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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1982
Ludwig Hartmann, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Ivo Ruzek, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Engelbert Locher, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Firma Carl Freudenberg, Weinheim/Bergstrasse, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing polypropylene spun-bonded fabrics, which method involves preparing a polypropylene melt at a temperature of about 240.degree. to 280.degree. C. and forming polypropylene filaments by extruding this melt through a spinning nozzle at an extrusion velocity of about 0.02 meter/second to 0.2 meter/second. The spinning nozzle, or spinneret, has holes with a diameter less than 0.8 millimeter. The filaments thus formed are subsequently quenched by transversely blowing air at a temperature between about 20.degree. to 40.degree. C. The filaments are also aerodynamically withdrawn by means sufficient to create a filament withdrawal velocity between about 20 meters/second and 60 meters/second. The ratio of the extrusion velocity to the withdrawal velocity (herein defined as the deformation ratio) is between about 1:200 and 1:1000. These aerodynamically withdrawn filaments are then deposited onto a moving porous support in order to form a continuous web. This web is then bonded by suitable means, forming a finished spun-bonded nonwoven fabric.