Apparatus for needling a non-woven material

Abstract

An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material with at least one needleboard (1) which is drivable in a reciprocating manner by at least one eccentric drive in the needle-penetration direction, which needleboard is linked to the eccentric drive via push rods (6) each displaceably held in a guide sleeve (7), which eccentric drive consists of two parallel eccentric shafts (2, 3) which are drivable in opposite directions and are provided with connecting rods (4), with the guide sleeves (7) being swivelably held about an axle (8) extending parallel to the eccentric shafts (2, 3). In order to provide simple constructional conditions it is proposed that the two eccentric shafts (2, 3) are provided with a different angular position (φ) and that the connecting rods (4) of the two eccentric shafts (2, 3) extend in an inclined manner with respect to each other.

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