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US 10,653,986 B2Granted
Fine fiber filter media and processes
AssigneeHollingsworth & Vose Company
InventorsStephen T. Cox, William S. Freeman, Mark S. Millar, John A. Wertz
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Abstract
Fine fiber products including fiber webs, as well as related assemblies, systems and methods, are described. In some embodiments, fiber webs described herein may include fine fibers and relatively low amounts of degraded polymer formed during a fiber extrusion process. The fiber webs may be used for filter media applications.
Claims12
A method of forming a fiber web comprising:
- introducing a polymeric material into an extrusion system including an extruder inlet, a die outlet, and a processing space between the extruder inlet and the die outlet, wherein the extrusion system comprises a extruder barrel having an inner diameter of about 4 inches or less;
- processing the polymeric material in the extrusion system such that the polymeric material has a dwell time of less than about 85 minutes in the processing space and a throughput of less than 40 lbs/hour, wherein the processing space includes the extruder barrel, a die body comprising the die outlet, and one or more conduits connecting the extruder barrel to the die body;
- forming a plurality of meltblown fibers from the polymeric material, wherein the plurality of meltblown fibers have an average diameter between about 0.1 microns and about 1.5 microns;
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- forming a fiber web comprising the plurality of meltblown fibers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.