Basf Se Corporation

Klaus Scheuermann

Gijsbrecht Jacobus Maria Habraken

Pia Baum

Dieter Hannu Boeckh

Gabriel Skupin

Achim Loeffler

Robert Loos

Jerome Lohmann

Jens-Uwe Schierholz

Kevin Müller

Andreas Garbe

Daniel Schilling

Kevin MÜLLER

The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric comprising continuous spunbonded bicomponent fibers which consist of: 0 to 95% by weight of an aromatic polyester (A) in a core; to 50% by weight of a polyester blend (B) containing a) 65 to 95% of an aromatic polyester (BA) and b) 5 to 35% by weight of an aliphatic-aromatic polyester (BB) with a glass temperature below 0° C. in a sheath surrounding the core; and 0 to 5% by weight of at least one additive (C); wherein the % by weight are based in each case on the total weight of the components (A) and (B) and optionally (C); and wherein the aromatic polyesters (A) and (BA) are selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene terephthalate).

Nonwoven fabric

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a spinnable composition (sC) by mixing at least one terephthalate polyester (A), at least one aliphatic-aromatic polyester (B), at least one oligomer (C) and optionally at least one additive (D). Moreover, the present invention relates to the spinnable composition (sC) obtained by this process, a process for the preparation of polyester fibers (PF) by extruding the spinnable composition (sC) through at least one spinneret, the polyester fibers (PF) obtained by this process, textile materials (T) comprising the polyester fibers (PF) a process for dying the textile materials (T), and the use of the oligomer (C) for the improvement of the rheology and/or the dyeability of a composition comprising at least one terephthalate polyester (A) and at least one aliphatic aromatic polyester (B).

Spinnable composition (sC), and polyester fibers (PF) made therefrom

The present invention relates to a process for producing dyed mixed fibres (D-MF), dyed mixed fibre yarns (D-MY) and/or dyed mixed fibre textile fabrics (D-MT) in which mixed fibres (MF), mixed fibre yarns (MY) and/or mixed fibre textile fabrics (MT) comprising at least one polyester fibre (PF) and at least one further fibre (FF) are simultaneously contacted with at least two different dyes (D1) and (D2) at a temperature T<130° C. The at least one polyester fibre (PF) comprises 80 to 99.5% by weight of at least one terephthalate polyester (A), 0.5 to 20% by weight of at least one aliphatic-aromatic polyester (B) and 0 to 5% by weight of at least one additive (C), wherein the % by weight are based in each case on the total weight of components (A), (B) and optionally (C). Moreover, the present invention relates to the dyed mixed fibres (D-MF), the dyed mixed fibre yarns (D-MY) and/or the dyed mixed fibre textile fabrics (D-MT) obtained by this process.

Process for producing dyed mixed fibres, dyed mixed fibre yarns and/or dyed mixed fibre textile fabrics

The present invention relates to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester having a whiteness index according to ASTM E 313-73 of at least 25, to a process for preparation thereof and to the use of the aliphatic-aromatic polyester for production of polyester fibers (PF). The present invention further relates to the polyester fibers (PF) comprising the aliphatic-aromatic polyester.

Aliphatic-aromatic polyester having elevated whiteness index

The present invention relates to a process for producing dyed polyester fibers (C) from a terephthalate polyester (A), at least one polyester-containing additive (B) and optionally at least one component (G). The polyester-containing additive is obtainable by condensation of the monomers of an aliphatic 1,&#x3c9;-diol, of an aliphatic 1,&#x3c9;-dicarboxylic acid and of an aromatic 1,&#x3c9;-dicarboxylic acid. Optionally, chain extenders (V) are also used in the production of the polyester-containing additive (B). For fiber production, the components (A), (B) and optionally (G) are mixed, melted in an extruder and extruded through spinneret dies. These polyester fibers (C) are preferably used in the production of dyed textile fabrics (F).

Producing spinnable and dyeable polyester fibers

A process for aftertreating dyed and/or printed textiles to remove excess portions of colorants comprises utilizing an aqueous formulation comprising at least one graft copolymer having a hydrophilic main chain and also surfactants.

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