Process to make a wet-laid absorbent structure
First Claim
1. A process for the continuous production of a non-woven, SAP particle-impregnated fibrous structure on a wet-lay nonwoven apparatus, said apparatus comprising a head box, a moving foraminous support and a drying section, the process comprising:
- adding SAP to a fiber furnish and within 5 seconds of the SAP-fiber furnish contact, providing agitation of at least 4000 Reynolds units thereby dispersing ungelled SAP particles in the fiber furnish,delivering said furnish to said moving foraminous support,forming a wet laid web containing wetted SAP particles,draining water from the moving wet web, andconveying the web to said drying section,wherein the maximum elapsed time from the point where SAP contacts water to the time the web passes into the dryer section is less than or equal to 45 seconds.
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Abstract
A process to form a nonwoven, wet-laid, superabsorbent, polymer particle-impregnated fibrous structure on a commercial scale wet-forming machine having a head box, a forming section and a drying section, including
adding SAP to water under and within 5 seconds of the SAP water contact,
providing agitation of at least 4000 Reynolds units thereby dispersing ungelled SAP particles throughout the fiber furnish,
delivering the furnish to a moving foraminous support, forming a wet laid web containing wetted SAP particles, draining of water from the moving wet web, and conveying the web to the dryer section,
wherein the maximum elapsed time from the point where SAP is mixed with water to the time the web passes into the dryer section is less than 45 seconds.
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13 Claims
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1. A process for the continuous production of a non-woven, SAP particle-impregnated fibrous structure on a wet-lay nonwoven apparatus, said apparatus comprising a head box, a moving foraminous support and a drying section, the process comprising:
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adding SAP to a fiber furnish and within 5 seconds of the SAP-fiber furnish contact, providing agitation of at least 4000 Reynolds units thereby dispersing ungelled SAP particles in the fiber furnish, delivering said furnish to said moving foraminous support, forming a wet laid web containing wetted SAP particles, draining water from the moving wet web, and conveying the web to said drying section, wherein the maximum elapsed time from the point where SAP contacts water to the time the web passes into the dryer section is less than or equal to 45 seconds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process for the continuous production of a nonwoven, SAP particle-impregnated fibrous structure on a wet-lay nonwoven apparatus, said apparatus comprising a head box, a moving foraminous support and a drying section, the process comprising:
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adding SAP to water and within 5 seconds of the SAP-water contact, combining the SAP and water with a fiber furnish and providing agitation of at least 4000 Reynolds units thereby dispersing ungelled SAP particles in the fiber furnish, delivering said furnish to said moving foraminous support, forming a wet laid web containing wetted SAP particles, draining water from the moving wet web, and conveying the web to said drying section, wherein the maximum elapsed time from the point where SAP contacts water to the time the web passes into the dryer section is less than or equal to 45 seconds.
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