WO2022262955A1 - Wasserstrahlverfestigtes filtermaterial für rauchartikel mit verbessertem dehnungsverhalten - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a filter material suitable for producing a segment in a smoking article, which has favorable plastic expansion behavior in the transverse direction, so that segments for smoking articles can be produced from it in an efficient manner.
- the invention also relates to a segment for a smoking article made from this filter material.
- Smoking articles are typically rod-shaped articles consisting of at least two rod-shaped segments arranged one after the other.
- One segment contains a material that is capable of forming an aerosol when heated, and at least one other segment is used to influence the properties of the aerosol.
- the smoking article can be a filter cigarette in which a first segment contains the aerosol-forming material, in particular tobacco, and in which a further segment is designed as a filter and is used to filter the aerosol.
- the aerosol is generated by burning the aerosol-forming material, and the filter primarily serves to filter the aerosol and to equip the filter cigarette with a defined draw resistance.
- the smoking article can also be a so-called tobacco heater, in which the aerosol-forming material is only heated but not burned. This reduces the number and amount of harmful substances in the aerosol.
- a smoking article also consists of at least two, but more often more, in particular four segments.
- One segment contains the aerosol forming material, which typically comprises tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, or tobacco processed by other processes.
- Other segments in the smoking article are used to forward the aerosol, to cool the aerosol or to filter the aerosol.
- segment is understood to mean the segment of a smoking article that does not contain the aerosol-forming material but is used, for example, to convey, cool or filter the aerosol.
- EP 2 515 689 describes a filter material made of non-woven fabric, which, however, mainly contains fibers made from polyvinyl alcohol, polylactides or other non-natural polymers and is therefore unable to meet the requirements for biodegradability well.
- the nonwovens described there are too thin to produce a visually appealing appearance on the cut surface of the segment made from them.
- the proportion of wood pulp should always be less than 50% by weight and in the industrially implemented embodiments it is less than 5% by weight. Due to the manufacturing process used for this purpose, the visual appearance of such filters is not sufficiently appealing to the consumer. Contrary to the teaching of the prior art, the inventors of the present application have found that a filter material with a high proportion of wood pulp fibers can be produced in the form of a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric without the structure of the nonwoven fabric becoming too dense or too compact. A corresponding filter material, which can be seen as the starting point for the present invention, is described in the international application PCT/EP2019/085125, which was not previously published. This application, which is not a prior publication, also describes folding or crimping the filter material in order to form an endless strand of folded or crimped filter material, which is then wrapped in wrapping paper and cut into individual rods of a defined length to form the segments mentioned.
- the web When crimping the web, the web may be passed through two patterned rollers which imprint that pattern on the web.
- this pattern can be a line pattern oriented in the machine direction of the web.
- embossed lines stretch and deform the web in the direction orthogonal to the machine direction, the cross direction, so that thereafter a continuous strand can more easily be formed by collapsing the web in the cross direction.
- the object of the invention is to provide a web-shaped filter material for a smoking article which can be processed into a segment of a smoking article with high productivity and which is otherwise as similar as possible to preferred filter materials in terms of its properties.
- This object is achieved by a hydroentangled nonwoven according to claim 1, a segment for a smoking article according to claim 16, and a smoking article according to claim 23, as well as by a method for producing a segment according to claim 22 and a method for producing the hydroentangled nonwoven according to claim 27.
- a filter material for producing a segment for a smoking article the filter material being a web-shaped hydroentangled fleece.
- hydroentangled first refers to the underlying manufacturing process, it should be noted that a hydroentangled web has characteristic structural properties that distinguish it from other webs and which, to the inventors' knowledge, are not achieved in an identical manner by any other manufacturing process can. Unlike for example in the case of paper, in which the strength is primarily caused by hydrogen bridges and the fibers are arranged primarily in the plane of the paper, the strength of the hydro-jet-bonded nonwoven is achieved by the turbulence of the fibers.
- a hydroentangled fleece has a particularly porous structure, which makes it particularly suitable as a filter material for segments of smoking articles.
- the hydroentangled fleece contains at least 50% and at most 100% cellulose fibers, based on the mass of the hydroentangled fleece, the hydroentangled fleece having a basis weight of at least 15 g/m 2 and at most 60 g/m 2 .
- the hydroentangled fleece has a machine direction and a transverse direction that is orthogonal thereto in the plane of the web of the hydroentangled fleece.
- the hydroentangled fleece has a characteristic plastic deformability in the transverse direction, which is characterized by the fact that in a tensile test in the transverse direction according to ISO 1924-2:2008, the non-linear portion of the deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break is at least 10% and at most 50% of the total deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break.
- This characteristic plastic deformability is more pronounced than is the case with conventional filter materials.
- the hydroentangled nonwoven runs in one direction, the so-called machine direction, through the machine and the hydroentangled nonwoven has a direction that is orthogonal to the machine direction and lies in the web plane of the hydroentangled nonwoven, the transverse direction.
- the hydroentangled fleece is preferably crimped.
- the hydroentangled fleece is passed through two rollers provided with a pattern, which emboss this pattern onto the web.
- this pattern is a line pattern oriented in the machine direction of the web.
- the embossed lines stretch and deform the hydroentangled web in the direction orthogonal to the machine direction, the cross direction. A filter material deformed in this way can be pushed together more easily in the transverse direction and an endless strand can thus be produced for the production of the segments.
- a problem with this method is that the two rollers have to exert a high degree of stretching in the transverse direction on the web in order to bring about a desired deformation of the hydroentangled web, and that there is therefore a risk that the hydroentangled web transverse direction tears.
- the person skilled in the art could now be tempted to increase the elongation at break of the hydroentangled fleece in the transverse direction, so that the hydroentangled fleece tolerates larger deformations without tearing.
- the inventors have recognized that this does not solve the problem, because in order to achieve permanent deformation in the transverse direction, the elongation must then be increased even further, so that the risk of exceeding the breaking load in the transverse direction increases even more.
- the stretching in the transverse direction to which the hydroentangled fleece is subjected during crimping causes a permanent, plastic and not an elastic deformation. If such a plastic deformation can already be achieved with a greater distance between the rollers during crimping, the risk of the hydroentangled fleece tearing in the transverse direction during processing is reduced. In general, it should be sufficient to stretch the hydroentangled fleece in the transverse direction to about half its elongation at break.
- hydroentangled nonwoven can be equipped with a structure using suitable methods that allows good plastic deformability in the transverse direction and thus simplifies crimping. Methods suitable for this are explained further below.
- This plastic deformability in the transverse direction can be characterized by a tensile test according to ISO 1924-2:2008.
- a tensile test according to ISO 1924-2:2008.
- a strip 15 mm wide is taken from the sample in the transverse direction and stretched at a rate of 20 mm/min until it breaks.
- the strain e and the force F applied are recorded, resulting in a force-strain curve F( ).
- Elongation at break 8 b and tensile strength F( b ) are also recorded.
- the deformation energy E absorbed by the water jet bonded fleece up to half the elongation at break 8 b /2 is then given by where in practice the integral is calculated numerically.
- This deformation energy consists of an elastic and a plastic part.
- the elastic deformation decreases after relief, so that it does not contribute to the result of the crimping.
- the plastic deformation on the other hand, is irreversible, so even at low Elongation by the two roles can be expected when crimping a good result when the proportion of plastic deformation energy in the total deformation energy is higher than in comparable filter materials from the prior art.
- Elastic deformation is generally associated with a proportionality between strain and force. Under the fictitious assumption that the water-jet bonded fleece behaves ideally linearly elastic up to half the elongation at break, the deformation energy Ei m can be transmitted up to half the elongation at break be calculated.
- FIG. 1 The elongation e is plotted on the x-axis 10, while the force F( ) required to produce this elongation is plotted on the y-axis 11.
- FIG. 1 Starting from an unloaded state 12, the elongation e is increased at a rate of 20 mm/min and at the same time the force F(c) is measured, with the force-elongation curve 13 being produced. The elongation is increased until the sample breaks in state 14, and from this the elongation at break C b and the tensile strength F(c b ) are determined.
- the hydroentangled fleece can in places, for example, be approximately half the elongation at break C b / 2, Point 15, are loaded with the associated force F( b /2), so that state 16 is reached.
- the line 17 connecting points 12 and 16 would represent a notional linear elastic behavior and the linear strain energy Ei m corresponds to the area of the triangle formed by points 12, 16 and 15.
- the total deformation energy E corresponds to the area enclosed by the lines from point 12 to point 15, from point 15 to point 16 and the line 13 from point 16 to point 12.
- the non-linear component E ni of the deformation energy which is used within the scope of the invention to characterize the hydroentangled fleece according to the invention, corresponds to the area bounded by lines 17 and 13, between points 12 and 16, respectively. The more the force-strain curve bends upwards and the more it deviates from fictitious linear elastic behavior, the greater the potential for plastic and thus irreversible deformation.
- the elongation in the transverse direction during crimping can of course deviate from half the elongation at break, but the non-linear component of the deformation energy up to half the elongation at break has changed independently of the elongation actually applied and the actual elastic -Plastic behavior highlighted as a suitable parameter to characterize the structural structure of the hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention and to predict behavior of the hydroentangled nonwoven when crimping.
- FIG. 2 shows the behavior of a typical conventional and non-inventive filter material.
- a tensile test according to ISO 1924-2:2008 is carried out on a sample in the transverse direction.
- the elongation e is plotted on the x-axis 20, while the force F( ) required to generate this elongation is plotted on the y-axis 21.
- FIG. Starting from an unloaded state 22, the elongation e is increased at a rate of 20 mm/min and at the same time the force F(c) is measured, with the force-elongation curve 23 being produced.
- the elongation is increased until the sample breaks in state 24 and from this the elongation at break C b and the tensile strength F(c b ) are determined.
- the hydroentangled nonwoven can, for example, be loaded with the associated force F( cb /2) up to approximately half the elongation at break C b / 2, point 25, so that state 26 is reached.
- Line 27 connecting points 22 and 26 would represent linear elastic behavior and the associated deformation energy Ei m corresponds to the area of the triangle formed by points 22, 26 and 25.
- the total deformation energy E corresponds to the area enclosed by the lines from point 22 to point 25, from point 25 to point 26 and the line 23 from point 26 to point 22.
- the non-linear component E ni of the deformation energy corresponds to that area which is delimited by the lines 27 and 23 between the points 22 and 26, respectively.
- the hydroentangled web according to the invention contains cellulose fibers.
- the cellulosic fibers are required to provide the hydroentangled web with sufficient strength so that it can be processed into a segment.
- the proportion of cellulose fibers in the hydroentangled fleece is at least 50% and at most 100% of the mass of the hydroentangled fleece, but preferably at least 60% and at most 100% and particularly preferably at least 70% and at most 95%, in each case based on the mass of the Water jet bonded fleece.
- the cellulosic fibers may be wood pulp fibers or regenerated cellulosic fibers or mixtures thereof.
- the cellulose fibers are preferably obtained from conifers, deciduous trees or other plants such as hemp, flax, jute, ramie, kenaf, kapok, coconut, abaca, sisal, bamboo, cotton or from esparto grass. Mixtures of cellulose fibers from different origins can also NEN are used for the production of hydroentangled fleece.
- the cellulose fibers are particularly preferably obtained from coniferous woods, because even a small proportion of such fibers give the hydroentangled fleece good strength.
- the hydroentangled web of the present invention may contain regenerated cellulose fibers.
- the proportion of fibers made from regenerated cellulose is preferably at least 5% and at most 50%, particularly preferably at least 10% and at most 45% and very particularly preferably at least 15% and at most 40%, in each case based on the mass of the hydroentangled nonwoven.
- the fibers made of regenerated cellulose are preferably formed at least partially, in particular more than 70%, by viscose fibers, modal fibers, Lyocell® fibers, Tencel® fibers or mixtures thereof. These fibers have good biodegradability and can be used to optimize the strength of the hydroentangled web and adjust the filtration efficiency of the smoking article segment made therefrom. Because of their manufacturing process, they are less variable than naturally sourced pulp fibers and help ensure that the properties of a segment made from the hydroentangled batt vary less than when only pulp fibers are used. However, their production is more complex and they are usually also more expensive than cellulose fibers.
- the weight per unit area of the hydroentangled nonwoven is at least 15 g/m 2 and at most 60 g/m 2 , preferably at least 18 g/m 2 and at most 55 g/m 2 and particularly preferably at least 20 g/m 2 and at most 50 g/m 2 2 .
- the basis weight influences the tensile strength of the hydroentangled web, with a higher basis weight generally leading to higher strength.
- the weight per unit area should not be too high, because then the hydroentangled fleece can no longer be processed at high speed into segments for smoking articles.
- the information relates to a basis weight measured according to ISO 536:2019.
- the nonlinear component of the deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break is at least 10% and at most 50% of the energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break total deformation energy.
- the non-linear part of the deformation resistance absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break is preferably energy is at least 15% and at most 40% of the total deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break, and the non-linear component is particularly preferably at least 15% and at most 35%, and in particular at least 18% and at most 32%.
- a very good crimping result can be achieved with moderate elongation, and the risk of the hydroentangled fleece tearing in the transverse direction is particularly low.
- the hydroentangled web according to the invention can contain additives such as alkyl ketene dimers (AKD), acid anhydrides such as alkenyl succinic anhydrides (ASA), polyvinyl alcohol, waxes, fatty acids, starch, starch derivatives, carboxymethyl cellulose, alginates, chitosan, wet strength agents or substances for adjusting the pH, such as organic ones or inorganic acids or bases to set specific properties.
- additives such as alkyl ketene dimers (AKD), acid anhydrides such as alkenyl succinic anhydrides (ASA), polyvinyl alcohol, waxes, fatty acids, starch, starch derivatives, carboxymethyl cellulose, alginates, chitosan, wet strength agents or substances for adjusting the pH, such as organic ones or inorganic acids or bases to set specific properties.
- additives such as alkyl ketene dimers (AKD), acid anhydrides such as alkenyl succinic anhydrides (ASA
- the hydroentangled web according to the invention can also contain one or more additives selected from the group consisting of citrates such as trisodium citrate or tripotassium citrate, malates, tartrates, acetates such as sodium acetate or potassium acetate, nitrates, succinates, fumarates, gluconates , Glycolates, lactates, oxylates, salicylates, a-hydroxycaprylates, phosphates, polyphosphates, chlorides and bicarbonates, and mixtures thereof.
- citrates such as trisodium citrate or tripotassium citrate
- malates tartrates
- acetates such as sodium acetate or potassium acetate
- nitrates succinates
- fumarates gluconates
- Glycolates lactates
- lactates oxylates
- salicylates a-hydroxycaprylates
- phosphates polyphosphates
- chlorides and bicarbonates and mixtures
- the hydroentangled web of the present invention can also include other substances that better match the filtration efficiency of the hydroentangled web to that of cellulose acetate.
- the hydroentangled fleece according to the invention comprises a substance selected from the group consisting of triacetin, propylene glycol, sorbitol, glycerol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol and triethyl citrate or mixtures thereof.
- the hydroentangled nonwoven In a preferred embodiment of the hydroentangled nonwoven, at least some of the cellulose fibers are loaded with a filler, with the filler particularly preferably being formed by mineral particles and in particular calcium carbonate particles. Since the structure of the hydroentangled nonwoven is very porous, it is not suitable for retaining fillers, so that it is favorable to load the cellulosic fibers with the fillers and thus fix them in the structure of the hydroentangled nonwoven. Fillers can be used to give the hydroentangled web special properties.
- the thickness of a layer of the hydroentangled nonwoven is preferably at least 25 ⁇ m and at most 1000 ⁇ m, preferably at least 30 ⁇ m and at most 800 ⁇ m and particularly preferably at least 35 ⁇ m and at most 600 ⁇ m.
- the thickness affects the amount of hydroentangled batt that can be packed into the segment of the smoking article and thus the draw resistance and filtration efficiency of the segment, but also the processability of the hydroentangled batt, particularly when crimped or folded to make a segment for a smoking article. Too high a thickness is unfavorable for such process steps, and thicknesses in the preferred and particularly preferred intervals allow particularly good processability of the hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention to form a segment of a smoking article.
- the mechanical properties of the hydroentangled nonwoven are important for the processing of the hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention into a segment of a smoking article.
- the width-related tensile strength of the hydroentangled fleece in the transverse direction is preferably at least 0.05 kN/m and at most 5 kN/m, particularly preferably at least 0.07 kN/m and at most 4 kN/m .
- the elongation at break of the hydroentangled fleece in the transverse direction is therefore preferably at least 0.5% and at most 50% and particularly preferably at least 0.8% and at most 40%.
- the elongation at break is primarily determined by the length of the fibers, with longer fibers leading to a higher elongation at break, and it can thus be adapted over a wide range to the specific requirements of the hydroentangled nonwoven.
- Segments for smoking articles according to the invention can be produced from the hydroentangled fleece according to the invention by methods known per se from the prior art. These methods include, for example, crimping the hydroentangled web, forming a continuous strand from the crimped hydroentangled web, encasing the continuous strand with a wrapping material, and cutting the encased strand into individual rods of defined length. In many cases, the length of such a rod is an integer multiple of the length of the segment then to be used in the smoking article of the present invention, and therefore the rods are cut into segments of the desired length before or during manufacture of the smoking article.
- the segment for smoking articles according to the invention comprises the hydroentangled nonwoven fabric of the invention and a wrapping material.
- the segment comprises a hydroentangled web that is pushed together in the transverse direction and a wrapping material, the hydroentangled web containing at least 50% and at most 100% cellulosic fibers, each based on the mass of the hydroentangled web.
- the hydroentangled fleece has a basis weight of at least 15 g/m 2 and at most 60 g/m 2 .
- the basis for determining the basis weight is the area of the hydroentangled fleece when it is spread out (i.e. no longer pushed together).
- the hydroentangled web has a transverse direction in which the hydroentangled web is collapsed. To make it easier to collapse the hydroentangled web, it can be preformed by crimping or folding.
- push together is used broadly here, and the verb "push” it contains is not intended to suggest any particular mechanical way in which the “push together” condition is produced.
- a “gathered” state is also, for example, a “pushed together” state within the meaning of the present disclosure, regardless of the mechanical way in which the gathering or shortening in the transverse direction is produced.
- the hydroentangled nonwoven exhibits a characteristic plastic deformability in the transverse direction in the non-compacted state, which is characterized by the fact that in a tensile test in the transverse direction in accordance with ISO 1924-2:2008, the nonlinear portion of the deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled nonwoven up to half the elongation at break at least 10% and at most 50% of the total deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled fleece up to half the elongation at break.
- the segment is cylindrical with a diameter of at least 3 mm and at most 10 mm, particularly preferably at least 4 mm and at most 9 mm and very particularly preferably at least 5 mm and at most 8 mm. These diameters are favorable for the use of the segments according to the invention in smoking articles.
- the segment has a length of at least 4 mm and at most 40 mm, particularly preferably at least 6 mm and at most 35 mm and very particularly preferably at least 10 mm and at most 28 mm.
- the draw resistance of the segment determines, among other things, what pressure difference the consumer must apply when using the smoking article in order to generate a certain volume flow through the smoking article, and it therefore has a significant influence on the consumer's acceptance of the smoking article.
- the draw resistance of the segment can be measured according to ISO 6565:2015 and is given in mm water column (mmWG).
- the tensile resistance of the segment is proportional to the length of the segment, so that the tensile resistance can also be measured on rods that differ from the segment only in length. From this, the drag resistance of the segment can be easily calculated.
- the tensile strength of the segment per length of the segment is preferably at least 1 mmWG/mm and at most 12 mmWG/mm and particularly preferably at least 2 mmWG/mm and at most 10 mmWG/mm.
- the covering material of the segment according to the invention is preferably paper or foil.
- the wrapping material of the segment according to the invention preferably has a basis weight according to ISO 536:2019 of at least 20 g/m 2 and at most 150 g/m 2 , particularly preferably at least 30 g/m 2 and at most 130 g/m 2 .
- a covering material with this preferred or particularly preferred basis weight gives the segment according to the invention covered therewith a particularly advantageous hardness.
- Smoking articles according to the invention can be produced from the segment according to the invention by methods known in the art.
- the smoking article of the present invention comprises a segment containing an aerosol generating material and a segment comprising the hydroentangled nonwoven fabric of the present invention and a wrapping material.
- the segment of the smoking article nearest the mouth end is a segment of the present invention.
- the smoking article is a filter cigarette and the aerosol forming material comprises tobacco.
- the smoking article is a smoking article in whose intended use the aerosol-forming material is only heated but not burned, and the aerosol-forming material preferably comprises a material selected from the group consisting of tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, glycerol, propylene glycol kol or mixtures thereof.
- the aerosol-forming material can also be in liquid form and can be located in a suitable container in the smoking article.
- the non-linear component of the deformation energy according to the invention can be achieved in that the fibers in the hydroentangled nonwoven are aligned more strongly in the machine direction of the hydroentangled nonwoven. This can be achieved by the methods according to the invention described below.
- the hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention can be produced by a method which comprises the following steps Ai to A3.
- Ai - providing a fiber web comprising cellulose fibers which has a machine direction and a transverse direction orthogonal thereto in the web plane
- step Ai the proportion of cellulose fibers in the fibrous web being selected in step Ai such that the hydroentangled nonwoven after drying in step A3 contains at least 50% and at most 100% cellulose fibers, based on the mass of the hydroentangled nonwoven , and wherein steps Ai and A2 are carried out in such a way that the hydroentangled nonwoven is given a characteristic plastic deformability in the transverse direction, which is characterized in that in a transverse tensile test carried out on the hydroentangled nonwoven after drying in step A3 in accordance with ISO 1924- 2:2008 the non-linear portion of the deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled web up to half the elongation at break is at least 10% and at most 50% of the total deformation energy absorbed by the hydroentangled web up to the half elongation at break, and the hydroentangled e Nonwoven has a weight per unit area of at least 15 g/m 2 and at most 60 g/m 2 after drying in step A
- Steps Ai and A2 can be carried out in such a way that the cellulose fibers in the finished hydroentangled web tend to be more aligned in the machine direction than in the transverse direction.
- the water jets directed at the fibrous web in step A2 cause the cellulose fibers to swirl, whereby the structure conducive to the favorable plastic behavior in the transverse direction can be produced.
- the expert understands the “pressure of the water jet” to mean the pressure that is used to generate the water jet, for example in a pressure chamber. According to the findings of the inventors, in order to achieve favorable plastic behavior of the hydroentangled nonwoven, the proportion of fibers oriented in the transverse direction in the hydroentangled nonwoven is low and the fibers are aligned more in the machine direction and thickness direction.
- the water jets should be arranged close to one another in the transverse direction. Due to the proximity of the water jets simultaneously impinging on the fibrous web, the water deflects in the machine direction rather than in the cross direction and orients the fibers in that direction.
- the pressure of the water jets can be reduced compared to the pressure usually used.
- the distance and the pressure of the water jets also depend significantly on the size of the openings from which the water jets emerge and, above all, on the speed of the fiber web, so that the specialist can determine the specific value based on experience, based on the specific exemplary embodiments and can choose by simple experiments.
- a plurality of water jets are used to carry out the hydroentanglement in step A2, the water jets being arranged in at least one row in the cross-machine direction of the fibrous web.
- the hydroentanglement in step A2 is effected by at least two rows of water jets aimed at the fibrous web, with at least one row of the water jets particularly preferably acting on each of the two sides of the fibrous web.
- the drying in step A3 is effected at least partially by contact with hot air, by infrared radiation or by microwave radiation. Drying by direct contact with a heated surface is also possible, but less preferred because the thickness of the hydroentangled nonwoven can decrease.
- the hydroentangled web produced by this process is said to be suitable for use in segments for smoking articles. This means that it can in particular have all the features, individually or in combination, which have been described above in connection with the hydroentangled nonwoven and are defined in the claims directed to the hydroentangled nonwoven.
- said step Ai of preparing the fiber web includes the following sub-steps Bi to B3:
- step B3 dewatering of the suspension through the circulating wire in order to form said fibrous web, the amount or proportion of cellulose fibers in step Bi being selected such that the water jet-bonded web after drying in step A3 contains at least 50% and at most 100% contains cellulose fibers, based on the mass of the hydroentangled nonwoven, and wherein in step B3 the machine direction of the fiber web is defined by the running direction of the wire and the transverse direction is defined by the direction orthogonal thereto in the plane of the fiber web, and wherein in step B2 the suspension is applied to the circulating screen at a speed which is lower than the speed of the circulating screen.
- the speeds of the circulating screen and the suspension are to be understood in relation to the same reference system, so that differing speeds lead to a relative speed between the suspension and the circulating screen, which is used in this embodiment of the method.
- the fibrous web is at least partially given the desired structure by suitably matching the speed at which the suspension flows onto the circulating wire in step B2 and the speed of the circulating wire in step B2.
- the speed at which the suspension flows onto the circulating screen in step B2 should be lower than the speed of the circulating screen. Due to the speed difference, the suspension is entrained by the screen and shear forces arise in the suspension, which align the cellulose fibers in the machine direction and thus contribute to a structure of the hydroentangled nonwoven that leads to the inventive plastic deformability in the transverse direction.
- the person skilled in the art can determine the magnitude of the speed difference based on his experience and on the basis of the exemplary embodiments or by means of simple experiments.
- a structure with the desired plastic deformability in the transverse direction can be achieved in many cases if, in step B2, the suspension is applied to the circulating screen at a speed that is only about 90% of the speed of the circulating screen, for example between 88% and 93% of the speed of the surrounding sieve is.
- this information only serves as a guide, a suitable numerical value of the differential speed will depend at least in part on the other process parameters, and the person skilled in the art will therefore determine it experimentally in practice, with the characteristic plastic deformability obtained as a guideline and ultimately decisive criterion of the hydroentangled web thus produced, characterized as described above with reference to the transverse tensile test according to ISO 1924-2:2008.
- the aqueous suspension in step Bi has a solids content of at most 3.0%, particularly preferably at most 1.0%, very particularly preferably at most 0.2% and in particular at most 0.05%.
- the particularly low solids content of the suspension allows a low-density fiber web to be formed in step B3, which has a favorable effect on the filtration efficiency of a segment made from it.
- the circulating screen of steps B2 and B3 is inclined upwards in the machine direction of the fibrous web to the horizontal at an angle of at least 3 ° and at most 40°, particularly preferably at an angle of at least 5 ° and at most 30° very particularly preferably at an angle of at least 15 ° and at most 25 ° .
- the method comprises a step in which a pressure difference is created between the two sides of the rotating screen in order to support the dewatering of the suspension in step B3, the pressure difference being particularly preferably created by vacuum boxes or suitably shaped vanes .
- the method comprises a further step in which one or more additives are applied to the fibrous web.
- the additives are preferably selected from the group consisting of alkyl ketene dimers (AKD), acid anhydrides such as alkenylsuccinic anhydrides (ASA), polyvinyl alcohol, waxes, fatty acids, starch, starch derivatives, carboxymethyl cellulose, alginates, chitosan, wet strength agents or substances for adjusting the pH, such as organic or inorganic acids or bases, and mixtures thereof.
- ASA alkenylsuccinic anhydrides
- polyvinyl alcohol waxes
- fatty acids starch, starch derivatives, carboxymethyl cellulose, alginates, chitosan
- wet strength agents or substances for adjusting the pH such as organic or inorganic acids or bases, and mixtures thereof.
- one or more additives can also be applied, which are selected from the group consisting of and mixtures of them.
- the one additive or the additives are applied between steps A2 and A3 of the method according to the invention or after step A3, followed by a further step of drying the fibrous web.
- FIG. 1 shows an exemplary force-elongation diagram of a hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows an exemplary force-strain diagram of a filter material not according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a device by means of which a method according to the invention for the production of a hydroentangled fleece according to the invention can be carried out.
- FIG. 4 shows force-elongation curves measured in the transverse direction on the exemplary embodiments A, B and C according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 shows force-strain curves measured in the transverse direction on comparative example Z, which is not according to the invention.
- Nonwoven the process for producing the hydroentangled nonwoven, the segment for
- a suspension 31 of pulp fibers and fibers of regenerated cellulose was provided in a reservoir 32, step Bi, and pumped from there onto a revolving screen 33 inclined upwards relative to the horizontal, step B2, and dewatered through vacuum boxes 39, step B3, so that a fiber web 34 formed on the screen, the general direction of movement of which is indicated by the arrow 310 .
- steps Bi to B3 are specific sub-steps of general method step Ai (providing a fibrous web comprising cellulose fibers).
- the speed at which the screen 33 moves was selected to be about 10% higher than the speed of the suspension 31 flowing out of the storage container 32 in order to orient the fibers primarily in the machine direction.
- the fibrous web 34 was removed from the screen 33 and transferred to a support screen 35 which also rotates.
- water jets 311 arranged transversely to the machine direction of the fibrous web 34 were directed from devices 36 in several rows onto the fibrous web 34 in order to entangle the fibers and solidify the fibrous web 34 into a nonwoven fabric, step A2.
- water jets 312 were directed to the other side of the fiber web 34 by additional devices 37.
- the nonwoven fabric which was still moist, then passed through a drying device 38 and was dried there, step A3, in order to obtain the hydroentangled nonwoven fabric.
- a mixture of cellulose fibers from softwoods and Lyocell® fibers was used to produce the hydroentangled web, the fiber amounts being chosen such that the finished hydroentangled web consisted of 65% cellulose fibers and 35% Lyocell® fibers.
- the finished hydroentangled nonwoven had a weight per unit area, according to ISO 536:2019, of 55 g/m 2 .
- step A2 of the manufacturing process three rows of water jets, 311 in FIG.
- the pressure of the water jets was varied between 2 MPa and 40 MPa in three stages (low, medium, high) in order to obtain different hydroentangled webs A, B and C according to the invention.
- the diameter of the openings from which the water jets emerged differed in the rows and were chosen between 80 ⁇ m and 120 ⁇ m, the distance between the openings from center to center was 0.3 mm.
- Samples were taken in the transverse direction from these hydroentangled webs and the force-elongation diagram was recorded in a tensile test according to ISO 1924-2:2008. The result is shown in FIG.
- the elongation in % is plotted on the x-axis 40, while the force in N is plotted on the y-axis 41.
- the three lines labeled A, B and C show the force-elongation diagrams of the three water-jet-reinforced nonwovens A, B and C according to the invention Elongation at break recorded deformation energy for the hydroentangled web C explained.
- the associated force F( b / 2) is determined and the linear component of the deformation energy Ei m can be determined from this be calculated.
- Comparative example D relates to the production of a filter material in a process which only contains steps B1 to B3 and A3, but not the step of hydroentangling the fibrous web.
- the filter material from Comparative Example D is not in accordance with the invention in that it is not a hydroentangled nonwoven.
- Comparative example D essentially serves to demonstrate that the performance of process steps Bi to B3 (as sub-steps of a preferred embodiment of process step Ai) are indeed suitable for contributing to a structure that leads to a desired characteristic plastic deformability in the transverse direction , if in step B2 the suspension is applied to the rotating screen at a reduced speed.
- a mixture of cellulose fibers from coniferous wood and Lyocell® fibers was used to produce the filter material, with the fiber quantities chosen so that the finished filter material consisted of 80% cellulose fibers and 20% Lyocell® fibers.
- the finished filter material had a basis weight of 15 g/m 2 according to ISO 536:2019.
- step B2 of the process the speed of the outflowing suspension was chosen to be about 10% lower than the speed of the circulating wire.
- step Ai (with reduced application speed of the suspension in step B2) used in the exemplary embodiments A to C is not necessary in order to obtain the inventive characteristic plastic deformability in the transverse direction in the hydroentangled nonwoven. This can be seen from the exemplary embodiment E described below.
- a mixture of cellulose fibers from softwoods and Lyocell® fibers was used in exemplary embodiment E, the fiber quantities being chosen so that the finished hydroentangled nonwoven consisted of 80% cellulose fibers and 20% Lyocell® fibers.
- Step Ai was performed without first imparting a preferential cross-machine direction to the pulp fibers in the fibrous web by performing step B2.
- the finished hydroentangled fleece had a weight per unit area, according to ISO 536:2019, of 15 g/m 2 .
- Step A2 of hydroentanglement takes place like step A2 of the exemplary embodiment
- a filter material not according to the invention the same mixture of fibers was used as in exemplary embodiment D.
- the weight per unit area was still 15 g/m 2 , but only machine settings were used as are customary in the production of conventional filter papers.
- Paper-covered filter rods with a length of 100 mm and a diameter of 7.85 mm were produced from each hydroentangled nonwoven from Examples A to C and E and the filter material from Comparative Example Z.
- the web width of the water-jet-bonded fleece or the filter material and the machine settings during filter manufacture were chosen in such a way that a draw resistance of 45000 mmWG resulted.
- segments and smoking articles can be manufactured more reliably and easily from the hydroentangled nonwoven according to the invention than from conventional hydroentangled nonwovens or papers and that the favorable plastic expansion behavior enables better crimping results to be achieved.
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