It is disclosed a method of producing a yarn having the look and feel of natural fibers, the method comprising the steps of preparing a first plurality of man-made textile fibers or a second plurality of natural textile fibers, the first and second plurality of textile fibers being obtained from breaking the first or the second textile fibers under the effect of a mechanical force applied to the first or the second textile fibers. A final blend for producing the yarn, can be prepared by adding the first plurality of textile fibers to a plurality of man-made fibers, or by adding the second plurality of textile fibers to a plurality of man-made fibers, or by adding the first plurality of textile fibers to the second plurality of textile fibers.

It is disclosed a method of producing a yarn having the look and feel of natural fibers, the method comprising the steps of preparing a first plurality of man-made textile fibers or a second plurality of natural textile fibers, the first and second plurality of textile fibers being obtained from breaking the first or the second textile fibers under the effect of a mechanical force applied to the first or the second textile fibers. A final blend for producing the yarn, can be prepared by adding the first plurality of textile fibers to a plurality of man-made fibers, or by adding the second plurality of textile fibers to a plurality of man-made fibers, or by adding the first plurality of textile fibers to the second plurality of textile fibers.

An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives.

An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives.

The present invention provides a nonwoven fabric recycling apparatus and a nonwoven fabric recycling method using same, the apparatus including: a mixing tank in which pulverized waste nonwoven fabric bodies and a filler are dispersed in water and mixed with each other to form a waste nonwoven fabric mixture; a fixing agent addition part for supplying a fixing agent for aggregating the pulverized waste nonwoven fabric bodies and the filler to the nonwoven fabric mixture to form a recycling raw material; and a filter tank in which the recycling raw material supplied thereto is received so that a recycling sheet is formed.

An apparatus 200 and method for selectively injecting fibre material from multiple chambers into a single chamber in blow room of a spinning facility is disclosed, which use short duration bursts of pressurized gaseous fluid from nozzles 208 located adjacent to openings 206 provided in each of the plurality of chambers 202, each chamber 202 holding a different type/batch of fibre material, to evacuate predetermined quantities of fibre materials from different chambers 202, and eject the evacuated material into a mixing chamber 204. Duration/frequency of the short duration bursts is controlled to evacuate the predetermined quantities from different chambers. The bursts of the pressurized gaseous fluid also enable opening of the fibre material and spreading the opened fibres in to the mixing chamber 204 resulting in cleaning and better mixing of the fibres.

An apparatus 200 and method for selectively injecting fibre material from multiple chambers into a single chamber in blow room of a spinning facility is disclosed, which use short duration bursts of pressurized gaseous fluid from nozzles 208 located adjacent to openings 206 provided in each of the plurality of chambers 202, each chamber 202 holding a different type/batch of fibre material, to evacuate predetermined quantities of fibre materials from different chambers 202, and eject the evacuated material into a mixing chamber 204. Duration/frequency of the short duration bursts is controlled to evacuate the predetermined quantities from different chambers. The bursts of the pressurized gaseous fluid also enable opening of the fibre material and spreading the opened fibres in to the mixing chamber 204 resulting in cleaning and better mixing of the fibres.

A free fibre or loose fibre structure for padding comprising a shell containing a plurality of free or loose fibres, said structure being characterised in that said free or loose fibres have a cut that reproduces the length, and in part the fineness, of genuine goose down.

Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%.

Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%.