A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

Described herein are nonwoven fabrics, wipers, and methods of making thereof. According to one or more aspects, a nonwoven fabric includes an entangled web of individualized bast fibers and polylactic acid (PLA) fibers. At least a portion of the bast fibers and a portion of the PLA fibers are thermally bonded together.

Described herein are nonwoven fabrics, wipers, and methods of making thereof. According to one or more aspects, a nonwoven fabric includes an entangled web of individualized bast fibers and polylactic acid (PLA) fibers. At least a portion of the bast fibers and a portion of the PLA fibers are thermally bonded together.

The invention provides a wound dressing, which includes a 1 to 12 mm thick layer of absorbent non-woven fibre material between 150 and 1200 grams per square meter, which layer includes a mixture of viscose fibres and polyester fibres which more viscose than polyester, and of which the fines of the viscose is between 1.5 and 3 dtex and the fines of the polyester is between 2 and 3 dtex.

The invention provides a wound dressing, which includes a 1 to 12 mm thick layer of absorbent non-woven fibre material between 150 and 1200 grams per square meter, which layer includes a mixture of viscose fibres and polyester fibres which more viscose than polyester, and of which the fines of the viscose is between 1.5 and 3 dtex and the fines of the polyester is between 2 and 3 dtex.

Provided is a nonwoven fabric for skin care products. The nonwoven fabric includes: a thermoplastic resin fiber having a single fiber diameter of 50 nm or more and 800 nm or less; and a cellulose fiber having a tensile strength measured in accordance with JIS L 1015:2010 8.7.2 of 1.9 cN/dtex or less. A total content of the thermoplastic resin fiber and the cellulose fiber is 85% by mass or more relative to a total mass of the nonwoven fabric for skin care products, and a content ratio by mass of the thermoplastic resin fiber and the cellulose fiber (Thermoplastic resin fiber/Cellulose fiber) is 0.06 to 0.22.

An absorbent article having a topsheet; an absorbent core; and a secondary topsheet positioned between the topsheet and the absorbent core is described. The secondary topsheet has a basis weight of about 35 grams per square meter (gsm) to about 65 gsm, and a hydroentangled fibrous structure having a machine direction (MD) bending stiffness of 0.2 mN.Math.cm to 12 mN.Math.cm according to EDANA Test Method WSP 090.5, and a substantially homogenous blend of fibers. The blend of fibers has a first fibrous component, a second fibrous component, and a third fibrous component, wherein the first fibrous component includes cellulose fibers of from between about 1.3 to 7.0 dtex; wherein the second fibrous component has a second dtex, wherein the third fibrous component comprises a third dtex which is smaller than the second dtex.

An absorbent article having a topsheet; an absorbent core; and a secondary topsheet positioned between the topsheet and the absorbent core is described. The secondary topsheet has a basis weight of about 35 grams per square meter (gsm) to about 65 gsm, and a hydroentangled fibrous structure having a machine direction (MD) bending stiffness of 0.2 mN.Math.cm to 12 mN.Math.cm according to EDANA Test Method WSP 090.5, and a substantially homogenous blend of fibers. The blend of fibers has a first fibrous component, a second fibrous component, and a third fibrous component, wherein the first fibrous component includes cellulose fibers of from between about 1.3 to 7.0 dtex; wherein the second fibrous component has a second dtex, wherein the third fibrous component comprises a third dtex which is smaller than the second dtex.

A sheet manufacturing apparatus is an apparatus that heats a material containing fibers to form a sheet, and includes a heating portion that heats the material, and a control portion that controls a temperature at which the heating portion heats the material. The control portion sets a temperature of the heating portion to a first temperature in a first state where the sheet manufacturing apparatus manufactures the sheet, and sets the temperature of the heating portion to a second temperature lower than the first temperature at a predetermined timing in a second state where the sheet is not manufactured, or at a predetermined timing when a state of the sheet manufacturing apparatus is shifted to the state where the sheet is not manufactured.

Provided herein are laminates including a flame retardant needle punch nonwoven along with methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the laminate comprises a first nonwoven fabric layer that is a spun bond nonwoven layer comprising polypropylene fibers; a second nonwoven fabric layer that is a needle punch nonwoven layer comprising a flame retardant; and an adhesive, wherein the adhesive adheres the first and second nonwoven fabric layers together. The laminate may be used as a filler cloth and/or in manufacturing mattresses.