A nanofiber sheet dispenser that houses a nanofiber forest from which a nanofiber sheet can be drawn is described. Using the nanofiber sheet dispenser, a nanofiber forest disposed on a substrate can be moved, transported, and/or shipped with a reduced risk of damage relative to transporting a nanofiber sheet. Techniques are also described for configuring the nanofiber sheet dispenser so that a nanofiber sheet can be conveniently drawn from the forest and, in some cases, drawn so as to form a nanofiber yarn that is continuous with both the nanofiber sheet and the nanofiber forest, the latter of which is within the nanofiber sheet dispenser.

A cabling spindle 2 comprising a spindle pot 5 and an upper part which is constituted as a conical cabling hood 1, wherein a yarn brake 7 is arranged in the cabling hood 1. According to the invention, the cabling hood 1 merges in its upper region from the conical shape into a convex shape.

The invention relates to a spinning station of an air-jet spinning machine for producing a thread from a sliver, and to a method for carrying out a piecing process at such a spinning station, wherein a thread end that has run onto a take-up bobbin is taken up by means of a thread take-up device and transferred to a thread-end preparation device arranged downstream from a vortex chamber of the air-jet spinning device in the thread running direction, the thread end is subsequently treated in the thread-end preparation device and then transferred to the vortex chamber of the air-jet spinning device and positioned there, a drafting system for drafting and supplying a sliver to the vortex chamber is powered up, wherein an exit roller pair of the drafting system is accelerated to a predetermined draw-off speed, and wherein the sliver is spun onto the prepared thread end in the vortex chamber and a motor-driven draw-off device for drawing off the thread spun in the vortex chamber is powered up and thereby accelerated up to the draw-off speed. In order to provide a method for carrying out a piecing process and an air-jet spinning machine which allow a reliable piecing process, it is provided that the drafting system and/or the draw-off device are powered up in such a way that the speed of the exit roller pair and/or of the draw-off device increases non-linearly at the beginning of powering up and/or approaches the predetermined draw-off speed non-linearly around the end of powering up.

The instant invention provides nonwoven fabrics and staple or binder fibers prepared from an ethylene-based polymer having a Comonomer Distribution Constant in the range of from greater than from 100 to 400, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene-based polymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 1 to less than 2; a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.970 g/cm3, a melt index (12) in the range of from 15 to 30 or from 10 to 50 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2 to 3.5, and a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of from less than 2.

A cabling spindle 2 comprising a spindle pot 5 and an upper part which is constituted as a conical cabling hood 1, wherein a yarn brake 7 is arranged in the cabling hood 1. According to the invention, the cabling hood 1 merges in its upper region from the conical shape into a convex shape.

A strand production apparatus configured to produce a fiber reinforced resin strand having one or a plurality of fiber bundles including reinforcing fibers includes a twisting unit, a resin bath unit, and a winding unit. The twisting unit rotates the one or the plurality of fiber bundles around an axis of the one or the plurality of fiber bundles to form one or a plurality of twisted fiber bundles. In the resin bath unit, the one or the plurality of twisted fiber bundles are impregnated with a molten resin to form a fiber reinforced resin strand. The winding unit winds the fiber reinforced resin strand. The twisting unit is disposed on an upstream side of the resin bath unit in a conveying direction of the one or the plurality of fiber bundles.

A strand production apparatus configured to produce a fiber reinforced resin strand having one or a plurality of fiber bundles including reinforcing fibers includes a twisting unit, a resin bath unit, and a winding unit. The twisting unit rotates the one or the plurality of fiber bundles around an axis of the one or the plurality of fiber bundles to form one or a plurality of twisted fiber bundles. In the resin bath unit, the one or the plurality of twisted fiber bundles are impregnated with a molten resin to form a fiber reinforced resin strand. The winding unit winds the fiber reinforced resin strand. The twisting unit is disposed on an upstream side of the resin bath unit in a conveying direction of the one or the plurality of fiber bundles.