the hardness may be so high that cushioning performance is impaired.
  • the 25%-compression hardness of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not less than 5 N/ ⁇ 200 and not more than 500 N/ ⁇ 200.
  • the 25%-compression hardness is less than 0.5 N/ ⁇ 200, the hardness may be so low that cushioning performance may become insufficient.
  • the 25%-compression hardness is more than 500 N/ ⁇ 200, the hardness may be so high that cushioning performance is impaired.
  • the 50%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression of the network structure of the present invention is not less than 85%, preferably not less than 88%, more preferably not less than 90%.
  • the upper limit of the 50%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression is not particularly defined, but it is not more than 110% in the case of the network structure obtained in the present invention.
  • the reason why the 50%-compression hardness retention may exceed 100% is that there may be cases where the thickness of the network structure is reduced due to repeated compression, so that the apparent density of the network structure after repeated compression is increased, leading to an increase in hardness of the network structure.
  • the 50%-compression hardness retention is preferably not more than 110%.
  • the 25%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not less than 85%, more preferably not less than 88%, still more preferably not less than 90%, especially preferably not less than 93%.
  • the upper limit of the 25%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression is not particularly defined, but it is not more than 110% in the network structure obtained in the present invention.
  • the reason why the 25%-compression hardness retention may exceed 100% is that there may be cases where the thickness of the network structure is reduced due to repeated compression, so that the apparent density of the network structure after repeated compression is increased, leading to an increase in hardness of the network structure.
  • the 25%-compression hardness retention is preferably not more than 110%.
  • the hysteresis loss of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not more than 28%, more preferably not more than 27%, still more preferably not more than 26%, still further more preferably not more than 25%.
  • the lower limit of the hysteresis loss is not particularly defined, but it is preferably not less than 1%, more preferably not less than 5% in the case of the network structure obtained in the present invention.
  • the hysteresis loss is less than 1%, the force of repulsion is so large that cushioning performance is deteriorated, and therefore the hysteresis loss is preferably not less than 1%, more preferably not less than 5%.
  • the number of bonding points per unit weight of a random loop bonded structure that is the network structure of the present invention is preferably 60 to 500/g.
  • the bonding point refers to a fused part between two filaments
  • the number of bonding points per unit weight (unit: number of points/g) is a value obtained by dividing the number of bonding points per unit volume (unit: number of points/cm 3 ) in a parallelepiped-shaped piece by an apparent density of the piece (unit: g/cm 3 ), the parallelepiped-shaped piece being prepared by cutting a network structure into a parallelepiped shape such that the piece has a size of 5 cm (longitudinal direction) ⁇ 5 cm (width direction), and includes two outermost layer surfaces of the sample, but does not include the edge of the sample.
  • the fused part is peeled apart by pulling two filaments, and the number of peelings is counted.
  • the sample is cut such that a boundary line between a dense part and a sparse part coincides with an intermediate line in the longitudinal direction or width direction of the piece, and the number of bonding points per unit weight is counted.
  • the number of bonding points per unit weight of the network structure of the present invention is preferably not less than 60/g and not more than 500/g, more preferably not less than 80/g and not more than 450/g, still more preferably not less than 100/g and not more than 400/g.
  • the bonding point may be described as a contact point.
  • the network structure of the present invention has such properties that the 50%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression is not less than 85% and the 25%-compression hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression is not less than 85%. Only when the hardness retention is in the above-described range, a network structure is obtained which has a reduced change in hardness after a long period of use and which can be used for a long period of time with a small change in sitting or sleeping comfort.
  • Previously known network structures having a low 50%-constant displacement repeated compressive strain and the network structure of the present invention are different in that in the network structure of the present invention, fusion of continuous linear structures that form the network structure is made strong to increase the strength of contact points between continuous linear structures.
  • the hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression of the network structure can be improved. That is, in the case of previously known network structures, many of contact points between continuous linear structures that form the network structure are ruptured due to 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, but in the case of the network structure of the present invention, rupture of the contact points can be reduced as compared to conventional network structures.
  • the network structure of the present invention has such properties that the hysteresis loss is not more than 28%. Only when the hysteresis loss is in the above-described range, a network structure giving sitting or sleeping comfort with a large force of repulsion is obtained.
  • fusion of continuous linear structures that form a network structure is made strong to increase the strength of contact points between continuous linear structures.
  • the mechanism of increasing the strength of contact points to reduce the hysteresis loss is complicated, and has not been fully cleared, but it can be presumed as follows. When the strength of contact points between continuous linear structures that form a network structure is increased, rupture of contact points is hard to occur when the network structure is compressed.
  • the network structure of the present invention has such properties that the number of bonding points per unit weight is not less than 60/g and not more than 500/g.
  • the number of bonding points per unit weight can be adjusted by the heat retaining mold distance, the nozzle surface-cooling water temperature, the spinning temperature, etc. Among them, provision of a heat retaining mold distance is preferred because the strength of contact points is increased. It is preferred to adjust the number of bonding points per unit weight by using one of the above-mentioned conditions alone or using those conditions in combination.
  • the network structure of the present invention having a high hardness retention after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression is obtained in the following manner.
  • the network structure is obtained in accordance with a publicly known method described in Japanese Patent Application No. H7-68061 A etc.
  • a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer is distributed to nozzle orifices from a multi-row nozzle having a plurality of orifices, and discharged downward through the nozzle at a spinning temperature higher by not less than 20° C. and less than 120° C.
  • the continuous linear structures are mutually contacted in a molten state and thereby fused to form a three-dimensional structure, which is sandwiched by a take-up conveyor net, cooled by cooling water in a cooling bath, then drawn out, and drained or dried to obtain a network structure having both surfaces or one surface smoothed.
  • the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer may be discharged onto an inclined take-up net, and the continuous linear structures may be mutually contacted in a molten state and thereby fused to form a three-dimensional structure, which may be cooled while the form of only the take-up net surface is relaxed.
  • the obtained network structure can also be subjected to annealing treatment. Drying treatment of the network structure may be performed by annealing treatment.
  • fusion of continuous linear structures of a network structure to be obtained should be made strong to increase the strength of contact points between the continuous linear structures.
  • repeated compression durability of the network structure can be resultantly improved.
  • a heat-retaining region is provided below a nozzle when a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer is spun. It is also conceivable that the spinning temperature of the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer is increased, but it is preferred to provide a heat-retaining region below a nozzle from the viewpoint of preventing heat degradation of the polymer.
  • the length of the heat-retaining region below a nozzle is preferably not less than 20 mm, more preferably not less than 35 mm, still more preferably not less than 50 mm.
  • the upper limit of the length of the heat-retaining region is preferably not more than 70 mm.
  • the length of the heat-retaining region is not less than 20 mm, fusion of continuous linear structures of a network structure to be obtained becomes strong, strength of contact points between continuous linear structures is increased, and resultantly repeated compression durability of the network structure can be improved.
  • the length of the heat-retaining region is less than 20 mm, the strength of contact points is not improved to the extent that satisfactory repeated compression durability can be achieved.
  • the length of the heat-retaining region is more than 70 mm, surface quality may be deteriorated.
  • a periphery of a spin pack or an amount of heat carried by the polymer may be used to form a heat-retaining region, or the temperature of a fiber-falling region immediately below a nozzle may be controlled by heating the heat-retaining region with a heater.
  • a heat-retaining material may be provided so as to surround the circumference of falling continuous linear structures below the nozzle by using an iron plate, an aluminum plate, a ceramic plate etc. More preferably, the heat-retaining material is formed from the above-described materials, and these materials are covered with a heat-insulating material.
  • the heat-retaining region is preferably provided downward from a position of not more than 50 mm below the nozzle, more preferably from a position of not more than 20 mm below the nozzle, still more preferably from immediately below the nozzle.
  • the periphery of an area immediately below the nozzle is surrounded by an aluminum plate with a length of 20 mm downward from immediately below the nozzle such that the aluminum plate does not come into contact with a string, thereby retaining heat, and further the aluminum plate is covered with a heat-retaining material.
  • the net surface temperature of a take-up conveyor net is increased at or around the falling position of continuous linear structures, or the temperature of cooling water in a cooling bath is increased at or around the falling position of continuous linear structures.
  • the surface temperature of the take-up conveyor net is preferably not less than 80° C., more preferably not less than 100° C.
  • the conveyor net temperature is preferably not more than the melting point of the polymer, more preferably lower by not more than 20° C. than the melting point.
  • the temperature of cooling water is preferably not less than 80° C.
  • the continuous linear structure that forms the network structure of the present invention may be formed as a complex linear structure obtained by combination with other thermoplastic resins within the bounds of not impairing the object of the present invention.
  • examples of the complexed form include complex linear structures of sheath-core type, side-by-side type and eccentric sheath-core type.
  • the network structure of the present invention may be formed as a multilayered structure within the bounds of not impairing the object of the present invention.
  • the multilayered structure include a structure in which the surface layer and the back surface layer are formed of linear structures having different finenesses and a structure in which the surface layer and the back surface layer are formed of structures having different apparent densities.
  • the method for formation a multilayered structure include methods in which network structures are stacked on one after another, and fixed by side ground etc., melted and fixed by heating, bonded with an adhesive, or bound by sewing or a band.
  • the shape of the cross section of the continuous linear structure that forms the network structure of the present invention is not particularly limited, but when the cross section is a solid cross section, a hollow cross section, a round cross section, a modified cross section or a combination thereof, preferred compression resistance and touch characteristics can be imparted.
  • the network structure of the present invention can be processed into a molded article from a resin manufacture process within the bounds of not deteriorating performance, and treated or processed by addition of chemicals, etc. to impart functions such as antibacterial deodorization, deodorization, mold prevention, coloring, fragrance, flame resisting, and absorption and desorption of moisture.
  • the network structure of the present invention thus obtained has excellent repeated compression durability with a low repeated compression residual strain and a high hardness retention.
  • a specimen was cut into a size of 20 cm ⁇ 20 cm, and sample was taken from 10 places.
  • the linear structures sampled at 10 places were measured for a specific gravity at 40° C. using a density gradient tube. Furthermore, the linear structure sampled at the above-mentioned 10 places was measured for a cross-section area in a photograph magnified by 30 times under microscope to calculate a volume for a 10000 m of length of the linear structure.
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, the cut sample is kept standing with no load for 24 hours, and then measured for the height at 4 points using a thickness gauge Model FD-80N manufactured KOBUNSHI KEIKI CO., LTD., and the average of the measured values is determined as the sample thickness.
  • An endothermic peak (melting peak) temperature was determined from an endothermic/exothermic curve obtained by measurement at a heating rate of 20° C./min using a differential scanning calorimeter Q200 manufactured by TA Instruments.
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is measured for a thickness (a) before treatment using the method described in (2).
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is kept standing under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C. with no load for 24 hours, the central part of the sample is then compressed at a speed of 100 mm/min with a ⁇ 200 mm compression board having a thickness of 3 mm using a tensilon manufactured by ORIENTEC Co., LTD., which is placed under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C., and the thickness at a load of 5 N is measured as a hardness-meter thickness.
  • the position of the compression board at this time is defined as a zero position, and the sample is compressed to 75% of the hardness-meter thickness at a speed of 100 mm/min, followed by returning the compression board to the zero point at a speed of 100 mm/min.
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is measured for a thickness (a) before treatment using the method described in (2).
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is measured for the thickness before treatment using the method described in (2).
  • the sample, whose thickness has been measured, is measured using the method described in (5), and the obtained 50%-compression hardness is defined as a load (a) before treatment.
  • the sample is repeatedly compressed to 50% of the thickness before treatment and restored in a cycle of 1 Hz under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C. using Servopulser manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation, the sample after 80000 times of repetition is kept standing for 30 minutes, and then measured using the method described in (5), and the obtained 50% compression hardness is defined as a load (b) after treatment.
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is measured for the thickness before treatment using the method described in (2).
  • the sample whose thickness has been measured, is measured using the method described in (5), and the obtained 25%-compression hardness is defined as a load (c) before treatment.
  • the sample is repeatedly compressed to 50% of the thickness before treatment and restored in a cycle of 1 Hz under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C. using Servopulser manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation, the sample after 80000 times of repetition is kept standing for 30 minutes, and then measured using the method described in (5), and the obtained 25%-compression hardness is defined as a load (d) after treatment.
  • a sample is cut into a size of 30 cm ⁇ 30 cm, and the cut sample is kept standing under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C. with no load for 24 hours, the central part of the sample is then compressed at a speed of 10 mm/min with a ⁇ 200 mm compression board having a thickness of 3 mm using a tensilon manufactured by ORIENTEC Co., LTD., which is placed under an environment of 20° C. ⁇ 2° C., and the thickness at a load of 5 N is measured as a hardness-meter thickness.
  • the position of the compression board at this time is defined as a zero position, the sample is compressed to 75% of the hardness-meter thickness at a speed of 100 mm/min, and the compression board is returned to the zero position at the same speed without hold time (first stress strain curve). Subsequently, the sample is compressed to 75% of the hardness-meter thickness at a speed of 100 mm/min without hold time, and the compression board is returned to the zero position at the same speed without hold time (second stress strain curve).
  • the compression energy given by the second compression stress curve is defined as WC
  • the compression energy given by the second decompression stress curve is defined as WC′.
  • the hysteresis loss is determined in accordance with the following equation.
  • Hysteresis loss (%) ( WC ⁇ WC ′)/ WC ⁇ 100
  • a piece was prepared by cutting a sample in a parallelepiped shape such that the piece had a size of 5 cm (longitudinal direction) ⁇ 5 cm (width direction), and included two outermost layer surfaces of the sample, but did not include the edge of the sample.
  • heights at 4 corners of the piece were measured, the volume (unit: cm 3 ) was then determined, and the weight (unit: g) of the sample was divided by the volume to calculate the apparent density (unit: g/cm 3 ).
  • the number of bonding points in the piece was counted, the number was divided by the volume of the piece to calculate the number of bonding points per unit volume (unit: number/cm 3 ), and the number of bonding points per unit volume was divided by the apparent density to calculate the number of bonding points per unit weight (unit: number/g).
  • a fused part between two filaments was defined as the bonding point, and the number of bonding points was counted by a method of peeling apart a fused part by pulling two filaments.
  • thermoplastic elastic resin raw material As a polyester-based elastomer, dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) were charged together with a small amount of a catalyst, transesterification was performed using a usual method, polytetramethylene glycol (PTMG) was then added, and the mixture was subjected to polycondensation while the temperature was raised and the pressure was reduced, so that a polyether ester block copolymer elastomer was generated. Then, 2% of an antioxidant was added thereto, and the mixture was mixed and kneaded, then pelletized, and dried in vacuum at 50° C. for 48 hours to obtain a thermoplastic elastic resin raw material.
  • Table 1 The formulation of the obtained thermoplastic elastic resin raw material is shown in Table 1.
  • thermoplastic elastic resin (A ⁇ 1) was discharged to downward from a nozzle at a melting temperature of 230° C. and a speed of 2.4 g/min in terms of discharge amount per single hole through orifices zigzag-arranged at a pitch between holes of 5 mm on a nozzle effective face of 1050 mm in the width direction and 45 mm in width in the thickness direction, each orifice shaped to have an outer diameter of 2 mm, an inner diameter of 1.6 mm and have a triple bridge hollow forming cross section. Cooling water of 30° C. was arranged at a position 28 cm below the nozzle face through a heat-retaining region provided immediately below the nozzle with a length of 30 mm.
  • Endless nets made of stainless steel each having a width of 150 cm were disposed parallel at an interval of 40 mm in opening width to form a pair of take-up conveyors so as to be partially exposed over a water surface.
  • the conveyor nets over the water surface were not heated with an infrared heater, and the discharged filaments in a molten state were curled to form loops on the net having a surface temperature of 40° C., and contact parts were fused to form a three-dimensional network structure.
  • the network in a molten state was sandwiched at both surfaces by the take-up conveyors, and drawn into cooling water at 30° C.
  • the obtained network was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 34% and a fineness of 3300 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.038 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 38 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 12.2%, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 3.3%, a 25%-compression hardness of 128 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 241 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 90.5% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25%-compression hardness retention of 90.8% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 27.2%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 134.4/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained network structure satisfied the requirements of the present invention,
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a heat-retaining region was not provided immediately below the nozzle, the discharge amount per single hole was 4 g/min, the take-up speed was 1.5 m/min, the nozzle face-cooling water distance was 28 cm, endless nets made of stainless steel having a width of 150 cm were disposed parallel at an interval of 41 mm in opening width, and the surfaces of the conveyor nets were heated to 120° C. with an infrared heater.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 35% and a fineness of 2800 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.052 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 41 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 18.6%, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 2.9%, a 25%-compression hardness of 220 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 433 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 99.6% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25%-compression hardness retention of 92.8% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 26.5%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 322.2/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion satisfied the requirements of the present invention
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a heat-retaining region was not provided immediately below the nozzle, the spinning temperature was 230° C., the discharge amount per single hole was 2.8 g/min, endless nets made of stainless steel having a width of 150 cm were disposed parallel at an interval of 36 mm in opening width, the conveyor nets were not heated, the surface temperature thereof was 40° C., and the temperature of cooling water was 80° C.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 30% and a fineness of 3000 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.043 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 35 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 17.9%, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 4.4%, a 25%-compression hardness of 155 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 271 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50% compression hardness retention of 93.9% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25%-compression hardness retention of 90.3% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 27.0%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 237.5/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion satisfied the requirements of the present invention, and the
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 30% and a fineness of 3200 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.060 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 37 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 13.1%, a 25%-compression hardness of 61 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 148 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 7.4%, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 102.8% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25%-compression hardness retention of 93.3% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 26.1%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 164.9/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion satisfied the requirements of the present invention
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a resin A-3 was used as a thermoplastic elastic resin, a heat-retaining region was provided immediately below the nozzle with a length of 30 mm, the spinning temperature was 210° C., the discharge amount per single hole was 2.6 g/min, the take-up speed was 0.8 m/min, the nozzle face-cooling water distance was 35 cm, the conveyor nets were not heated, the surface temperature thereof was 40° C., and the temperature of cooling water was 30° C.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 30% and a fineness of 2800 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.061 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 36 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 14.1%, a 25%-compression hardness of 56 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 150 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 6.9%, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 93.8% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25% compression hardness retention of 90.0% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 22.4%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 361.1/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion satisfied the requirements of the present invention, and the network structure
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a resin A-1 was used as a thermoplastic elastic resin, a heat-retaining region was provided immediately below the nozzle with a length of 50 mm, the spinning temperature was 210° C., the discharge amount per single hole was 2.6 g/min, the take-up speed was 1.2 m/min, the nozzle face-cooling water distance was 25 cm, the conveyor nets were not heated, the surface temperature thereof was 40° C., and the temperature of cooling water was 30° C.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 30% and a fineness of 3500 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.041 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 35 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 9.3%, a 25%-compression hardness of 148 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 258 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 4.1%, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 95.3% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25% compression hardness retention of 96.4% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a hysteresis loss of 27.6%, and a number of bonding points per unit weight of 87.6/g.
  • Table 2 The properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion satisfied the requirements of the present invention,
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the resin A-1 was used as a thermoplastic elastic resin, the spinning temperature was 210° C., a heat-retaining region immediately below the nozzle was eliminated, the discharge amount per single hole was 2.6 g/min and the nozzle face-cooling water distance was 30 cm.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 33% and a fineness of 3600 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.037 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 40 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 18.9%, a 25%-compression hardness of 111 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 228 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 3.2%, a 50% compression hardness retention of 82.9% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25% compression hardness retention of 75.7% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression and a hysteresis loss of 30.4%.
  • the properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion did not satisfy the requirements of the present invention, and the network structure had poor repeated compression durability.
  • a network structure was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the resin A-2 was used as a thermoplastic elastic resin, the spinning temperature was 200° C., a heat-retaining region immediately below the nozzle was eliminated, the discharge amount per single hole was 2.4 g/min, and the nozzle face-cooling water distance was 34 cm, and the take-up speed was 0.8 nm/min.
  • the obtained network structure was formed of filaments each having a triangular prism-shaped hollow cross section as a cross-sectional shape, and having a hollowness of 34% and a fineness of 3000 dtex, and had an apparent density of 0.059 g/cm 3 , a thickness of flattened surface of 38 mm, a 70° C.-compression residual strain of 16.7%, a 25%-compression hardness of 59 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-compression hardness of 144 N/ ⁇ 200 mm, a 50%-constant displacement repeated compression residual strain of 8.2%, a 50%-compression hardness retention of 82.9% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression, a 25%-compression hardness retention of 84.2% after 50%-constant displacement repeated compression and a hysteresis loss of 29.1%.
  • the properties of the obtained network structure are shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained cushion did not satisfy the requirements of the present invention, and the network structure had poor repeated compression durability.
  • Example 1 Thermoplastic Elastic Resin A-1 A-1 A-1 A-2 A-3 A-1 A-1 A-2 Spinning Temperature (° C.) 230 230 230 210 210 210 200 Heat retaining distance (mm) 30 0 0 30 30 50 0 0 Discharge amount 2.4 4 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 per single hole (g/min) Take-up speed (m/min) 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.8 Nozzle face-cooling water 28 28 28 32 35 25 30 34 distance(cm) Conveyor nets temperature (° C.) 40 120 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Temperature of cooling water (° C.) 30 30 80 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Apparent density (g/cm 2 ) 0.038 0.052 0.043 0.060 0.061 0.041 0.037 0.059 Thickness (mm) 36 41 35 37 36 35 40 38 Fineness (

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