Woven irrigation tubing comprises a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

A non-woven fabric board for an exterior of a vehicle and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The non-woven fabric board includes a matrix fiber having a non-circular cross-section and an adhesive fiber having a non-circular cross-section, and the matrix fiber is included in an amount of 50 wt % or greater based on the total weight of the non-woven fiber board. Each of the matrix fiber and the adhesive fiber have a linear density of about 6 to 15 denier and a degree of non-circular shape of about 1.3 to 3.0.

The non-woven fabric board for an exterior of a vehicle has a substantially increased specific surface area by using the non-circular cross-section fibers, improved adhesion efficiency between fibers, and substantially improved mechanical properties. In addition, heat moldability thereof is improved, weight thereof is reduced, and the sound-absorbing performance thereof is substantially improved.

The present invention relates to a polyolefin pellet for preparing a fiber, and a fiber comprising the same. According to the present invention, provided is a polyolefin, which exhibits a high molecular weight range and a narrow molecular weight distribution and in which the formation of a gel deteriorating the quality of a fiber is reduced. Therefore, by using the polyolefin pellet, the present invention exhibits a molecular weight, a density and a narrow molecular weight distribution, which are equivalent to those of conventional polyolefin, but has high tenacity and an excellent drawing characteristic and can be highly oriented because gel formation is reduced, and therefore, the present invention can be applied to various industrial products due to a high draw ratio and crystallinity during a multifilament operation using the same.

The process of forming a blowable flexible innerduct contains the steps of forming an inner innerduct structure comprising at least one inner longitudinal chamber, where the at least one inner longitudinal chamber comprises an inflatable tube and forming a textile. Concurrently forming an outer innerduct structure from the textile having at least one outer longitudinal chamber and inserting at least one inner longitudinal chamber into at least one of the outer longitudinal chambers. The inflatable tube has a wall thickness of less than about 0.5 mm. The inner longitudinal chamber alone has an air permeability of less than about 1 cfm, outer longitudinal textile chamber alone has an air permeability of greater than about 100 cfm, and the outer and inner longitudinal textile chambers together have an air permeability of less than about 1 cfm.

A method for producing a foam-formed multilayered substrate that includes producing an aqueous-based foam including at least 3% by weight non-straight synthetic binder fibers, wherein the non-straight synthetic binder fibers have an average length greater than 2 mm; forming together a wet sheet layer from the aqueous-based foam and a cellulosic fiber layer, wherein the cellulosic fiber layer includes at least 60 percent by weight cellulosic fibers; and drying the combined layers to obtain the foam-formed multilayer substrate. A multilayered substrate includes a first layer including at least 60 percent by weight non-straight synthetic binder fibers having an average length greater than 2 mm; and a second layer including at least 60 percent by weight cellulosic fiber, wherein the first layer is in a facing relationship with the second layer, and wherein the multilayered substrate has a wet/dry tensile ratio of at least 60%.

Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of turf reinforcement mats that include spun yarns and/or multifilament yarns in either or both of the warp and weft directions.

This invention relates to a wound roll of fibrous nonwoven sheet structure comprising fibrous material, the fibrous nonwoven sheet structure suitable for subsequent embossing, the sheet structure being gas permeable, and having a first surface and a second surface; the first surface being surface bonded such that the fibrous material on the first surface has been substantially consolidated and stabilized by heat and pressure, and the second surface being capable of accepting printing, wherein the second surface has a smooth surface free of any embossing; the sheet structure having a particle barrier penetration of below 10%, a Gurley Hill Porosity of 40 seconds or less, and a moisture vapor transport rate of 3500 g/m.sup.2/day or greater.

The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric including a conjugated fiber containing 40% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less of a propylene homopolymer (A) having a melting point (Tm-D) measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of higher than 120° C., 4% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of a polypropylene-based resin (B) having a melting point (Tm-D) measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of 120° C. or lower, and 10% by mass or more and 55% by mass or less of a polyethylene-based resin (C), wherein the nonwoven fabric has a texture uniformity of 2.1 or more and 3.0 or less and a bulkiness of 450 μm or more.

A multilayer nonwoven fabric includes an elastic nonwoven fabric comprising an α-olefin copolymer having a ratio of a storage elastic modulus E40 at 40° C. and a storage elastic modulus E23 at 23° C. (E40/E23) is 37% or more, and an extensible spunbonded nonwoven fabric disposed on at least one side of the elastic nonwoven fabric.

A sheet-like fiber structure (101) includes a plurality of first resin fibers with a plurality of gap portions, in which the plurality of first resin fibers each contain fine particles of tungsten-based oxide in a dispersed form. The content of the fine particles of tungsten-based oxide is preferably 0.5 wt % or more and 6 wt % or less relative to a total weight of the plurality of first resin fibers. By dispersing, into each of the plurality of first resin fibers that constitute the fiber structure (101), the fine particles of tungsten-based oxide having an optical wavelength-selective reflectivity of transmitting visible light and reflecting infrared light, it is possible to achieve both of high transmittance of visible light and high heat shielding performance.