Meltblown Structures Formed by a Robotic and Meltblowing Integrated System: Impact of Process Parameters on Fiber Orientation and Diameter Distribution

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1033-1040

  Farer, Raoul ^a   Seyam, Abdelfattah M ^a   Ghosh, Tushar K ^a   Grant, Eddie ^a   Batra, Subhash K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIES; FIBERS; POLYMERS; ROBOTS;

MELTBLOWN STRUCTURES;

TEXTILES;

FIBERS; POLYMERS; TEXTILES;

FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER DISTRIBUTION; FIBER ORIENTATION; MELT BLOWING; NONWOVEN FABRIC MANUFACTURE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036968696     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207201201     Document Type: Article

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