WO2015092596A1 - Stretchable nonwoven materials - Google Patents
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Definitions
- Absorbent nonwoven products such as paper towels, tissues, diapers, and other similar products are designed to have desired levels of bulk, softness and strength.
- softness is enhanced by a topical additive composition such as a softening agent to the outer surface(s) of a tissue web.
- a topical additive composition such as a softening agent to the outer surface(s) of a tissue web.
- Such additive composition may be a bonding agent that is topically applied to a substrate, such as a nonwoven, alone or in combination with creping operations. Creping may be part of a nonwoven manufacturing process wherein tissue is adhered to the hot surface of a rotating dn/er drum by an additive composition. The dried tissue and additive composition are together scraped off the dryer drum via a doctor blade assembly, Creping adds bulk to tissue base sheets which in turn, increases softness as determined by hand feel. Other properties are affected as well, such as strength, flexibility, crepe folds and the like.
- tissue products material softness and other properties are also desired and important characteristics for materials, particularly nonwovens, that are used to construct personal care products, such as diapers, feminine hygiene products, baby wipes, adult incontinence products, training pants, and the like.
- the outer cover materials and the inside linings of such products come in contact with the user's skin.
- such materials must not only be aesthetically pleasing but must also be soft and comfortable when contacted with the wearer.
- stretchabiiity in addition to softness, another property that can be important when designing tissue products and other nonwoven materials is stretchabiiity. Improving stretchabiiity or the elastic properties of the material can provide various advantages and benefits. For instance, a material with enhanced stretchabiiity is not as stiff improving the handfee! of the product. Nonwovens having better stretch properties also typically have better wiping properties. When the nonwoven material is used to construct garments, such as disposable absorbent articles, the stretch properties improve the fit and comfort of the garments,
- Nonwoven materials having improved stretch or elastic properties also resist tearing when placed under tension and therefore are easier to process.
- the present disclosure provides a nonwoven substrate comprising a fibrous web defining a surface; and a layer of a benefit agent wherein said benefit agent is selected from an additive composition, an enhancement component and combinations thereof; wherein said benefit agent is frothed and bonded to the fibrous web surface through a creping process and wherein said nonwoven substrate demonstrates improvements selected from enhanced tactile feel, enhanced printing, a decrease in hysteresis, an increase in bulk, an increase in elasticity/extensibility, an increase in retractabiiity, a reduction in rugosities and combinations thereof when compared to an untreated substrate.
- the present disclosure is directed to a nonwoven material comprising a fibrous web.
- the fibrous web may comprise a tissue web containing pulp fibers.
- the fibrous web may contain fibers made from a synthetic thermoplastic polymer.
- the web may comprise a me!tspun web such as a meitb!own web or a spunbond web.
- the web defines a creped surface.
- an additive composition is present on the creped surface of the web and was applied to the web prior to or during creping.
- the additive composition comprises a poiyoiefin copolymer combined with a nonionic surfactant.
- the nonionic surfactant may be present in the additive composition in an amount up to about 50% by weight based on the weight of the poiyoiefin copolymer.
- the additive composition comprises a poiyoiefin copolymer and a nonionic surfactant In combination with a dispersing agent.
- the dispersing agent may comprise a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid.
- the poiyoiefin copolymer may comprise a copolymer of propylene or ethylene and an alkene.
- the poiyoiefin copolymer may comprise a polyethylene-octene copolymer.
- the nonionic surfactant contained in the additive composition has a cloud point.
- the cloud point of the surfactant may be greater than about 15°C, such as greater than about 20°C, such as greater than about 25°C, such as greater than about 30°C, such as greater than about 40°C when combined with water in an amount of 1 % by weight.
- the cioud point of the surfactant can generally be less than 100°C, such as less than about 90°C, such as less than about 85°C, such as less than about 7Q°C, such as less than about 60°C when combined with water in an amount of 1% by weight.
- a nonionic surfactant having a cloud point can synergistica!ly combine with the poiyoiefin copolymer to improve stretchability and the elastic properties of the material.
- the nonionic surfactant may have hydrophi!ic segments and hydrophobic segments.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an ethoxylate of an aikyl polyethylene glycol ether.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an ethylene oxide adducf of a linear Sauryl myristyi alcohol.
- the weight ratio of the polyolefin copolymer and the nonionic surfactant in the additive composition can range from about 0.5:1 to about 3:1 , such as from about 1 :1 to about 2.5:1.
- the additive composition can be frothed and converted into a foam prior to contacting the fibrous web. After creping, in this embodiment, the additive composition forms a collapsed foam film layer on the web. The collapsed foam film layer may be discontinuous.
- the additive composition can dramatically improve the elastic properties of the web.
- the non oven material can have an elongation at break at greater than about 45%, such as greater than about 50%, such as greater than about 55%.
- the web has at least about 30% elastic strain at 80% applied strain in a machine direction.
- the web can have at least 80% elastic strain at 100% applied strain in a machine direction,
- the web can have at least 50% elastic strain at 30% applied strain in a machine direction.
- the present disclosure is also directed to a method for producing a nonwoven material having enhanced stretch properties.
- the method includes combining a nonionic surfactant and water mixture with a polyolefin copolymer,
- the nonionic surfactant can have a c!oud point and the nonionic surfactant can dissolve in water to form a uniform mixture at a temperature above the cloud point.
- the method further includes the step of frothing the additive composition comprising the nonionic surfactant and water mixture and the polyolefin copolymer.
- the frothed composition can be applied onto a heated dryer surface at a temperature near or higher than the boiling temperature of water.
- a nonwoven substrate can be pressed against the coated surface and creped from the dryer surface.
- the nonwoven substrate may comprise a tissue web or a fibrous web containing fibers or filaments made from a synthetic thermoplastic polymer,
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of process steps used to create one embodiment of a froth according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a SEM Image of untreated spunbond with printed ink.
- FIG. 3 shows a SE image of one embodiment of the present invention wherein spunbond has been used as the substrate which has been treated according to the present invention and printed with ink
- FIG, 4 shows a graphical representation of elastic strain versus applied strain for embodiments of hydroknit materials that have been treated according to the present invention along with comparative data of an untreated substrate.
- FIG. 5 shows a graphical representation of elastic strain versus applied strain for embodiment of spunbond materials that have been treated according to the present invention along with comparative data of an untreated substrate.
- FIG. 6 is a series of SEM photographs showing the structural change of a tissue material after being treated by an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows the mechanical direction ( D) elastic strain versus the applied strain of an embodiment of a tissue substrate that has been treated according to the present invention along with comparative data of an untreated tissue substrate.
- FIG. 8 shows the cross-directional (CD) elastic strain versus the applied strain of an embodiment of a tissue substrate that has been treated according to the present invention along with comparative data of an untreated tissue substrate.
- FIG. 9 shows SEM Images of an untreated control film.
- FIG. 10 shows SEM Images of a collapsed foam film layer of one embodiment of a benefit agent according to the present invention wherein such embodiment comprises a HYPOD® dispersion.
- (a) shows a SEM image of one side of the collapsed foam film layer.
- (b) shows a SEM Image of the opposite side of the collapsed foam film layer.
- (c) shows a SEM image of the cross-sectional view of the collapsed foam film layer.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 are a graphical representation of the results obtained in Example No. 5.
- weight percent may be denoted as "wt.%” herein, Except where specific examples of actual measured values are presented, numerical values referred to herein should be considered to be qualified by the word "about”.
- compositions and methods/processes of the present invention can comprise, consist of, and consist essentially of the essential elements and limitations of the invention described herein, as well as any of the additional or optional ingredients, components, steps, or limitations described herein.
- additive composition refers to chemical additives (sometimes referred to as chemical, chemistry, chemical composition and add-on) that are applied topically to a substrate. Topical applications in accordance with the method of the present invention may occur during a drying process, or a converting process. Additive compositions according to the present invention may be applied to any substrate (e.g. tissues or nonwovens) and may include, but are not limited to, polymer dispersions, polymer solutions or mixtures thereof,
- Airlaid web as used herein is made with an air forming process, wherein bundles of small fibers, having typical lengths ranging from about 3 to about 52 millimeters (mm), are separated and entrained in an air supply and then deposited onto a forming screen, usually with the assistance of a vacuum supply. The randomly deposited fibers are then bonded to one another using, for example, hot air or a spray adhesive,
- the production of airlaid nonwoven composites is well defined in the literature and documented in the art. Examples include, but are not limited to, the DanWeb process as described in US Patent No. 4,640,810 to Laursen et al.
- “Benefit Agents” are compositions or components that provide benefits to the overall treated substrate such as softness, smoothness, moisture, scents, and the like.
- Benefit agents of the present invention include, but are not limited to “additive compositions” and “enhancement components",
- Cloud point of a surfactant is the temperature below which the surfactant is insoluble in water at a certain solid level.
- the surfactant is first dissolved in water above its cloud point to a dilute state and then the dissolved surfactant can be mixed with other additive compositions at a temperature either above, equal to or below its cloud point.
- the diluted nonionic surfactant can remain soluble in wafer even below its cloud point,
- BCW “Bonded Carded Web” or “BCW” refers to a nonwoven web formed by carding processes as are known to those skilled in the art and further described, for example, in US Patent No, 4,488,928, which is incorporated herein by reference to the extent it is consistent to the present invention, in the carding process, one may use a blend of staple fibers, bonding fibers, and possibly other bonding components, such as an adhesive. These components are formed into a bulky ball that is combed or otherwise treated to create a substantially uniform basis weight. This web is heated or otherwise treated to activate any adhesive component, resulting in an integrated, lofty, nonwoven material,
- Coform as used herein is a meltblown polymeric material to which fibers or other components may be added, in the most basic sense, coform may be made by having at least one meltblown die head arranged near a chute through which other materials are added to the meltblown materials as the web is formed.
- These "other materials” may be natural fibers, superabsorbent particles, natural polymer fibers (for example, rayon) and/or synthetic polymer fibers (for example, polypropylene or polyester).
- the fibers may be of staple length.
- Coform material may contain ceilulosic material in an amount from about 10% by weight to about 80% by weight, such as from about 30% by weight to about 70% by weight.
- a coform material may be produced containing pulp fibers in an amount from about 40% by weight to about 80% by weight,
- Cutting occurs when a web that is adhered to a dryer surface is scraped off with a blade, such as a doctor blade.
- Enhancement Components of the present invention are benefit agents that are additional components that may be added to the additive composition in order to impart other tactile or additional benefits that cannot be achieved by the additive composition alone.
- the enhancement components include, but are not limited to, microparticies, expandable microspheres, fibers, additional polymer dispersions, scents, anti-bacterials, moisturizers, medicaments, soothers, and the like.
- Frh as defined herein is a liquid foam. According to the present invention, when the frothable composition of the present invention is heated on the dryer's surface, it will not form a solid foam structure. Instead, when applied to a heated surface, the frothable composition turns into a substantially continuous film with air bubbles inside the film.
- Hydroentangled web refers to a web that has been subjected to columnar jets of a fluid causing the web fibers to entangle
- Hydroentangling a web typically increases the strength of the web
- pulp fibers can be hydroentangled into a continuous filament material, such as a "spunbond web.”
- the hydroentangled web resulting in a nonwoven composite may contain pulp fibers in an amount from about 50% to about 80% by weight, such as in an amount of about 70% by weight.
- Hydroentangled composite webs as described above are commercially available from the Kimberly-Clark Corporation under the name HYDROKNIT®. Hydraulic entangling is described in, for example, US Patent No. 5,389,202 to Everhart,
- Nonwoven is defined herein as a class of fabrics generally produced by attaching fibers together.
- Nonwoven fabric is made by mechanical, chemical, thermal, adhesive, or solvent means, or any combination of these.
- Nonwoven manufacture is distinct from weaving, knitting, or tufting.
- Nonwoven fabrics may be made from synthetic thermoplastic polymers or natural polymers such as cellulose, Ceiiulosic tissue is one example of a nonwoven material.
- Meltblowing as used herein is a nonwoven web forming process that extrudes and draws molten polymer resins with heated, high velocity air to form fine filaments. The filaments are cooled and collected as a web onto a moving screen. The process is similar to the spunbond process but meltblown fibers are much finer and generally measured in microns,
- Processing Aids refer to compositions that may help in the process of forming the treated substrate of the present invention.
- foaming agents may serve as suitable processing aids of the present invention.
- creping aids may help with additional adhesion or release properties for creping the substrate from a dryer drum.
- “Rugosities” as used herein describes the behavior of an elastic laminate to appear as channeled wrinkles as a result of an elastic material (film or filaments) that is pre-stretched while being attached to a non-stretchy material substrate (such as a nonwoven).
- Rugosities may depend on how the laminate is attached or bonded to the non-stretchy material substrate. When the laminate is relaxed or released, the substrate appears as. grooved or channeled wrinkles similar to that of an accordion instrument. Such effect is common in personal care articles wherein the cuffs and waistbands are often bunched in order to provide a better fit to the wearer.
- Rugosities are also described in further detail according to US Patent No. 8475800 to Morman, et al, issued November 5, 2002.
- spunbond as used herein is a nonwoven web process in which the filaments have been extruded, drawn and laid on a moving screen to form a web.
- spunbond is often interchanged with "spunlaid,” but the industry has conventionally adopted the spunbond or spunbonded terms to denote a specific web forming process, This is to differentiate this web forming process from the other two forms of the spunlaid web forming, which are meitblo ing and fiashspinning,
- Spunbond/Me!tbiown composite is a laminar composite defined by a multiple- layer fabric that is generally made of various alternating layers of spunbond (“S”) webs and me!tbiowrt ffvl”) webs: SMS, SMMS, SSMMS, etc.
- tissue as used herein generally refers to various paper products, such as facial tissue, bath tissue, paper towels, table napkins, sanitary napkins, and the like.
- a tissue product of the present invention can generally be produced from a ceilulosic web having one or multiple layers.
- the ceilulosic or "paper” product can contain a single-layered paper web formed from a blend of fibers.
- the paper product can contain a multi-layered paper (i.e., stratified) web.
- the paper product can also be a single-or multi-ply product (e.g., more than one paper web), wherein one or more of the plies ma contain a paper web formed according to the present invention.
- the present invention is an alternative to the current method of spraying onto a dryer surface (e.g. the drum of a Yankee dryer or a hot calender) an aqueous dispersion or a solution of creping chemicals.
- a dryer surface e.g. the drum of a Yankee dryer or a hot calender
- an aqueous dispersion or a solution of creping chemicals e.g. the drum of a Yankee dryer or a hot calender
- the frothed chemistry has enough structural integrity to reach the dryer surface against gravity due to significant high viscosity,
- a chemistry applicator can be placed in much closer proximity to the dryer surface.
- the applicator can be placed at any position along the dryer circumference as long as there is enough room.
- Another advantage of the present invention is that less energy is consumed by the dryer.
- the close proximity of the chemistry applicator to the dryer surface improves chemical mass efficiency (i.e., decrease waste in application process) and energy efficiency, Efficiency is increased because the air introduced into the froth of the present invention acts as a diluter.
- efficiency is increased because the air introduced into the froth of the present invention acts as a diluter.
- less heat is required to remove water from the frothed creping chemistry (i.e., benefit agents) during the drying process. This is an improvement over the spraying process which uses water to dilute the benefit agent.
- a !ayer of the benefit agent remains on the nonwoven substrate surface in order to add more bulk and softness.
- This increase in bulk is due to the entrapped air inside the coated layer.
- the enhanced softness is due to the benefit agents that can be frothed onto the dryer surface and subsequently transferred or adhered to the surface of the substrate through the creping process.
- the frothed benefit agents become a film during the drying step, not ail of the air entrapped in the froth is lost during the drying step due to the higher viscosity associated with higher solid- levels in the frothed additive composition.
- FIG. 9 shows the view of a traditional film (such as cast, extruded or blown film). As shown in FIG. 9a the film is relatively smooth with a few voids on one side and completely smooth on the other side as shown in FIG. 9b. In viewing the cross-sectional views of FIGS, 9c and 9d, voids of the film can be seen relatively parallel to the horizontal axis of the film. By contrast.
- FIG, 10 shows the view of a layer of the coiiapsed foam film of the present invention. Both sides (as shown in FIG. 10a and FIG.
- FIG. 10b of the collapsed foam film layer show a unique cellular structure that allow it to possess a difference in both mechanical and tactile properties when compared to traditional films.
- FIG. 10c - FIG. 10f show magnified cross-sectional views of an embodiment of a coiiapsed foam film layer of the present invention.
- the frothed benefit layer possesses voids of air entrapped due to the froth which leads to advantages provided by the present invention.
- the celiuiar structure in the Z direction can be easily seen wherein the voids of the layer are more perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the layer.
- the present invention does not just provide a film in the traditional sense of the word but provides an advantageous collapsed foam film layer via frothing and creping that provides the
- Examples include, but are not limited to, wet-laid webs, airiaid webs, spunbond webs, meltblown webs, coform webs, bonded & carded webs (BCW). continuous film, spuniace, film/laminate sheets, and hydroentangled webs.
- the benefit agent is typically applied on one side of any substrate, but could be applied to both sides as desired.
- the additive composition may be present at a level from about 50 mg/m 2 to about 10,000 mg/m 2 , or from about 50 mg/m 2 to about 1000 mg/m 2 or from about 100 mg/m 2 to about 1000 mg/m 2 .
- the difference between these suggested ranges is dependent on whether or not the additive composition is applied to a substrate either in-line (such as a tissue machine), or an off-line machine [such as a non-woven converting line).
- Additive compositions of the present invention may be in the form of a polymer dispersion or a polymer solution as set forth below.
- Frothable compositions of water insoluble polymers may be in the form of dispersions.
- the water insoluble polymer materials that are solids, such as powder, granules, and the like, may be converted into a frothable dispersion by mixing it with water and surfactant(s) under certain processing conditions such as high pressure extrusion at an elevated temperature.
- the polymer dispersion may then be mixed with air and a foaming agent to convert it into a froth.
- dispersions according to the present invention include, but are not limited to, a po!yolefin dispersion such as HYPOD 8510®, commercially available from Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas, U.S.A.; poiyisoprene dispersion, such as KRATON®, or styrene-ethyiene/butyiene-styrene (SEBS) copolymers, commercially available from Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.;
- a po!yolefin dispersion such as HYPOD 8510®, commercially available from Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas, U.S.A.
- poiyisoprene dispersion such as KRATON®
- SEBS styrene-ethyiene/butyiene-styrene copolymers
- poiybutadiene-styrene block copolymer dispersion such as Butanol®, commercially available from BASF Corporation, F!orham Park, New Jersey, USA; latex dispersion such as E-PLUS®, commercially available from Wacker, Kunststoff, Germany; polyvinyl pyrroiidone-styrene copolymer dispersion and polyvinyl alcohoi- ethylene copolymer dispersion, both are available from Aidricb, Milwaukee. Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- the additive composition generally contains an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one thermoplastic resin, water, and, optionally, at least one dispersing agent.
- the thermoplastic resin is present within the dispersion at a relatively small particle size.
- the average volumetric particle size of the polymer may be less than about 5 microns.
- the actual particle size may depend upon various factors including the thermoplastic polymer that is present in the dispersion.
- the average volumetric particle size may be from about 0.05 microns to about 5 microns, such as less than about 4 microns, such as less than about 3 microns, such as less than about 2 microns, such as less than about 1 micron.
- Particle sizes can be measured on a Coulter LS230 light-scattering particle size analyzer or other suitable device.
- the thermoplastic resin is typically found in a non-fibrous form.
- the particle size distribution (poiydispersity) of the polymer particles in the dispersion may be less than or equal to about 2.0, such as less than 1.9, 1.7 or 1.5.
- the additive composition in accordance with the present disclosure, can also contain a surfactant, particularly a nonionic surfactant.
- the additive composition may contain a nonionic surfactant having hydrophilic segments and hydrophobic segments and having a cloud point.
- the cloud point of a fluid is the temperature at which dissolved solids are no longer completely soluble, precipitating as a second phase giving the fluid a cloudy appearance.
- the cloud point can be measured in distilled water at an amount of 1% by weight.
- the nonionic surfactant can be a liquid at room temperature and can have a cloud point of from about 15°C to less than 100°C when combined with water in an amount of 1% by weight.
- nonionic surfactant having a cloud point can synergisticaily interact with the polymer chains of the polyolefin copolymer In a manner that produces a nonwoven material having improved stretch and elastic properties
- thermoplastic resin contained within the additive composition may vary depending upon the particular application and the desired result.
- thermoplastic resin is an olefin polymer.
- an olefin polymer refers to a class of unsaturated open-chain
- the olefin polymer may be present as a copolymer, such as an interpoiymer.
- a substantiall olefin polymer refers to a polymer that contains less than about 1 % substitution.
- the olefin polymer may comprise an aipha-olefin interpoiymer of ethylene or propylene with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of a C4-C20 linear, branched or cyclic diene, or an ethylene vinyl compound, such as vinyl acetate, and a compound represented by the formula H2OCHR wherein R is a C1-C20 linear, branched or cyclic aikyl group or a C6 ⁇ C2o aryl group.
- comonomers examples include an alkene, such as propylene, 1-butene, 3 ⁇ mefhyl ⁇ 1-butene, 4-methyi-l-pentene, 3-metby!-1-pentene, 1-heptene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene.
- the interpoiymer of ethylene has a density of less than about 0.92 g/cc.
- comonomers include an alkene.
- the comonomer is present at about 5% by weight to about 25% by weight of the interpoiymer.
- a propylene-ethylene interpoiymer is used,
- the thermoplastic resin comprises an alpha-olefin interpoiymer of ethylene with a comonomer comprising an aikene, such as 1 -octene.
- the ethylene and octene copolymer may be present alone in the additive composition or in combination with another thermoplastic resin or dispersing agent, such as ethyiene-acry!ic acid copolymer.
- the ethyiene-acrylic acid copolymer not only is a thermoplastic resin, but also serves as a dispersing agent.
- the weight ratio between the ethylene and octene copolymer and the ethylene-acryiic acid copolymer may be from about 1 :10 to about 10:1 , such as from about 3:2 to about 2:3.
- the aqueous dispersion also contains water. Water may be added as tap water or as deionized water.
- the pH of the aqueous dispersion is generally less than about 12, such as from about 5 to about 11.5, such as from about 7 to about 11.
- the aqueous dispersion may have a solids content of less than about 75%, such as less than about 70%. For instance, the solids content of the aqueous dispersion may range from about 5% to about 60%.
- the additive composition of the present invention may be commercially available, such as HYPOD 8510® dispersion, from the Dow Chemical Corporation and consists of water, a poiyethylene-octene copolymer, and a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid.
- the polyethylene-octene copolymer may be obtained commercially from the Dow Chemical Corporation under the name AFFINITY® (type 2980I) and the copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid may be obtained commercially from the Dow Chemical Corporation under the name PRIMACOR® (type 59081).
- PRIMACOR® acts as a surfactant to emulsify and stabilize AFFINITY® dispersion particles.
- PRIMACOR® The acn/lic acid co-monomer of PRIMACOR® is neutralized by potassium hydroxide to a degree of neutralization of around 80%. Therefore, in comparison, PRIMACOR® is more hydrophilic than is AFFINITY®.
- PRIMACOR® acts as a surfactant or a dispersant.
- AFFINITY® as suspended in a dispersion, takes on a form of tiny droplets with a diameter of a few microns.
- PRIMACOR ⁇ molecules surround the AFFINITY® droplets to form a "micelle" structure that stabilizes the droplets.
- HYPOD 8510® contains about 60% AFFINITY® and 40%
- phase inversion When the dispersion becomes a molten liquid on the dryer's hot surface, AFFINITY® forms a continuous phase and PRIMACOR® a dispersing phase forming islands in the AFFINITY® "ocean.” This phase change is called phase inversion. However, occurrence of this phase inversion depends upon external conditions such as temperature, time, molecular weight of solids, and concentration. Ultimately, phase inversion only occurs when the two polymers (or two phases) have enough relaxation time to allow phase inversion completion. In the present invention, HYPOD 8510® coated film retains a dispersion morphology which indicates there is an incornpietion of phase inversion.
- Benefits of the remaining dispersion morphology include, but are not limited to, a more hydrophiiic coating layer due to the exposure of the PRI ACOR® phase; and more improved softness of the coated product due to entrapped air bubbles inside the coated HYPOD 8510® layer which provide extra bulkiness.
- the diluted dispersion may have a very low viscosity (around 1 cp, just like water),
- a low viscosity dispersion when applied onto a hot dryer drum, will undergo a process of water evaporation and a complete phase inversion of AFFINITY®,
- the resulting continuous molten film then has PRIMACOR ⁇ dispersion islands embedded therein,
- the film formed after completely evaporating the water is solid without any air bubbles entrapped therein.
- the thin fiim covering the surface of the treated tissue is discontinuous yet interconnected, see Fig. 6c, discussed infra.
- the process of the present invention may use a high solid, high viscosity dispersion of (about 10% to about 30%) and may confain a large amount of air bubbles (air volume is at least 10 times more than the dispersion volume).
- the commercially available HYPOD 8510® dispersion (about 42% solids, including both AFFI ITY® and PRIMACOR®) has a viscosity around about 500 cps whereas wafer has a viscosity of around about 1 cps
- a dispersion containing about 20% HYPOD 8510® may have a viscosity of around 200 cps, a relatively high viscosity, while a dispersion having less than about 1% HYPOD 8510® may have a viscosity closer to water's viscosity (1 cp)
- the viscosity of the frothed HYPOD 8510® dispersion has been increased exponentially compared to
- the SEM photos confirm the foregoing hypothesis.
- Two immediate benefits can be observed when comparing the prior art surface-treated tissues and the surface-treated tissues of the present invention.
- the method of the present invention yields a tissue that is more bulky and has a softer hand feel due to entrapment of air bubbles 21 (see FIG, 8b).
- the tissue of the present invention has a more wetfable surface due to incomplete phase inversion, which in turn results in surface exposure of the hydrophiiic component.
- FIGS, 6a, 6b, 6c to FIGS, 6a', 6b', 8c'
- the coated layer having dispersion beads 19 and entrapped air bubbles 21 shown in FIG. 8b is softer than the melted film shown in FIG. 6b' as determined by the in Hand Ranking Test disclosed herein.
- Frothabie compositions of water soluble polymers may also be in the form of solutions.
- the water- soluble polymer materials that are solids, such as powder, granules, and the like, may be dissolved into a solution, The polymer solution may then be mixed with air and a foaming agent to convert it info a froth.
- polymer solutions according to the present invention include both synthetic and natural based wafer soluble polymers.
- the synthetic water soluble polymers include, but are not limited to, polyalcohols, poiyamines, polyimines, polyamides, po!ycarboxlic acids, poiyoxides, polyg!ycols, poiyethers, polyesters, copolymers and mixtures of the listed above.
- the natural based water soluble polymers include, but are not limited to, modified cellulose, such as cellulose ethers and esters, modified starch, chitosan and its salts, carrageenan. agar, geilan gum, guar gum, other modified polysaccharides and proteins, and combinations thereof.
- the wafer soluble polymers also include; polyfacrylic acid) and salts thereof, poiyfaeryiate esters), and poiy(acn/lic acid) copolymers.
- Other suitable water soluble polymers include polysaccharides of sufficient chain length to form films such as, but not limited to, pullulan and pectin.
- the water soluble polymers may contain additional monoethylenica!!y unsaturated monomers that do not bear a pendant acid group, but are copoiymerizable with monomers bearing acid groups.
- Such compounds include, for example, the monoacryiic esters and monomethacrylic esters of polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol, the molar masses (Mn) of the polyalkyiene glycols being up to about 2,000, for example,
- the water soluble polymers may be hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) sold by Ashland, Inc. under the brand name of KLUGEL®.
- HPC hydroxypropyl cellulose
- the water soluble polymers can be present in the additive composition in any operative amount and will vary based on the chemical component selected as well as on the end properties that are desired.
- the biodegradable, water soluble polymers can be present in the additive composition in an amount of about 1 % to about 75%, or at least about 1 %, at least about 5 %, or at least about 10 %, or up to about 30%, up to about 50% or up to about 75%, based on the total weight of the additive composition, to provide improved benefits.
- Suitable water soluble polymers include methyl cellulose (MC ) sold by Ashland, Inc. under the brand name BENECEL®; hydroxyethy! cellulose sold by Ashland, Inc. under the brand name NATROSOL®; and hydroxypropy! starch sold by Chemstar (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.) under the brand name GLUCOSOL 800®. Any of these chemistries, once diluted in water, are disposed onto a hot, non-porous dryer surface to ultimately transfer the chemistry to the web surface.
- the water soluble polymers in these chemistries include, but are not limited to, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, hydroxypropy! starch, hydroxypropy! cellulose, and combinations thereof.
- Conventional creping chemistries for tissue manufacturing may include water-soluble polymer solutions, such as an aqueous mixture comprising polyvinyl alcohol and a polyamide-epihalohydrin resin. While these conventional creping chemistries comprise water-soluble polymer solutions, these are not able to provide the benefits of the present invention, which include enhanced softness without compromising the strength of the tissue sheet.
- the present invention not only provides a substrate with improved softness due to the benefit agents and process described herein, but it also provides for an improved hand feel. Enhancement components are added to the dispersions of the present invention to provide a cottony/fluffy feel to the substrate instead of the silky/slippery feel that may often be felt with the use of the dispersions alone. It may be understood that the improved hand feel produced by the present invention may also include properties such as velvety, suede-like, hairy, smooth, fuzzy and like descriptors used to describe soft tactile properties. While the silky/slippery feel may be desirable for some substrates, the present invention provides other options in order that a variety of textures and aesthetics can be provided.
- Enhancement components of the present invention include, but are not limited to, micro-particles such as silica gel particles, thermally expandable microspheres such as EXPANCEL®, fibers such as cotton linter flocks, polymer dispersions such as poly(vinylpyrrolidone-styrene), and combinations thereof.
- micro-particles such as silica gel particles
- thermally expandable microspheres such as EXPANCEL®
- fibers such as cotton linter flocks
- polymer dispersions such as poly(vinylpyrrolidone-styrene)
- Enhancement components of the present invention may also provide additional benefits that could not be appreciated with the use of the dispersion alone.
- Enhancement components of the present invention may also include fragrances, anti- bacterials, moisturizers, soothers, coloring agents, hydroxyethyl cellulose, medicaments and combinations thereof. Such components will provide an overall substrate that has improved feel from the dispersion in combination with benefits that may have not otherwise been provided without the present technology.
- the present invention may utilize any or a combination of enhancement components to be included within the additive composition of the present invention.
- enhancement components may be added to a dispersion of the present invention in an amount of from about 0.5% to about 30%, from about 1 % to about 20% or from about 2% to about 10%, by weight of the dispersion composition,
- the enhancement components can be added into the frothed chemistry either before or after the chemistry has been frothed, In a desired application, the enhancement component level is about from about 0,5% to about 30%, or from about 1% to about 20%, or from about 2% to about 10%, based on total dry weight of the additive composition.
- enhancement components When enhancement components are used in combination with the additive compositions of the present invention, they allow for enhanced softness without compromising strength. For example, when facial tissue is used as the substrate of the present invention, there is an overall log odds increase of from about 0.5 to about 18 and a GMT level of from about 800 to about 1200 when compared to substrates that have not been processed in the same manner as the present invention.
- GMT refers to the combination of machine and cross-machine directions in determining tensile strength. Expanded microspheres stay on the surface of both film and tissue to contribute to hand feel improvement when consumers touch them in use conditions.
- Processing aids of the present invention include chemicals that may help in the process of forming the treated substrate of the present invention.
- the processing aids may slightly appear or may dissipate in the final, treated substrate. While they are included to solely aid in the process of producing the treated substrates, they may also impart slight benefits to the substrate that are desired of the present invention.
- processing aids are those used in the process of frothing or applying the benefit agents to the substrate and are not used in the process of making the precursor substrate.
- Suitable foaming agents include, but are not limited to, either low molecular or polymeric materials in liquid form.
- the foaming agents can be anionic, cationic or nonionic. These foaming agents can be divided into four groups depending on function:
- Air Entrapment Agent used to enhance a liquid's (dispersion, solution, or a mixture, etc) capability to entrap air which can be measured by determining a "blow ratio,"
- foaming agents include but is not limited to potassium laurate, sodium iauryl sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium stearate, potassium o!eate, disodium octadecyi su!fosuccinimate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, etc.
- Stabilization Agent used to enhance stability of froth's air bubbles against time and temperature; examples include, but are not limited to, sodium Eaur E sulfate, ammonium stearate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, etc,
- Wetting Agent - used to enhance the wettability of a film-coated dried surface.
- Examples include, but are not limited to, sodium iauryl sulfate, potassium iaurate, disodium octadecyi sulfosuccinimate, etc,
- examples include, but are not limited to, hydroxypropyl cellulose, bydroxyethyi cellulose, carboxymethy! cellulose and other modified cellulose ethers.
- foaming agents can deliver more than one of the functions listed above. Therefore, it is not necessary to use all four foaming agents in a frothable additive composition. Selection of the foaming agents is dependent upon the chemistry of the additive composition. For example, when the additive composition comprises an anionic component, such as HYPOD 8510® suitable foaming agents have to be selected from either anionic or non-ionic groups, if a cationic foaming agent is used to enhance frothability of an anionic additive composition, the cationic components in the foaming agent will form ionic bonds with the anionic components in the additive composition and cause both cationic foaming agent and anionic additive composition to become water insoluble due to formation of the bonds. On the other hand, if an additive composition comprises cationic components, anionic foaming agents are not suitabie to use.
- an additive composition comprises cationic components
- Creping Aids are chemistries that are added to the benefit agents of the present invention to optimize the adhesion and release properties of the tissue substrate to the dryer surface. These fail broadly into the following groupings:
- Adhesion Aid used to increase adhesion of the tissue sheet to the dryer surface.
- Examples include, but are not limited to, polyvinyl alcohol, poiyacrylafe, hydroxypropy starch, carboxymethy cellulose, kymene, polyvinyl amine, copolymers or mixtures thereof.
- the dryer surface (from) the dryer surface.
- examples include, but are not limited to, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, poiyoiefin, fluorirsated polyoiefin, copolymer and blends comprising the above,
- Curing Aid - used to hasten or retard curing of the creping package such as a p!asticizer or toughener.
- Lutensol A 85 N lconoi 24 7®, hereinafter "Lutensoi®” (from the BASF® Chemical
- preparing frothed chemicals utilizes a system that pumps both liquid and air into a mixer, The mixer blends the air into the liquid to produce a froth which inherently includes a plurality of small air bubbles.
- the froth exits the mixer and flows to an applicator,
- blow ratio is defined by ratio of volume of small air bubbles entrapped by dispersion chemical to the volume of the dispersion before mixing. For example, at a blow ratio of 10:1 , a dispersion flow rate of 1 liter/minute will be able to entrap 10 liters/minute of air into its liquid and produce a total froth flow rate of 11 liters per minute.
- both the mechanical mixing and the frothing capability of the additive composition are determining factors, if a chemical can only hold or entrap air volume up to a blow ratio of 5, no matter how powerful a froth unit is, it won't be able to produce a stable froth having a blow ratio of 10. Any extra air beyond the blow ratio of 5 will release out of the froth system once the mechanical force is removed. In other words, any entrapped air higher than the dispersion's air containment capability will become instable. Most of such instable air bubbles will escape from the froth (debubbiing) immediateiy after mechanical agitation is stopped,
- frothabie chemicals e.g. HYPOD 8510®, KRATGN®. and the like
- the chemical tank 12 is connected to a pump 14, it may be desirable to modify piping 13 between the chemical tank 12 and pump 14 so that one may transmit the frothabie chemicals to two different sizes of pumps.
- the chemical tank 12 is situated at an elevated level above the pump 14 in order to keep the pump primed.
- One optional small secondary pump may be used for running the frothing process at slow speeds relative to the pump 14,
- the larger primary pump 14 is capable of producing flow rates up to 25 liters/minute liquid flow-rate for high application speeds and/or high amounts of additive composition.
- the smaller, secondary pump (not shown) is capable of iiquid flow rates up to about 500 cc/min. for low application speeds and/or low additive composition.
- a flow meter 16 is situated between the pump(s) 14 and a foam mixer 18. Liquid flow rates are calculated from desired additive composition, chemical solids, line-speed and applicator width. The flow rate may range from about 5:1 to about 50:1. When using the small secondary pump, its flow rate ranges from about 10 cc/min to about 500 cc/min. When using the large pump 14, its flow rate ranges from about 0.5 !iter/min to about 25 liter/min, A 20 liter/min air flow meter is selected when using the small secondary pump. There is a 200 liter/min air flow meter to use when running the larger primary pump 14.
- the foam mixer 18 is used to blend air into the Iiquid mixture of frothable chemicals to create small air bubbles in the froth. Air is metered into the system 10 using certain liquid flow rates and blow ratios as discussed above. Desirabiy, the foam mixer 18 having a size of 25.4 cm (10 inches) may be used to generate froth.
- One possible foam mixer 18 is a CFS-10 inch Foam Generator from Gaston Systems, Inc. of Stanley, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- the rotational speed of the foam mixer 18 is limited to about 600 rpm.
- the rpm speed for the mixer in this process is dependent upon the additive composition's ability to foam (i.e., its capability of entrapping air to form stable bubbles). If the additive composition foams easily, a lower rpm is generally required. If the additive composition does not foam easily, a higher rpm is generally required, The higher mixer speed helps to speed up the foam equilibrium or optimal blow ratio.
- a normal rpm for the mixer is about 20%-80% of the maximum rpm speed, The type of and/or amount of foam agent in addition to the additive composition also has an effect on the mixer speed requirement.
- the froth is checked for bubble uniformity, stability and flow pattern. If bubble uniformity, stability and flow pattern are not to desired standards, adjustments may be made to fiow rates, mixing speeds, blow ratio, and/or chemical compositions of the solutions/dispersions before directing the froth to the applicator 24.
- HYPOD 8510 ® or other chemistries to be frothed and used for creping are blended and added to the chemical tank 12.
- Dilute solutions of HYPOD 8510® ( ⁇ 10% total solids) and other hard-to-froth chemistries generally require something added to the formulation to increase viscosity and foamability.
- hydroxypropyi cellulose or other foaming agents or surfactants can be used to produce a stable froth for uniform application onto the heated and non- permeable surface of a rotating drum of a dryer surface.
- the enhancement components can be added into the additive composition in various ways, including, but not limited to: added into the additive composition before the additive composition is pumped into a frothing machine; introduced into the frothed additive composition after the additive composition is coming out of the frothing machine but before the frothed additive composition is applied onto the dryers surface; or applied to the dryer before the substrate contacts the additive composition.
- the enhancement components are introduced into the additive composition, it is necessary to constantly agitate the mixture before adding it into the frothing machine in order to prevent the soiid enhancement component from being settied down at the bottom of the container.
- a suitable device which ensures a uniform mixing of the enhancement components and the frothed additive composition, is needed. Substrates
- Suitable substrate materials include but are not limited to facial tissue; uncreped through air-dried tissue (UCTAD); paper toweling; HYDROKNIT® nonwoven material from Kimberiy Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.A., wet-laid webs, airlaid webs, spunbond webs, meltbiown webs, SMS webs, Goform webs, bonded & carded webs (BCW), continuous film, spunlace, film/laminate sheets, hydroentangled webs, and all types of paper, tissue and other nonwoven products.
- UTAD uncreped through air-dried tissue
- HYDROKNIT® nonwoven material from Kimberiy Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.A., wet-laid webs, airlaid webs, spunbond webs, meltbiown webs, SMS webs, Goform webs, bonded & carded webs (BCW), continuous film, spunlace, film/laminate sheets, hydroentangled web
- the frothed chemistry may be applied to a nonwoven such as a tissue.
- nonwovens are meant to include facial tissue, bath tissue, paper towels, spunbond, diaper or feminine care body side liners and outer covers, napkins (such as for hands and face) and the like.
- Tissue may be made in different ways, including but not limited to conventionally felt-pressed tissue paper: high bulk pattern densified tissue paper; and high bulk, uncompacted tissue paper.
- Tissue paper products made therefrom can be of a single-ply or multi-ply construction such as in US Patent Publication No. 2008/0135195.
- Another embodiment for forming a tissue of the present invention utilizes a papermaking technique known as uncreped through-air dried ("UCTAD"), Examples of such a technique are disclosed in US Patent No, 5,048,589 to Cook, ef a!.; US Patent No. 5,399,412 to Sudail, et al,; US Patent No. 5,510,001 to Hermans, ef al.; US Patent No.
- UTAD uncreped through-air dried
- the process of the present invention can apply high-solid frothed chemistry onto the dryer surface 23.
- air is used to dilute a benefit agent comprising any level of solids wherein the viscosity is within a range that can be pumped by the foaming machine, For example, having up to about 85 % of solids, up to about 50% solids, up to about 35%, or up to about 20% so!ids.
- the high-so!id coating process of the present invention may exhibit product or process benefits inciuding but not limited to softer surface due to the unique micro-structure of the coliapsed foam film Iayer, less chemical waste due to close and direct application of the frothed chemistry, and no need to use soft or deionized water due to the high ratio of chemistry to water (for example, a chemical such as HYPOD 8510 ® becomes instable when it is exposed to a large quantity of hard water, i.e., a solid level of 1 % or less); and iess drying energy required to dry the frothed chemistry as well as the base sheet, Additional benefits due to the addition of enhancement components include, but are not Iimited to uniformity of the overall Benefit Agent film coating on the nonwoven substrate; enhanced adhesion of the overall Benefit Agent coating to the nonwoven substrate; enhance mechanical strength of the overall Benefit Agent coating film; and enhanced stability of the Benefit Agent froth from the foam generator unit to the dryer surface.
- the frothed benefit agents may be applied onto a substrate by two ways: an inline application or an offline application, in the inline processes a foam generator and an applicator will be incorporated into a tissue manufacturing and the frothed chemicals will be applied onto any substrate during the
- An offline application enables application of the froth chemistry to those substrates which are produced by a non-creping process.
- uncreped through air dried (“UCTAD”) bath tissue and meit-spun nonwoven materials are suitable for use with the offline application method.
- the frothed chemicals are applied to the dryer surface 23 via an applicator 24.
- the froth applicator 24 is placed close to the dryer surface (0 ,64 cm or 1/4 inch) for uniform froth distribution onto the dryer surface 23, Such positioning allows for better, direct contact of the frothed chemistry to the dryer surface 23, especially during high speed operations.
- the enhancement component makes the additive composition coating (i.e., the ocean layer) exhibit a novel and improved hand feel.
- HYPOD 8510® may be used as an additive composition and is frothed/surface coated onto a substrate without an enhancement component. When its surface is touched, it provides significant softness improvement in comparison to the same tissue with a conventional creping chemistry, However, at the same time, it also feels slightly waxy or slippery. Some types of consumers may like this slippery feel, but others may not want to have the feel, Adding an enhancement component can change the feel without compromising the softness improvement.
- the hand feel obtained through this approach includes, but is not limited to. cottony, velvety, fluffy, and/or hairy.
- the additive composition HYPOD 8510® coating layer has an improved strength which was important when the benefit agents were applied onto pre-prepared substrates, such as thermoplastic nonwovens. This improved strength enables the coated film of the benefit agents to have a uniform and complete coverage on the substrate.
- enhancement components and the method of application could be used to enhance surface feel, such as softness or improve surface properties, such as absorhency, friction, bulk, etc.
- other surface benefits such as scents, anti-bacterial, moisturizing, soothing agents, etc.
- HYPOD 8510® alone could provide, Substrates comprising both HYPOD 8510® and polyvinylpyrro!idone-styrene was perceived to be almost 1.5 log odds softer (significant) than the use of HYPOD 8510® without any enhancement components.
- enhancement components Another benefit to adding enhancement components is the tremendous caliper increase that can be achieved while generally maintaining or having greater tensile strength than the non-frothed surface treated substrate. These substrates were all calendered at the same nip pressure for the facial converting process. The percentages listed next to the data points are the amounts of the enhancement components added based on HYPOD 8510®dry weight in the formulation before frothing. It has been shown that frothed and creped substrates showed an added increase in bulk over the non-frothed and creped substrates with the highest level increases at almost 35%. The majority of the substrates with the enhancement components increased bulk over the frothed substrate comprising only HYPOD 8510®. All of the processing conditions, such as blade types, bevel, and pressure loadings, were the same.
- Creping is part of the substrate manufacturing process wherein the substrate is scraped off the surface of a rotating dryer (e.g. a Yankee Dryer) via a blade assembly. Creping may be done as described in US Application No, 13/330440 to Qin, et ai hinge filed December 19, 2011 Other Benefitting Factors
- Benefit agents of the present invention can be used to provide a variety of advantages that may be used to coat a substrate and provide the aforementioned advantages, Additionally, there are other advantages that the present invention provides that can be distinctly called out and described according to the following.
- a unique advantage that the present invention, as described herein, provides is that it allows for improved capabilities for printing on a nonwoven substrate.
- the additive composition can be applied such that if essentially forms a surface on the substrate that is more like a film so that printing is more consistent and in some instances more vibrant.
- spunbond is appreciated for its cloth-like tactile properties or feel, however, it is not a favored substrate over a film laminate when it comes to printing as the ink tends to spread or absorb into the materia! reducing the ink coverage that is shown on the substrate.
- a film laminate is optima! for printing graphics but it is not optimal as a substrate that will be close to the skin.
- a solution for printing onto a nonwoven substrate has been to adhesively laminate a printed film to the substrate. Although this has worked well, it can add to the manufacturing process and costs.
- the present invention therefore provides a unique compromise wherein the cloth-like tactile properties or feel of the substrate is not removed, yet it also provides a surface that allows for enhanced printing capabilities relative to the substrates.
- the present invention provides for a relatively smooth surface eliminating the pixilated appearance of current outer cover materials.
- Substrates of the present invention will have improved ink coverage of at least about 25%, at least about 50% or at least about 75% when compared to an untreated substrate.
- the present invention provides for an improved surface area so that more of the substrate can be covered by the printed ink thereby improving the appearance or clarify of printing on the substrate as compared to an untreated substrate.
- surface printing of outer cover laminates require the use of specialized inks to avoid potential issues with ink rub off.
- the present Invention may accommodate any commercially available ink used for printing onto substrates. Additionally, any conventional techniques useful for printing may be used within the present invention.
- Such techniques may include, but are not limited to, gravure coating, offset printing, screen printing, f!exography, Inkjet printing, laser printing, digital printing, and the like,
- the dispersions of the present invention provide polar moieties that are anticipated to improve ink adhesion and thus improve printing onto nonwoven substrates directly.
- FiG, 2 shows an untreated spunbond that has been printed with ink, (The white splotches are the ink printed onto the fibers of the spunbond),
- FIG, 3 shows a spunbond substrate that has been treated with the benefit agent of the present invention and printed with ink, It can be seen that the treated sample (FIG, 3 ⁇ has a film like coating on the surface which gives it a greater area for the ink to cover the surface leading to enhanced visual aesthetics in terms of print clarity and vividness. Only approximately 20% of the surface was covered by ink in the untreated spunbond, FIG.
- FIG, 3 which was treated with the present invention. This data was obtained quantifying the SE images using image analysis software, The ink is able to adhere more consistently and smoothly on the treated substrate and therefore improves the overall look of the printing.
- the present invention also enables an increase in both bulk and basis weight when compared to an untreated substrate.
- bulk may be proportional to the basis weight of the fibers within the substrates of the present invention.
- the corrugation of the fibers may expand the caliper of the fibers in the Z direction and thus expand the bulk of the fibers, The fibers will loft thereby increasing the bulk of the fibers.
- the benefit agents of the present invention may alone or in combination with certain creping mechanisms within the present invention contribute to said increase in bulk and increase in basis weight.
- the present invention when compared to an untreated spunbond substrate with a basis weight of 12 gsm and a bulk of 13 cc/g, the present invention may allow for the spunbond to demonstrate a basis weight of 16 gsm and a bulk of 27 cc/g (or a 33% and 108% increase respectively).
- the creping mechanism and process can demonstrate an even greater advantage and allow the spunbond to demonstrate a basis weight of 25 gsm and 25 cc/g (or a 108% and 92% increase
- the present invention allows for nonwoven materials with varying cellulosic content to have a basis weight increase of greater than at least about 20% to about 250% as compared to an untreated substrate.
- an untreated cellulose substrate has been shown to have a basis weight of about 58 gsm and 84% hysteresis
- a nonwoven cellulose substrate of the present invention can demonstrate a basis weight of about 85 gsm (about a 70% increase in basis weight) and about a 74% hysteresis.
- a second component such as a nonionic surfactant like Lutensol® may further aid in the success of not only increasing bulk in substrates of the present invention but also increasing stretch and elastic properties.
- the surfactant may comprise a nonionic surfactant having a cloud point.
- the cloud point of the surfactant can be greater than about 15°C 5 such as greater than about 20°C . , such as greater than about 25°C, such as greater than about 30°C, such as greater than about 35°C, such as greater than about 40°C when combined with water in an amount of 1 % by weight.
- the cloud point of the surfactant is generally less than about 1GGX, such as less than about 90°C, such as less than about 85°C, such as less than about 80°C, such as less than about 75°C, such as less than about 70°C, such as less than about 65°C, such as less than about 60°C when combined with water in an amount of 1 % by weight.
- the surfactant can be combined 'with a solvent, such as water, at a temperature above the cloud point of the surfactant.
- the surfactant is then combined with a po!yolefin copolymer, such as a copolymer of ethylene or propylene and an alkene optionally in the presence of a dispersing agent.
- the surfactant in one embodiment, includes hydrophilic segments and hydrophobic segments.
- the hydrophiiic segments may comprise hydroxy! groups while the hydrophobic segments may comprise ether groups with carbon-carbon segments.
- the hydrophobic segments expose onto the surface of the molecular conformation which makes the surfactant water-insoluble and causes the formation of a gel,
- the hydrophilic segments of the surfactant move to the surface making the surfactant water-soluble.
- hydrophobic segments of the surfactant may stay on the surface while the hydrophilic segments are folded inside. With this conformation, the hydrophobic segments of the surfactant may interact with the hydrophobic segments on the polyolefin polymer causing hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction.
- This hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction may create a structure similar to a crosslinked polymer enhancing the elastic properties of the resulting materia!.
- any suitable surfactant may be incorporated into the additive composition in order to improve stretch properties that has a cloud point and includes hydrophi!ic segments and hydrophobic segments.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an alkoxyiated polyaikylene glycol ether, such as an ethoxylate of an alkyl polyethylene glycol ether,
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an ethoxylate of one or more fatty alcohols.
- the fatty alcohols may comprise linear alcohols having a carbon chain length of from about 8 carbon atoms to about 28 carbon atoms, such as from about 10 carbon atoms to about 18 carbon atoms, such as from about 12 carbon atoms to about 14 carbon atoms.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an ethylene oxide adduct of linear laury! myristy! aicohol.
- Lutensol® is composed of a seven mole ethylene oxide adduct of a linear lauryi myristyi alcohol that is also readily biodegradable.
- the relative amounts of the two different components can vary depending upon various factors,
- the weight ratio of the polyolefin copolymer to the nonionic surfactant can be from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1 , such as from about 0.5:1 to about 3:1 , In one embodiment, the weight ratio between the two components can be from about 1 :1 to about 3:1 , such as from about 1 :1 to about 2.5:1.
- the nonionic surfactant can first be combined with a solvent, such as water at a temperature above the cloud point of the surfactant.
- a solvent such as water
- the surfactant and water mixture can then be combined with a polyolefin copolymer dispersion that may optionally contain a dispersing agent, such as an ethylene and acrylic acid copolymer.
- the additive composition containing the nonionic surfactant, the polyolefin copolymer, and optionally the dispersing agent is then converted into a foam.
- the method can include the step of frothing the additive composition and applying the froth onto one side of a nonwoven material.
- the froth can be applied to a heated dryer surface at a temperature near or higher than the boiling temperature of water, The nonwoven material can then be pressed onto the coated surface and creped from the surface.
- the froth can be applied first to a side of the nonwoven material and then adhered to a creping surface for creping.
- one side of the nonwoven material can be treated with the additive composition and creped or both sides of the nonwoven material may be treated with the additive composition and creped.
- the present invention allows for the frothed benefit agent such as the HYPOD 8510® dispersion to be used at a low add-on level yet still uniformly spread over the entire area of the substrate,
- the present invention enables an increase in bulk without or up to about 50% addition of a nonionic surfactant such as Lutensol®.
- a nonionic surfactant such as Lutensol®.
- about 500 mg/m 2 of the frothed benefit agent, for example, HYPOD 8510® dispersion may be combined with about 250 mg/m 2 of a nonionic surfactant such as Lutensol® in some embodiments of the present invention (i.e. a ratio of nonionic surfactant to benefit agent of about 1 :2).
- the "hysteresis" value of a sample maybe determined by first stretching the sample to the desired elongation and then allowing the sample to retract in a controlled manner at the same speed.
- the hysteresis value is the decrease or loss of energy during this cyclic Ioading.
- FIG. 4 gives an example of the present invention, frothed and creped using hydroknit as the substrate, has about a 22% to about a 25% elastic strain at about 100% applied strain before showing any breakage. Comparatively, the control hydroknit only has about a 15% elastic strain and breaks at about 25% applied strain.
- the present invention frothed and creped using spunbond as the substrate, has about a 27% to about a 55% elastic strain at about a 100% stretch compared to the control that only extends up to about 18% elastic strain at about a 50% stretch before break.
- FIG. 7 shows the mechanical direction (MD) elastic stretch (the recovery) versus the applied stretch.
- the present invention shows an increase in stretch due to the presence of the frothed HYPOD 8510® dispersion combined with Lutensol® frothed onto a tissue substrate,
- FIG. 8 shows the cross-directional (CD) strain versus the applied strain comparison of a tissue of the present invention versus an untreated tissue substrate.
- the present invention using the frothed benefit agent as a HYPOD 8510® dispersion combined with Lutensol® on a tissue substrate, has the most elastic stretch up to failure compared to the basic cellulose tissue.
- untreated nonwoven substrates may demonstrate a stretch or elongation at break, they generally do so at earlier stages of stretch.
- traditional untreated substrates may demonstrate of from about 8% to about 45% elongation at break.
- the present invention allows for substrates that are treated as described herein, to demonstrate elongation at break of above about 45% elongation at break.
- the present invention may demonstrate from about 45%, or from about 47% to about 55%, to about 80%, to about 280%, to about 337%, or to about 350% elongation at break.
- the present invention may provide for elongation at break to be about 25%, about 30%, about 35%, about 38%, about 45% or about 47%.
- Such stretch can be especially exemplified in tissue substrates according to the present Invention.
- a nonwoven material treated with an additive composition containing a polyolefin copolymer, a non ionic surfactant, and optionally a dispersing agent may display at least 80% elastic strain, such as at least 85% elastic strain under 100% applied strain, in other embodiments, the nonwoven material may display at least about 50% elastic strain, such as at least about 55% elastic strain, such as at least about 60% elastic strain under 30% applied strain.
- the above nonwoven material may comprise a tissue web containing pulp fibers.
- the tissue web may have a bulk of greater than 5 cc/g. in other embodiments, the nonwoven material may comprise a fibrous web containing fibers made from a thermoplastic synthetic polymer.
- the fibers may comprise continuous filaments,
- the nonwoven material may comprise a spunbond web or a meitbiown web,
- Nonwoven substrates of the present invention will demonstrate at least about a 5%, at least about a 20%, at least about a 30%, at least about a 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 80%, at least about 70%, or at least about 100% decrease in hysteresis when compared to a similarly untreated substrate.
- the present invention will increase bulk and/or elasticity in a substrate with or without the presence of Lutensol® and may demonstrate bulk and/or elasticity with the frothed HYPOD 8510® dispersion alone.
- an untreated hydroknit substrate can demonstrate about 87% hysteresis and about 25% elongation at break.
- a hydroknit substrate of the present invention can demonstrate about 67% hysteresis and about 337% elongation at break.
- an untreated spunbond substrate can demonstrate 100% hysteresis and about 45% elongation at break while a spunbond substrate of the present invention can demonstrate about 40% hysteresis and about 280% elongation at break.
- the present invention provides enhanced versatility by allowing substrates that usually provide no elasticity to not only be able to stretch but also recover with ease and go beyond the normal and expected nature of a similar substrate that has not been processed by the present invention.
- a material which has more elastic strain has more elasticity or elastic energy.
- Substrates of the present invention can demonstrate an increased ability to withstand stretches of at least about 25%, at least about 50%, at least about 75% or at least about 100% of applied strain as compared to an untreated substrate. While various substrates will vary, it is clear that the present invention allows for enhanced stretching compared to substrates that have not been treated accordingly. For example, untreated hydroknit can withstand about a 15% stretch with about 25% applied strain. At about 50% applied strain, that same untreated hydroknit is unable to sustain stretching without breaking.
- Hydroknit of the present invention can withstand about a 2% stretch at about 25% applied strain, about a 18% stretch at about a 50% applied strain, about a 21 % stretch at about 75% applied strain and about a 23% stretch at about 100% applied strain.
- untreated spunbond can withstand about a 10% stretch at about a 25% applied strain and about a 18% stretch at about a 50% applied strain.
- Spunbond of the present invention can withstand about a 17% stretch at about 25% applied strain, about 38% stretch at about 50% stretch applied strain, about 46% stretch at about 75% applied strain and about 54% stretch at about 100% applied strain.
- the elastic laminates tend to be bulkier when compared to traditional textile materials.
- the elastic laminate visual appearance is dictated by the bond pattern used for the lamination. The visual effect is more like an accordion with peaks and valleys bunched up in succession.
- Rugosities as they are technically known, are commonly seen along the cuffs and waistbands of disposable personal care products such as, but not limited to, feminine articles, incontinence products and diapers, Consumer feedback indicates that materials that are thin, able to drape and possess cSoth-iike visual and tactile aesthetics are highly desired, Thus, a smoother elastic area that appears more iike underwear due to the reduced or absent rugosities is more desirable.
- a facing material that is extensible has a relatively low basis weight, and provides bulk conveys a more cloth-like appearance and tactile properties and provides an excellent opportunity to possess film laminates that mimic traditional textiles, i.e. appears more like cloth underwear.
- the present invention provides such a solution by providing a creped nonwoven substrate that has enhanced stretching capabilities and increased bulk to deliver a product, specifically an elastic film laminate for a product with reduced or no rugosities
- Nonwoven substrates when combined with a non- pre-stretched elastic film to create an elastic laminate of the present invention may demonstrate an elimination of rugosities (100% reduction in rugosities) or at the vesy least a reduction in rugosities from at least about 5%, from at least about 10%, from at least about 25% or from at least about 50% as compared to an untreated substrate
- the creped facings could also be used in work wear and Health Care garments (particularly on the body side of the garment) to enhance the perception of softness and more cloth-like texture for improved visual and tactile feel.
- the creping may also provide opportunities for improved moisture wicking depending on the nonwoven substrate used as the facing.
- the present invention enables the creping of nonwoven substrates such as spunbond, bonded carded web, spunlace etc. leading to the development of structures with improvements such as higher bulk and improved tactile and visual aesthetics, Because the present invention delivers a collapsed foam film benefit agent layer on the nonwoven substrates, it helps the nonwoven retain a creped structure that should be advantageous during the lamination process. Structural evaluation of nonwoven materials, for example, spunbond, utilizing the present invention shows that the benefit agent layer coating essentially stays on one side of, specifically the surface of the nonwoven material. The benefit agent of the present invention is concentrated primarily on the peaks of the creped material which may coincide with the nonwoven materia! bond points.
- the creped nonwoven has machine direction extensibility (with some level of recovery) and a more cloth-like visual aesthetic because the appearance of the bond points (if present) on the nonwoven material is minimized and thereby reduces the rugosities.
- an elastic film/filaments without the need to pre-slretch the elastic
- the result is a laminated web that can be incorporated into a product, for example, a disposable personal care article that looks and feels like undeavear but provides the protection and manageable care qualities of a disposable article.
- this can be especially desirable in disposable incontinence articles where adults desire a less diaper-appearing product that bunches at the waist and legs in order to wear a product that gives a more discreet wear and feel.
- the ability to crepe an extensible and retractable nonwoven material facing has been leveraged to produce non-pre-stretched (no or less rugosities) elastic laminates.
- the creped nonwoven materials of the present invention for example (a spunbond material layered with the benefit agent comprising HYPOD® 8510) was laminated to one or both sides of an elastic film using adhesive.
- the benefit agent may be layered on the side of the creped substrate that is attached to the film to produce tactile and visual cues of laminates that are a more bulky, cloth-like material, As the film layer is not stretched and retracted, the basis weight of the film can be adjusted to meet physical property requirements rather than process requirements.
- the present invention provides creped nonwoven substrates produced from a variety of raw materials. Of particular interest are nonwovens produced from polypropylene, poiyamides, polyesters, polyethylene, propylene/ethylene copolymers and other polyolefin blends.
- the level of crepe may be adjusted to provide varying degrees of MD extensibility allowing for elastic laminates with varying amounts of stretch/recovery.
- creped substrates of the present invention also provides the opportunity to enhance the visual and tactile aesthetics of elastic film laminates such as those used as outer cover materials in personal care products such as, but not limited to, feminine articles, incontinence products and diapers.
- Adhesive lamination of the creped facings provides a more bulky, cloth-like appearance and tactile properties without requiring the use of high basis weight materials.
- the present invention demonstrates improvements unfounded in substrates that have not been treated by means provided by the present invention.
- improvements of the present invention as compared to untreated substrates may be selected from, enhanced tactile feel such as softness and the like, enhanced printing, a decrease in hysteresis, an increase in bulk, an increase in elasticity/extensibility, an increase in retractabiiity, a reduction in rugosities, and combinations thereof.
- the nonwoven substrates of the present invention may have additional compositions added to provide additional benefits beyond the aforementioned such as softness, printing enhancement, elasticity and bulk.
- Compositions may be added to the benefit agent treated substrates to aid in the overall substrate performance, Specifically, in products such as persona! care articles, additional compositions may help the performance or the users experience with the product overaS!.
- Body fluid rheological modifiers include, but are not limited to mucolytic agents, mucin modifiers, red blood cell modifiers, the like, and combinations thereof.
- Body fluid rheological modifiers of the present invention comprise a variety of composition or agents that are able to interact with body fluids in order to better aid body fluid interaction with the substrate.
- mucolytic agents are known to break down critical disulfide intramolecular and/or intermo!ecular bonds in the mucus glycol-protein or mucin component of the menstrual fluid, thereby significantly decreasing the viscoeiasticity of the mucus, Such agents have been described in US Patent No. 7687681 to DiLuccio et a!, issued March 30, 2010 and are useful herein. Mucolytic agents can also modify the mucin by cleaving the protein backbone, modifying the 3D structure and decreasing the entanglement within the structure of the mucin.
- Mucolytic agents of the present invention include, but are not limited to, L-cysteine, thiogiycolates, difhiotriacol and combinations thereof.
- Body fluid rheological modifiers can be used within the present invention in amounts of from about 0.1 % or from about 0,2% to about 5% or to about 20% or based on the weight of the benefit agent composition,
- the nonwoven material may exhibit a blockage of pores caused by the red blood cells which results in a decrease in the fluid intake and the wicking capabilities of the substrate
- Red blood ceil modifiers also exist that can reduce the viscosity as well as reduce pore blockage, These include, but are not limited to, Giucopon 220 ® PLURONIC®, and those described in US Patent No.
- the substrate is used for capturing body fluids, including, but not limited to red blood cells
- the blockage of pores may result in an increase of leakage.
- adding such a composition to the nonwoven substrate of the present invention may enhance the end user experience thereby creating an advantageous substrate product.
- Anti-adherence agents may comprise at least one viscoelasfant material, at least one ants-adherent material, or combinations thereof and may be added to the nonwoven substrate of the present invention.
- Anti-adherent agents are described in US Patent No. 7642396 to Schroeder et ai, issued January 5, 2010. Specifically, anti-adherent agents act to prevent the adherence of menses and/or fecal materia! to the skin in the labial and perianal regions during and after menstruation or defecation, respectively.
- Suitable viscoelastani materials include, but are not limited to, linked enzymes, alkyi polyglycosides having 8-10 carbon atoms in the alky! chain, bovine lipid extract surfactant, dextrans, dexiran derivatives and combinations thereof.
- Suitable anti-adherent compounds of the present invention include, but are not limited to, alginic acid, beta-benzal-butyric acid, botanicals, casein, famesol, fiavones, fucans, galactolipid, kininogen, hyaiuronate, inu!in, iridoid glycosides, nanoparticles, per!ecan,
- Anti-adherence agents may be added to the nonwoven substrates of the present invention in an amount of from about 0.01 % to about 25% by weight of the viscoelastani material or the anti-adherent material. Other variant amounts include from about 0.05% to about 10% or from about 0.1 % to about 8% or from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of the viscoelastani material or the anti-adherent material.
- odor control materials may be used in accordance with the present invention that are capable of imparting odor control to a nonwoven substrate. Such odor control uses are especially useful in personal care absorbent articles.
- odor control materials may be a deodorizing mixture of an anhydrous mixture of basic, pH neutral and acidic odor absorbing particles as described in US Patent No. 5342333 to Tanzer et al., issued August 30, 1994 or US Patent No. 5364380 to Tanzer et ai, issued November 15, 1994.
- Suitable odor control materials of the present invention may also comprise odor control systems that reduce odor by action on malodorous substances In a substrate (such as an absorbent article) or by reducing the odor by acting on the user's nose receptors as described in US Application No.
- odor control materials of the present invention may also comprise odor control systems that provide prolonged odor control by focusing on materials with high and low volatility such as those described in US Application No. 2008071238 to Sierri et al, filed March 28, 2008. Odor control materials are further described in US Patent No. 8068958 to Do, et ai, issued November 29, 2011 and US Patent No. 8926862 to Fontenot, et al, issued August 9, 2005.
- Odor control materials of the present invention include, but are not limited to, ammonia neutralizers, functional fragrances, chelating agents, inorganic oxide particles, such as silica, alumina, zirconia, magnesium oxide, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), activated charcoal, activated carbon, diatomaceous earths, zeolites, clays (e.g.. smectite clay) and combinations thereof. Odor control materials may be present from about 2 gsm to about 80 gsm, from about 8 gsm to about 40 gsm, or from about 12 gsm to about 30 gsm depending on the basis weight of the nonwoven substrate.
- a nonwoven material is creped using an additive composition.
- the nonwoven material contains fibers or filaments made from a thermoplastic synthetic polymer.
- the nonwoven material contains continuous filaments.
- the nonwoven material may comprise a spunbond web.
- the nonwoven material may comprise a meitblown web, a coform web, a SMS web or a hydroentangled web.
- the nonwoven material may comprise a tissue web containing pulp fibers.
- the basis weight of the nonwoven material can vary depending upon the particular application. Sn general, the basis weight is less than about 50 gsm, such as less than about 40 gsm, such as less than about 30 gsm, such as less than about 25 gsm.
- the basis weight for instance, can be from about 5 gsm to about 50 gsm, such as from about 10 gsm to about 40 gsm.
- At least one side of the nonproven material is creped.
- both sides of the nonwoven materia! may be creped.
- the nonwoven material may be creped by applying an additive composition to a creping drum, adhering the nonwoven material to the creping drum and then creping the nonwoven material from the drum.
- the additive composition may be applied first to a surface of the nonwoven material, such as in a pattern, and then adhered to a creping surface and creped.
- the additive composition comprises a poiyolefin copolymer, a dispersing agent, and a nonionic surfactant.
- the poiyolefin copolymer may comprise a copolymer of ethylene or propylene and an aikene. in one embodiment, the poiyolefin copolymer comprises a copolymer of ethylene and octene.
- the dispersing agent may comprise a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise an ethoxy!ated alky! polyethylene glycol ether.
- the nonionic surfactant may comprise one or more ethoxyiated fatty alcohols.
- the nonionic surfactant comprises an ethylene oxide adduct of a linear !aury! myristyi alcohol.
- the relative amounts of components contained in the additive composition can vary depending upon many factors including the nonwoven material being creped and the desired result.
- the ratio of the polyo!efin copolymer to the dispersing agent can be from about 80:20 to about 40:60, such as from about 70:30 to about 50:50.
- the polyolefin copolymer and the dispersing agent are present in the additive composition at a weight ratio of from about 65:35 to about 55:45.
- the nonionic surfactant may be present in the aqueous dispersion in an amount of from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight, such as in an amount from about 1% to about 8% by weight, such as in an amount from about 2% to about 5% by weight.
- the additive composition is formed into a froth or foam and used to crepe at least one surface of the nonwoven material from a creping surface. After creping, the additive composition forms a collapsed foam layer.
- the collapsed foam layer may be discontinuous.
- HYPOD® dispersion was diluted with water to a 30% HYPOD® solid level and then frothed by the Gaston unit. The stable froth was applied to the hot drum surface of the 60 inch calendar dryer. The cured HYPOD® dispersion was creped off the dryer surface. Spunbond basesheets were creped using the froth process of the present invention as described herein. The HYPOD® coated basesheets were then printed with Cyan ink wherein 100 parts of the ink were mixed with 4.5 parts of the cross-linker by weight. The samples were hand printed using an aniiox roller of 10.8 bcm (billion cubic microns).
- HYPOD 8510® polyolefin dispersion was diluted with water to varied HYPOD 8510 solids levels with no or up to 50% additions of Lutensol® A 65 N ICONOL® 24 7 based on HYPOD 8510® solids. This chemistry was then frothed by the Gaston Systems foam unit and the stable froth was applied to the hot surface of a 60 inch dryer. The basesheet was then pressed onto the collapsed foam coated dryer surface, creped off the dryer surface, and wound up on a reel drum.
- Basesheets namely cellulose based towel, hydroknit®, spunbond were used to create stretchy materials using the process by controlling the creping blade geometry and/or the draw ratio.
- the In-Hand Ranking Test is a basic assessment of in-hand feel of fibrous webs and assesses attributes such as softness. This test is useful in obtaining a quick read as to whether a process change is humanly detectable and/or affects the softness perception, as compared to a control, The difference of the iHR softness data between a treated web and a controi web reflects the degree of softness improvement.
- a pane! of testers was trained to provide assessments more accurately than an average untrained consumer might provide, Rank data generated for each sample code by the panel were analyzed using a proportional hazards regression model. This model computationally assumes that the panelist proceeds through the ranking procedure from most of the attribute being assessed to least of the attribute.
- the softness test results are presented as log odds values. The log odds are the natural logarithm of the risk ratios that are estimated for each code from the proportional hazards regression model. Larger log odds indicate the attribute of interest is perceived with greater intensity.
- the data from the IHR can also be presented In rank format.
- the data can generally be used to make relative comparisons within tests as a product's ranking is dependent upon the products with which if is ranked, Across-test comparisons can be made when at least one product is tested in both tests.
- Sheet bulk is calculated as the quotient of the sheet caliper of a conditioned fibrous sheet, expressed in microns, divided by the conditioned basis weight, and expressed in grams per square meter. The resulting sheet bulk is expressed in cubic centimeters per gram (cc/g). More specifically, the sheet caliper is the representative thickness of a single sheet measured in accordance with TAPPI test methods T402 "Standard Conditioning and Testing Atmosphere For Paper, Board, Pulp Handsheets and Related Products" and T411 om-89 "Thickness (caliper) of Paper, Paperboard, and Combined Board” with Note 3 for stacked sheets.
- the micrometer used for carrying out T41 1 om-89 is an Emveco 200-A Tissue Caliper Tester available from Emveco, Inc., Newberg, Oregon, U.S.A.
- the micrometer has a load of 2 kilo- Pascals, a pressure foot area of 2500 square millimeters, a pressure foot diameter of 58.42 millimeters, a dwell time of 3 seconds and a lowering rate of 0.8 millimeters per second.
- Viscosity is measured using a Brookfieid Viscometer, model RVDV-II+, available from Brookfield
- HYPOD add-on is determined by using acid digestion, Samples are wet ashed with enough concentrated sulfuric and nitric acid to destroy the carbonaceous material and , isolate the potassium ions from the cellulosic matrix. The potassium concentration is then measured by atomic absorption.
- HYPOD 8510® add-ons are determined by referencing the potassium concentration of the HYPOD 8510 ⁇ on the sample to bulk HYPOD 8510 ⁇ measurements from a control HYPOD 8510® dispersion solution (LOTVB1955WC30, 3,53%).
- Samples were digested following EPA method 301 OA, The method consists of digesting a known amount of materia! with Nitric Acid in a block digester and bringing it up to a known voiume at the end of the digestion.
- the analysis was performed in the following manner; The instrument was calibrated with a blank and five standards. Calibration was followed with analyzing a second source standard to confirm the calibration standards. In this particular case, recovery was 97% (90-110% being acceptable). Next a digestion blank and a digestion standard were analyzed, in this particular case, the blank was less than 0.1 mg/i and the standard recovery was 93% (85-115% being acceptable). Samples were then analyzed and after every tenth sample a standard was run (90-110% being acceptable). At the end of entire analysis, a blank and standard were run.
- the Basis Weight of the tissue sheet specimens was determined using a modified TAPPI T410 procedure, The pre-plied samples were conditioned at 23°C ⁇ 1 °C, and 50 ⁇ 2% relative humidity for a minimum of 4 hours. After conditioning a stack of 18-3 * *3" pre-plied samples was cut using a die press and associated die. This represents a tissue sheet sample area of 144 in 2 or 0,0929 m 2 . Examples of suitable die presses are T i DGD die press manufactured by Testing Machines, Inc.
- Basis weight (conditioned) stack wt in grams / (0.0929 m 2 )
- the Geometric Mean Tensile Strength is the square root of the product of the dry machine direction (MD) tensile strength multiplied by the dry cross-machine direction (CD) tensile strength and is expressed as grams per 3 inches of sample width.
- MD dry machine direction
- CD dry cross-machine direction
- the MD tensile strength is the peak load per 3 inches of sample width when a sample is pulled to rupture in the machine direction.
- the CD tensile strength is the peak load per 3 inches of sample width when a sample is pulled to rupture in the cross- machine direction.
- the tensile curves are obtained under laboratory conditions of 23.0°C ⁇ 1.0°C, 50,0 ⁇ 2,0% relative humidity and after the tissue samples have equilibrated to the testing conditions for a period of not less than four hours.
- the samples for tensile strength testing are cut into strips 3 inches wide (76 mm) by at least 5 inches (127 mm) long in either the machine direction (MD) or cross-machine direction (CD) orientation using a JDC Precision Sample Cutter (Thwing-Albert instrument Company, Philadelphia, PA, Model No. SC130), The tensile tests are measured on an MTS Systems Synergie 100 run with TesfWorks® 4 software version 4.08 (MTS Systems Corp,, Eden Prairie, MN).
- the load cell is selected from either a 50 Newton or 100 Newton maximum, depending on the strength of the sample being tested, such that the majority of peak load values fall between 10-90% of the load cell's full scale value.
- the gauge length between jaws is 4 +/- 0.04 inches (102 +/-1 mm).
- the jaws are operated using pneumatic-action and are rubber coated.
- the minimum grip face width is 3 inches (76 mm), and the approximate height of a jaw is 0.5 inches (13 m).
- the crosshead speed is 10 +/- 0,4 inches/min (254 +/-10 ' mm/min), and the break sensitivity is set at 65%,
- the sample is placed in the jaws of the instrument, centered both vertically and horizontally. The test is then started and ends when the specimen breaks, The peak load is recorded as either the "MD tensile strength* or the "CD tensile strength" of the specimen depending on direction of the sample being tested. Ten (10) specimens per sample are tested in each direction with the arithmetic average being reported as either the MD or CD tensile strength value for the product.
- Films made from the additive composition of the present disclosure were subjected to FTIR analysis and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Three different films were tested.
- the film was formed from a commercial HYPOD dispersion combined with a nonionic surfactant, namely LUTENSOL A85N surfactant.
- the HYPOD dispersion contained a polyethy!ene-octene copolymer and a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid.
- the HYPOD dispersion contained about 60% by weight of the polyethyiene-octene copolymer and about 40% by weight of the copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid and had a solids concentration of about 42%.
- the nonionic surfactant comprised a 7 mol ethylene oxide adduct of a iinear lauryl myristyl alcohol.
- the weight ratio between the HYPOD dispersion and the nonionic surfactant was 2:1 ,
- Sample Ho. 2 film and a Sample No, 3 film were also created. Both films were made solely from the HYPOD dispersion. Sample No. 2 was an air dried film, while Sample No. 3 was a film that was heated and dried,
- IR Infrared spectroscopy
- Analysis was performed using a Spectra Tech Golden Gate Single Bounce ATR accessory equipped with a diamond cell ATR crystal on a Nicolet Nexus 870 FTIR, averaging 32 scans per sample at 4 cm- 1 resolution.
- the FTIR spectra showed that two peaks were present in Sample No. 1 that were not present in Sample No. 2 and Sample No. 3.
- the two peaks were at ca.675 and 823 cm- 1 .
- the two new peaks in the film sample containing the nonionic surfactant indicated that the nonionic surfactant formed an interaction with the other polymer molecules.
- Film Sample No. 1 and film Sample No. 2 were also subject to a DMA test.
- DMA is useful for studying the viscoelastic behavior of polymers.
- the film samples were tested on a QSOQ instrument from TA instruments.
- the experimental runs were executed in tension/tension geometry, in a temperature sweep mode in the range of from -100 C C to 150°C with a heating rate of 3°C per minute.
- the frequency was kept constant at 2 hertz during the test and the strain amplitude as well.
- Figure 11 illustrates the results of film Sample No. 1
- Figure 12 illustrates the results of film Sample No. 2
- Comparing Figure 11 to Figure 12 shows that the Sample No. 1 film containing the surfactant becomes a rubbery/elastic material while the Sample No. 2 film remains a thermoplastic material.
- the additive composition containing a polymer dispersion combined with a nonionic surfactant in accordance with the present disclosure was applied to a tissue web during a creping process.
- the additive composition generally comprised the same composition used to form the Sample No. 1 film described in Example 4 above.
- the nonionic surfactant was combined with water at a temperature above the c!oud point of the surfactant.
- the water and surfactant mixture were then combined with the polymer dispersion,
- the resulting additive composition was frothed and used as a creping aid in a creping process similar to the one described in Example 2 above.
- the tissue web After creping, the tissue web had a basis weight of 18 gsm.
- the creped tissue web made in accordance with the present disclosure was then subjected to the elastic energy test as described in Example 2 above.
- Example 4 the additive composition generally described to produce Sample No. 1 film in Example 4 was applied to different nonwoven substrates during a creplng process similar to the one described in Example 2 above, Mechanics! testing was performed on the samples using the same equipment and parameters as described in Example 2.
- a 0.5 osy spunbond web, a 0.35 osy spunbond web, and a coform web containing pulp fibers and synthetic fibers were creped according to the present disclosure.
- the add-on amount for each creped product was about 5% by weight, in addition, a 0.5 osy spunbond web was creped with an add-on of about 20% by weight.
- the creped webs were tested against untreated controls. The following results were obtained:
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