CA2235206A1 - Zoned hot air knife - Google Patents

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CA2235206A1
CA2235206A1 CA002235206A CA2235206A CA2235206A1 CA 2235206 A1 CA2235206 A1 CA 2235206A1 CA 002235206 A CA002235206 A CA 002235206A CA 2235206 A CA2235206 A CA 2235206A CA 2235206 A1 CA2235206 A1 CA 2235206A1
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Samuel Edward Marmon
Christopher Cosgrove Creagan
Stephen H. Primm
Thomas Gregory Triebes
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Abstract

A zoned hot air knife assembly and process include a plurality of discrete, spaced apart air knives is useful for the inter-filament bonding of nonwoven webs, for the thermal bonding of laminates including nonwoven webs, and other applications. The zoned hot air knife assembly and process facilitate the manufacture of low bond area, low density nonwoven webs and laminates having high structural integrity. The zoned hot air knife also reduces the amount of heated air and, thus, energy required for the production of thermally bonded nonwoven webs and laminates.

Claims (29)

1. A method of increasing the integrity of a nonwoven web or laminate including the web, comprising the steps of:
transporting the web or laminate in a machine direction along a conveyor; and applying heated air jets to the nonwoven web at a plurality of spaced apart locations, the heated air jets being spaced apart in a direction transverse to the machine direction.
2. The method of Claim 1, wherein at least three of the heated air jets are applied to the nonwoven web at spaced apart locations.
3. The method of Claim 1, wherein at least five of the heated air jets are applied to the nonwoven web at spaced apart locations.
4. The method of Claim 1, wherein at least six of the heated air jets are applied to the nonwoven web at spaced apart locations.
5. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets supply air at a temperature of about 200-550°F.
6. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets supply air at a temperature of about 250-450°F.
7. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets supply air at a temperature of about 300-350°F.
8. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets are supplied across less than about 10% of a width of the nonwoven web or laminate.
9. The method of Claim 8, wherein the heated air jets are supplied across less than about 5% of the width of the nonwoven web or laminate.
10. The method of Claim 8, wherein the heated air jets are supplied across less than about 3% of the width of the nonwoven web or laminate.
11. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets are applied to the nonwoven web or laminate in straight lines as the web or laminate passes beneath the jets.
12. The method of Claim 1, wherein the heated air jets are applied to the nonwoven web or laminate in a wavelike pattern as the web or laminate passes beneath the jets.
13. A method of thermally bonding a nonwoven web having an initially unbonded density and an average bonded density that is within about 15% of the initially unbonded density, measured under a load of 0.05 psi, the method comprising the steps of:
transporting the web having the initially unbonded density in a direction of travel beneath a plurality of heated air jets spaced apart in a direction transverse to the direction of travel; and forming bonded regions in the nonwoven web using hot air supplied from the heated air jets.
14. The method of Claim 13, wherein the heated air jets are spaced apart by about 1-24 inches.
15. The method of Claim 13, wherein the heated air jets are spaced apart by about 4-20 inches.
16. The method of Claim 13, wherein the heated air jets are spaced apart by about 10-15 inches.
17. The method of Claim 13, wherein the bonded regions each have a width less than about 1.0 inch.
18. The method of Claim 13, wherein the bonded regions each have a width less than about 0.5 inch.
19. The method of Claim 13, wherein the bonded regions each have a width of about 0.10-0.25 inch.
20. The method of Claim 13, wherein the average bonded density is within about 10% of the initially unbonded density, measured under a load of 0.05 psi.
21. The method of Claim 13, wherein the average bonded density is within about 7.5% of the initially unbonded density, measured under a load of 0.05 psi.
22. The method of Claim 13, wherein the average bonded density is less than about 0.075 grams/cc, measured under a load of 0.05 psi.
23. The method of Claim 13, wherein the average bonded density is less than about 0.045 grams/cc, measured under a load of 0.05 psi.
24. A method of bonding a nonwoven web or laminate including the web, comprising the steps of:
applying heated air jets to the nonwoven web at a plurality of spaced apart locations to cause thermal bonding of some of the filaments in the web; and subjecting the web or laminate including the web to a second bonding process.
25. The method of Claim 24, wherein the second bonding process comprises through-air bonding of the nonwoven web.
26. The method of Claim 24, wherein the second bonding process comprises thermal point bonding of the nonwoven web.
27. The method of Claim 24, wherein the second bonding process comprises hydroentangling of the nonwoven web.
28. The method of Claim 24, wherein the second bonding process comprises needle punching of the nonwoven web.
29. The method of Claim 24, wherein the second bonding process comprises stitch bonding of the nonwoven web.
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