Abstract:
A leather-like sheet substantially comprising a fiber material, wherein a short fiber non-woven fabric (A) in which superfine fibers having an average single fiber fineness of 0.0001 to 0.5 dtex and an average fiber length of 1 to 10 cm are entangled with one another and a woven or knitted fabric (B) containing composite fibers in which two or more types of polyester fibers are compounded into a side-by-side type or an eccentric core-shell type are laminated. The leather-like sheet is excellent in a feeling of repulsion.
Abstract:
In the present invention a fiber reinforced composite material comprises long reinforced fibers and a matrix, and is characterized in that the reinforced fibers are crimped and the crimps have a zigzag shape. Provided is a fiber reinforced composite material that improves on conventionally known fiber reinforced composite materials, has great strength and is isotropic, and has excellent productivity.
Abstract:
Provided is a carbon-fiber nonwoven cloth with low resistance to gases or liquids passing through, and low resistance in the thickness direction to heat or electricity, which is particularly appropriate for a gas diffusion electrode of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell; the cloth having an air gap with a diameter of at least 20 µm, at least some of the carbon fibers being continuous from one surface to the other surface, and the apparent density being 0.2-1.0 g/cm 3 , or, having an air gap with a diameter of at least 20 µm and at least some of the carbon fibers being mutually interlaced, and further, at least some of the carbon fibers being oriented toward the thickness direction and the apparent density being 0.2-1.0 g/cm 3 .
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon fiber nonwoven fabric which has excellent electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity as an electrode base material for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and which is useful as a base material excellent in gas diffusibility and drainage performance. The present invention provides a carbon fiber nonwoven fabric on a surface of which a plurality of non-through pores each having an opening area larger than the average pore area of the carbon fiber nonwoven fabric are dispersively formed, the carbon fiber nonwoven fabric having no broken fibers observed on the peripheral edge portions of the non-through pores in plane view.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to intermediate polyester fibre and to a method for the production thereof, characterized in that highly oriented undrawn polyester yarn with a degree of crystallinity in a specified range is passed under a tension of 0.3 x 10 g/d to 5.0 x 10 g/d through a non-contact type heater of heater temperature at least 250 DEG C, and 5-40% shrinkage effected, giving the following properties (A) Properties (A) (1) Specific gravity 1.335-1.360 (g/cm ) (2) Degree of crystallinity 21-26% (3) Crystal size in terms of Miller index (010) 1.4-2.2 nm, in terms of Miller index (100) 1.4-2.5 nm and in terms of Miller index (105) 1.6-3.5 (4) Degree of crystal orientation no more than 75% in the 010 plane and no more than 85% in the 105 plane and (5) Degree of amorphous orientation 0.15-0.4, hot water shrinkage 0 to 35% and dry heat shrinkage 0-35%, and furthermore, this invention relates to a method for the production of fabric of outstanding resilience, which exhibits resistance to permanent yielding (resistance to pile damage or resistance to pile slanting, etc), together with bulkiness and cushioning properties. In particular, with multilayer fabrics known as spatial fabrics such as a knitted spacer fabric, remarkable effects are obtained such as high tear strength, impact absorbance and pilling resistance.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyester fiber structure hardly losing resilience in the thickness direction and excellent in bulkiness, cushioning properties, stretchability in a fiber structure comprising a face side fabric, a lining fabric, and an internal yarn linking those two fabrics. SOLUTION: This polyester fiber structure is a fiber structure comprising at least a face side fabric, a lining fabric, and internal threads linking the two fabrics in which the internal thread is a conjugate fiber comprising a polyester fiber (fiber A) having >=10 decitex monofilament fineness, 5-30 filaments, and a layer line-like 4 spot scattering pattern in a small X ray pattern and a polyester fiber (fiber B) having >=15 filaments, >=1.36 specific gravity,
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a conjugated polyester yarn good in color development and color fastness to dyeing, bulky and smooth on the surface, rich in stretchability and rebound and a cloth therewith. SOLUTION: In this method the conjugated polyester yarn is obtained by conjugating a yarn A mainly comprising a polyester fiber having 20-80×10-3 double refractive index with a yarn B comprising at least one or more kinds of other fibers and treating the yarn at 50-150 deg.C under wet heating and/or dry heating in a state in which the conjugated yarn is wound around a core material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce polyester fibers improved in low repulsive properties or low recovering properties for repetitive compression and suitable for seats or interior trims of vehicles, etc., by carrying out a shrinking heat treatment of a highly oriented undrawn polyester yarn with a noncontact heater and then heat-treating the resultant yarn at a specific temperature or above. SOLUTION: A highly oriented undrawn polyester yarn is passed through the interior of a noncontact heater at >=250 deg.C temperature and at >=450 m/min yarn processing speed under 0.3×10-2 to 6.5×10-2 g/d tension and shrunk by 5-30% to provide =120 deg.C temperature to afford polyester fibers having 1.3-1.37 g/cm3 amorphous density, 0.088-0.45 degree of amorphous orientation without any yield point in a load-extension curve, 20-200 kgf/mm2 apparent Young's modulus, 0.15-1.5 g/d initial stress and 3-10% initial elongation and suitable for internal yarns, pile yarns, etc., of fabrics.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an artificial leather having an extremely soft touch of surface and a flexible feeling not available in conventional fine fibers, by a delicate plush-forming. SOLUTION: The artificial leather of nano fibers comprises aggregates of nano fibers having number average monofilament fineness of 1.3×10 -5 -3.2×10 -4 dtex and the sum of the monofilaments with monofilament fineness of 1.3×10 -5 -3.2×10 -4 dtex in the monofilament fineness is ≥60%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain both a polyester composite yarn having excellent color development and fastness to dyeing, swelling, smooth surface, improved stretchability and repulsion and a fabric using the same. SOLUTION: This polyester composite yarn is characterized in that the composite yarn comprises at least a yarn K1 of a polyester yarn having >=3,500 twist coefficient (F1) of first twist,