Manufacturing line for nonwoven fabric
AssigneeSuominen Corporation
InventorsGian Luca Polosa, Avinav G. Nandgaonkar, Pramod U. Shanbhag
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Abstract
Nonwoven fabric manufacturing line, which comprises a forming device for forming a fibre web on a moving web-forming base and a spunlacing device for reinforcing the web. Further, the line comprises at least one first drying device for drying the web and a calender for forming patterning in the web. The manufacturing line comprises at least one second drying device for drying the calendered web, which second drying device is located after the calender in the direction of travel of the web.
Claims14
A nonwvoven fabric manufacturing line comprising:
- a forming device for forming a fibre web on a moving web-forming base,
- a spunlacing device for reinforcing the web,
- at least one first drying device for drying the web, and
- a calender for forming patterning in the web, wherein the manufacturing line further comprises at least one second drying device for drying the calendered web, and wherein the second drying device is located after the calender in the direction of travel of the web.
A method for manufacturing a nonwoven fabric, comprising:
- forming a fibre web by a forming device on a moving web-forming base,
- reinforcing the web by spunlacing,
- drying the web with at least one first drying device, and
- forming patterning in the web by calandering, wherein, in the manufacturing line, the calendered web is dried by at least one second drying device, and wherein the second drying device is located after a calender in the direction of travel of the web.
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