Provided is a fiber structure which can have both a high filtering efficiency and a small pressure loss. The fiber structure comprises ultrafine fibers having a number average single fiber diameter of 4.5 μm or smaller and non-ultrafine fibers having a number average single fiber diameter of 5.5 μm or larger, wherein the ultrafine fibers and the non-ultrafine fibers are unitedly intermingled, and the fiber structure includes projections on at least one surface thereof. For example, in the fiber structure, the ultrafine fibers may be heat-resistant ultrafine fibers, and the non-ultrafine fibers may be heat-resistant non-ultrafine fibers.

The present disclosure relates to an absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an intermediate layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a nonwoven which comprises a plurality of apertures, absorbent fibers, and ultrafine fibers. The nonwoven comprises the ultrafine fibers of about 3% to about 35% by weight of the nonwoven, and at least most of the plurality of apertures have a hydraulic diameter in the range of about 600 μm to about 4500 μm.

A nonwoven web, containing at least one first homogeneous layer consisting of a blend of at least one of defibrated natural plant based fibers, individualized natural plant based fibers and staple fibers is provided. The nonwoven web contains no binder, adhesive or thermal bonding fibers and a basis weight of the at least one homogeneous layer is from 20 g/m.sup.2 to 100 g/m.sup.2. When a weighted average fiber length of the blend is greater than about 4.0 mm, the nonwoven web is a non-dispersible product which does not meet the requirement for dispersibility in accordance with INDA/EDANA GD4, and when a weighted average fiber length of the blend is less than about 4.0 mm, the nonwoven web is a dispersible product as defined in accordance with INDA/EDANA GD4. Methods to prepare the nonwoven web are provided.

The invention relates to an installation and to a method of producing a web, wherein the installation includes a device for producing a layer of wet laid fibres, which has an entangling device and at least one dryer disposed downstream in material transport direction. The device for producing the wet laid fibres is formed as a cylinder mould former.

A system for bonding at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to form a nonwoven web. The system includes a conveyor having a circulating belt which has an upper strand arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is deposited and displaced on the upper strand in a production direction, a first bonding device which bonds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer when on the upper strand, a second bonding device arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is bonded after leaving the upper strand, and a transfer device which feeds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to the second bonding device.

A system for bonding at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to form a nonwoven web. The system includes a conveyor having a circulating belt which has an upper strand arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is deposited and displaced on the upper strand in a production direction, a first bonding device which bonds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer when on the upper strand, a second bonding device arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is bonded after leaving the upper strand, and a transfer device which feeds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to the second bonding device.

A face mask for protection against infectious agents includes: a filter medium from spun nonwoven, which has multicomponent filaments, which are split at least partially into elementary filaments. In an embodiment, the filter medium includes at least two layers of spun nonwoven. In an embodiment, each layer of spun nonwoven has a basis weight of 10 to 100 g/m.sup.2.

A face mask for protection against infectious agents includes: a filter medium from spun nonwoven, which has multicomponent filaments, which are split at least partially into elementary filaments. In an embodiment, the filter medium includes at least two layers of spun nonwoven. In an embodiment, each layer of spun nonwoven has a basis weight of 10 to 100 g/m.sup.2.

This application provides a Cu-containing non-woven fabric with antibacterial and antiviral properties and application thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: web-forming, pre-wetting, and spunlace bonding a fiber in sequence to obtain the spunlace non-woven base fabric; padding and sizing the spunlace non-woven base fabric in an organic copper complex solution to obtain a Cu-containing spunlace non-woven fabric, wherein the Cu-containing spunlace non-woven fabric contains copper of ≥500 ppm; and drying and winding the Cu-containing spunlace non-woven fabric after being padded and sized. The method is simple and easy to achieve industrialization. This application also provides a Cu-containing non-woven fabric with antibacterial and antiviral properties having excellent antibacterial and antivirus properties. This application also provides an application of the Cu-containing non-woven fabric with antibacterial and antiviral properties which has an advantage of being widely used.

Fabrics are provided that include mono-component staple fibers, a first group of split staple fibers comprising a first polymeric material, and a second group of split staple fibers comprising a second polymeric material that is different than the first polymeric material. The mono-component staple fibers, the first group of split staple fibers, and the second group of split staple fibers are physically entangled together to define a consolidated nonwoven. The fabrics may be physically entangled by hydroentanglement.