Process for treating a fibrous material and article thereof

A process for forming a web of treated fibrous cellulosic material comprising:

• providing an aqueous suspension comprising hydrated fibrous cellulosic material;
• providing a chemically reactive treatment requiring a period of time TR sufficient to react with and treat the fibrous cellulosic material;
• intermixing the aqueous suspension of hydrated fibrous cellulosic material with the reactive treatment over a time period T1;
• depositing the aqueous suspension of hydrated fibrous cellulosic material and intermixed reactive treatment onto a surface to form a web and removing a substantial portion of the aqueous liquid, over a period of time T2;
• and
• applying pressurized jets of a liquid to the web to wash unused, unreacted reactive treatment from the web within a period of time T3 and to hydraulically entangle the web;
• wherein T1, T2 and T3 are immediately consecutive and amount to a period of time at least as great as TR.

A process for forming a web comprising:

• providing a liquid suspension comprising fibrous material;
• providing a chemically reactive treatment requiring a period of time TR sufficient to react with and treat the fibrous material;
• intermixing the liquid suspension of fibrous material with the reactive treatment over a time period T1;
• depositing the liquid suspension of fibrous material and intermixed reactive treatment onto at least one layer of sheet material to form a web and removing a substantial portion of the liquid, over a period of time T2;
• and
• applying pressurized jets of a liquid to the web to wash unused, unreacted reactive treatment from the web within a period of time T3 and to hydraulically entangle the web with the sheet material;
• wherein T1, T2 and T3 are immediately consecutive and amount to a period of time at least as great as TR.