Abstract:
Provided are a mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric exhibiting a low pressure drop and an excellent collection efficiency and being especially suitable for air filters, and a filter medium using the mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric comprises mixed fibers having different fiber diameters. A group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 5.0 µm or less (fiber group A) is present at a volume fraction of 20 to 80 vol%, a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 50.0 µm or more (fiber group B) is present at a volume fraction of 1 to 40 vol%, and a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 5.0 µm and less than 50.0 µm (fiber group C) is present at a volume fraction of 0 to 79 vol%. The ratio of the median fiber diameter (B') of fiber group B to the median fiber diameter (A') of fiber group A (B'/A') is 35 or more.
Abstract:
[Problem] The present invention provides artificial leather including an entangled fiber mass of ultrafine fibers and a polymeric elastomer and having a wet feel and an elegant consistent appearance similar to those of natural nubuck leather, and also provides a production method therefor. [Means of solution] Accordingly, the artificial leather of the present invention is an artificial leather including an entangled fiber mass of ultrafine fibers having a monofilament fineness of 0.01 dtex or more and 0.50 dtex or less and a polymeric elastomer; wherein at least one surface is napped; the cross-sectional profile curve of the napped surface has an arithmetic mean height Pa of 26 µm or more and 100 µm or less; the arithmetic mean height Pa of the cross-sectional profile curve of the opposite surface is 20% or more and 80% or less of the cross-sectional roughness Pa of the napped side; the existence frequency of asperity peaks found in the cross-sectional profile curve of the napped surface is 1.8 or more and 20 or less per 1.0 mm; and a woven or knitted fabric lamination is present near the opposite surface at a depth position of 10% or more and 50% or less.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a mixed fiber nonwoven fabric with both a small pressure loss and a high dust collection efficiency, particularly a mixed fiber nonwoven fabric that works effectively in air filters, and also provides a filter medium formed thereof. The mixed fiber nonwoven fabric according to the invention is a mixed fiber nonwoven fabric comprising at least two types of fibers, namely, fibers of polyolefin based resin component A and fibers of polyolefin based resin component B, a fiber group containing fibers of polyolefin based resin component A being referred to as first fiber group, the first fiber group having a number average fiber diameter of 0.3µm to 7.0 µm, part of the fibers of polyolefin based resin component B that have a fiber diameter in the range of 15µm to 100 µm and not less than 5 times the number average fiber diameter of the first fiber group being referred to as second fiber group, the fibers of the second fiber group maintaining a form of fibers and existing in the cross section of the mixed fiber nonwoven fabric at a rate of 7.0 fibers or more per millimeter of the cross-sectional length, the melting point of polyolefin based resin component B being lower by 5°C to 40°C than that of polyolefin based resin component A, and the number average fiber diameter of the mixed fiber nonwoven fabric as a whole being 0.3µm to 10 µm.