A hook-and-loop fastener has a hook element comprising a substrate having a face from which projects a multiplicity of hooks and a loop element formed by of a fiber web. The fiber web is formed by a homogenous mixture of first multicomponent filaments each formed by a high-melting-point polymer and a low-melting-point polyolefinic polymer and second polyolefinic monocomponent filaments. The first filaments constitute between 20% and 80% by weight of the mixture. The fiber web has a face formed with a patterned array of dense bonded regions of a predetermined small thickness interspersed with less dense open regions of a predetermined big thickness substantially greater than the small thickness of the small thickness interspersed with less dense open regions of a predetermined big thickness substantially greater than the small thickness of the bonded regions so that the filaments of the open regions form loops.

A nonwoven fabric layered body includes a first nonwoven fabric layer including a crimped fiber (A), which is a fiber made of a thermoplastic polymer and which has an average crimp diameter of 800 μm or less; and a hydrophilic agent.

A nonwoven fabric layered body includes a first nonwoven fabric layer including a crimped fiber (A), which is a fiber made of a thermoplastic polymer and which has an average crimp diameter of 800 μm or less; and a hydrophilic agent.

A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing molten polymer to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret. The method includes using the fluid to draw or push the molten polymer, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands on the moving porous member at a first location to create an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and removing and/or diverting some of the fluid proximate to the first location to maintain loft and softness in the deposited intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web.

A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing molten polymer to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret. The method includes using the fluid to draw or push the molten polymer, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands on the moving porous member at a first location to create an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and removing and/or diverting some of the fluid proximate to the first location to maintain loft and softness in the deposited intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web.

Embodiments relate to a drawn composite fiber having a low thermal shrinkage, and a high single yarn strength, a non-woven fabric using the same, and a method of producing the same. The drawn composite fiber has a fineness of 0.6 dtex or less, a ratio between the cross-sectional areas of a sheath material and a core material (sheath material/core material) of 50/50 to 10/90, and a single yarn elastic modulus of 70 cN/dtex or more. The drawn composite is obtained by melt-spinning and a drawing treatment of an undrawn fiber having a sheath-core structure, in which the core material includes a resin containing a crystalline propylene-based polymer and having a melt flow rate of 10 to 30 g/10 min at a load of 21.18 N at 230° C., and the sheath material includes a resin containing an olefinic polymer where the melting point is lower than that of the core material.

A composite material developed for manufacturing thermoformed products has applications in furniture making, automotive industry, etc. The composite material for thermoforming is made of a thermoplastic fibrous component consisting of 4-60 mm long and 7-16 DEN polypropylene fibers representing 40% to 50% of the total material weight, and a plant fiber component which can be hemp, jute, sisal, coconut, etc., or a mix of natural fibers which is 70-80 DEN and 5 to 100 mm in length and represents 60% to 50% of the total material weight. Manufacturing the composite material comprises proportioning the components, followed by mixing and coarse defibering, then fine mixing in a four-chamber module which also opens the natural fibers to 70-80 DEN, followed by the consolidation of the fibers and rolling of the resulting fabric in a roll. The machinery for manufacturing the composite material has a modular structure, comprising two modules (1 and 2) for feeding the components, two modules (3 and 4) for weighing and proportioning the components, a primary mixing and coarse defibering module (5), a module (7) for fine mixing and fiber opening, an interlacing module (8), and a module (9) for pulling and rolling the final fabric.

The present subject matter provides an antimicrobial cleaning cloth, including: nonwoven fabric fibers; and copper fibers. A method for manufacturing the antimicrobial cleaning cloths includes: mixing nonwoven fabric fibers and copper fibers; carding the nonwoven fabric fibers and copper fibers; cross-lapping the nonwoven fabric fibers and copper fibers; needle-punching the nonwoven fabric fibers and copper fibers to form a nonwoven fabric comprising copper fibers; slitting the nonwoven fabric comprising copper fibers to form nonwoven fabric sheets; winding the nonwoven fabric sheets to form nonwoven fabric sheet rolls; and cutting the nonwoven fabric sheet rolls to antimicrobial cleaning cloths. A system for manufacturing the antimicrobial cleaning cloth and additional embodiments of the antimicrobial cleaning cloth, the method of manufacturing the same and the system for manufacturing the same are disclosed herein as well.

The present invention relates to a molded body, a sandwich panel using same as a core layer, and a method for manufacturing same, the molded body having a non-woven fiber aggregate structure comprising two or more non-woven fiber aggregates. The molded body comprises a polyester-based fiber and a polypropylene composite fiber, wherein the polypropylene composite fiber comprises polypropylene and maleic anhydride polyolefin.

A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing molten polymer to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret. The method includes using the fluid to draw or push the molten polymer, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands on the moving porous member at a first location to create an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and removing and/or diverting some of the fluid proximate to the first location to maintain loft and softness in the deposited intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web.