Celanese Acetate Limited

Acetate International LLC

Edward J Clark

William S Sanderson

Christopher M Bundren

Paul Busby

Sanjay Wahal

Ray Robertson

Jeffrey Scott Conley

A method for forming a filter rod may include providing a bale of crimped tow band having about 10 denier per filament or greater and about 20,000 total denier or less, the crimped tow band comprising a plurality of cellulose acetate filaments; and placing the crimped tow band in an apparatus so as to form a filter rod.

Products of high denier per filament and low total denier tow bands

A system may include a plurality of tow band processing lines and a master air jet in communication with the tow band processing lines to receive a plurality of processed tow bands from the tow band processing lines to form a bulked web. The system may be used to form a bulked web that itself is a nonwoven material or that may be further processed into a nonwoven material.

Methods for producing nonwoven materials from continuous tow bands

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Pearisburg, VA, United States of America

Edward J Clark