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WO1996030571A1
WO1996030571A1 PCT/EP1996/001077 EP9601077W WO9630571A1 WO 1996030571 A1 WO1996030571 A1 WO 1996030571A1 EP 9601077 W EP9601077 W EP 9601077W WO 9630571 A1 WO9630571 A1 WO 9630571A1
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Werner Lasenga
Wolfram Dudek
Wilhelm Borgert
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01G—PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
    • D01G25/00—Lap-forming devices not integral with machines specified above

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  • the invention is directed to an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1 for the production of nonwovens using at least one carding machine de ⁇ signed for high conveying speeds of the fiber webs, and a method for the production of nonwovens accord ⁇ ing to the preamble of claim 10.
  • Apparatuses of the above type are used to produce nonwovens.
  • the conveyor belts are air-permeable, and that, at the transition regions between the carding ma ⁇ chines and the conveyor belts, an underground suc ⁇ tion force is applied using a suction means arranged at the conveyor belts.
  • the suction is set to be just sufficient to remove the air film generated between the nonwoven and the conveyor belt at high transport speeds while, on the other hand, the nonwoven will not be sucked too firmly against the conveyor belt. Due to the removal of the air film, no disturbances of the appearance of the nonwoven will occur, not even at speeds of the nonwoven above 150 to 200 m/min.
  • the speed of the nonwoven can be as high as 400 m/min. or more.
  • the solution according to the invention offers the considerable advantage invention that the nonwoven is subjected to a relatively small draft. This is favorable especially in case of high speeds of the nonwoven because already a relatively small precent- age draft can result in high absolute draft values, which can cause disturbances of the structure of the nonwoven.
  • a take-off roller transfers a doubled non ⁇ woven onto the conveyor belt.
  • a doubled nonwoven has better cohesion and thus is better suited for high speeds. Because a doubled nonwoven is transferred to the conveyor belt by a sole roller, the number of transition regions is reduced. Further, doubling the nonwoven within the carding machine provides the advantage that no further intermediate conveyor belts are required, so that the overall expenditure for machinery can be reduced.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is particu ⁇ larly useful for the processing of staple fibers, i.e. polyester, polyethylene or polypropylene fibers.
  • the suction means can exert the suction effect on the conveyor belt in sections. Thus, it is made pos ⁇ sible that selected portions of the conveyor belt are sucked at different intensities, depending on their current position and their .distance from the transition region between the carding machine and the conveyor belt. This is facilitated also because, after the generation of an air film at the transi ⁇ tion region between the carding machines and the conveyor belt has been prevented, only a relatively small suction force is required from then on.
  • suction boxes are arranged below the conveyor belt, extending, on the one hand, over the desired width of the nonwoven and, on the other hand, at least over part of the conveyor belt in the longitudinal direction. Limiting the suction to the desired width of the nonwoven offers the advantage that a sharp, linear end edge of the nonwoven will be generated, without any control or guide means being required on the upper side of the conveyor belt.
  • the conveyor belts can have a structured surface on the side facing towards the nonwoven.
  • the vacuum generated by the suction means can be controllable in a variable manner. Thus, it is pos ⁇ sible to adapt the underground suction to the cur ⁇ rent production speed and/or the type of the fibers being processed, or to other process parameters.
  • the carding machine used comprises a main cylinder, at least two web-forming rollers en ⁇ gaging the main cylinder and each taking off a re ⁇ spective fiber web from the main cylinder, a doffing means arranged downstream of the .web-forming roll ⁇ ers, and a take-off means from which the nonwoven is transferred to the conveyor belt.
  • a com ⁇ mon roller arranged upstream of the take-off means, the at least two fiber webs taken off the main cyl ⁇ inder by the web-forming rollers, are doubled into a nonwoven which is laid as a formed web onto the con ⁇ veyor bel .
  • a carding machine of the above type makes it possi ⁇ ble to perform doubling and simultaneous crosslink- ing of the fiber webs already within the carding machine after the web-forming rollers and before the take-off means.
  • a further advantage resides in that, behind the doffing roller, only a sole take-off means and a sole conveyor belt are required.
  • a sole doffing roller is arranged in engagement with two web-forming rollers, that the doffing roller takes over a respective fi ⁇ ber web from each of the two web-forming rollers and doubles the fiber webs. Doubling is carried out immediately behind the web-forming rollers so that only one doffing roller is required.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of the apparatus for the pro ⁇ duction of nonwovens
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus according to Fig. 1, and
  • Fig. 3 is a detailed side view of a preferred card ⁇ ing machine.
  • the apparatus for the production of nonwovens 1 ac ⁇ cording to the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises two carding machines 2 with a re ⁇ spective feed means 3, the carding machines 2 laying the respective generated nonwoven 1 onto a common conveyor belt 4.
  • the conveyor belt 4 is provided as an endless belt and is permeable to air to be sub ⁇ jected to a suction force from below.
  • Behind the second carding machine 2 the repeatedly doubled nonwoven 1 is running into a following processing unit 14, e.g. a thermobonding means.
  • the apparatus for the production of nonwovens 1 can be provided with one carding machine 2 only or with more than two carding machines 2.
  • the carding machines used can be high-speed carding machines with production speeds above 150 m/min., preferably above 200 m/min.
  • the first carding machine 2 in the running direction of conveyor belt 4 will lay a first nonwoven 1 onto the conveyor belt 4, notably in the transition region 6 between the carding machine 2 and the conveyor belt 4.
  • a suction means 8, consisting of a plurality of suction boxes 10 distributed along the length of conveyor belt 4, is provided to subject the transition region 6 to a suction force by means of a first suction box 10.
  • This underground suction at the transition region 6 precludes the formation of any air film between the nonwoven 1 and the conveyor belt 4, which air film, in case of high production speeds, would at least disturbe the uniform appearance of nonwoven 1 or even cause complete destruction of nonwoven 1.
  • the suction box 10 located at transition region 6 can be provided with a partition wall 11 so that the suction force acting on conveyor belt 4 is increased in the transition region 6.
  • This partition wall 11 can also be arranged to be pivoted and/or displaced in suction box 10, so that the vacuum force and the area exposed to suction can be variably controlled in an easy manner.
  • the transition region 6 can be provided with a separate suction box 10.
  • the position of partition wall 11 shown in Fig. 3 will automatically cause a weaker suction force act ⁇ ing on conveyor belt 4 behind transition region 6.
  • Another possibility for adjustment in the transition region 6 resides in shifting a slider, extending in parallel to conveyor belt 4 and being adjustable in running direction, for variably setting the sucked area under the conveyor belt.
  • suction capacity of the suction boxes 10 can be variably controlled in dependence on the production speed and the type of fibers. Control can be carried out by a central processing unit. In each case, the suction is set such that the generation of an air film is prevented particularly in the transition regions 6, without sucking the nonwoven 1 onto the - if required, structured - surface of the conveyor belt 4 at an excessive force.
  • the second carding machine 2 in the running direc ⁇ tion of conveyor belt 4 will produce a second non ⁇ woven 1 which, at the second transition region 6 in the running direction of the belt, is laid onto the first nonwoven 1 produced by the first carding ma ⁇ chine 2, thus doubling the nonwoven 1.
  • the suction box 10 arranged at this second transition region 6 can be operated at a higher vacuum for compensating the pressure loss due to the first nonwoven 1.
  • the carding machine used is of the type described in DE 43 44 226 A.
  • the carding machine schematically shown in Fig. 1 comprises a main cyl ⁇ inder 20 arranged in engagement with two randomizing rollers 22 which in turn engage a doffing roller 24 and will double respectively two fiber webs 50,52 on doffing roller 24.
  • the doubled fiber web will then be transferred from doffing roller 24 to two con ⁇ densing rollers 26 and, from these, to two successive- sive take-off rollers 28.
  • the nonwoven 1 is laid onto conveyor belt 4 at transition region 6. In this regard, it is essential that the doubled nonwoven 1 is transferred onto conveyor belt 4 by a sole take-off roller 29.
  • Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of a non-woven carding machine provided with an intake means 30 consisting of an intake trough 32 and an intake roller 34.
  • the subsequent licker-in device 36 comprises a lick- er-in roller 38 and a licker-in tambour 40.
  • the licker-in tambour 40 is provided with two worker and stripper pairs 42.
  • This arrangement is followed by a transfer roller 44 for transferring the supplied fiber web 46 to main cylinder 20.
  • Main cylinder 20 is provided with six worker and stripper pairs 48. Behind the worker and stripper pairs when viewed in the direction of rotation, two web-forming randomizing rollers 22,23 engage main cylinder 20 successively in the direction of rota ⁇ tion, each of them taking off one fiber web 50,52 from main cylinder 20.
  • a sole doffing roller 24 takes over both fiber webs 50,52 from the randomiz ⁇ ing rollers 22,23 and doubles the webs so that a doubled fiber web 54 is transferred to the sub ⁇ sequent condensing means 26,27 and the take-off means 28,29 arranged behind condensing means 26,27. From take-off means 28,29, the doubled fiber web 54 reaches conveyor belt 4 in the form of a nonwoven 1.
  • the randomizing rollers 22,23 are combined with only one doffing roller 24
  • the randomizing rollers can be arranged in close proximity to each other, thus leaving enough space on the periphery of main cylinder 20 for an additional worker and stripper pair 48.
  • Such an additional worker and stripper pair 48 increases the carding performance.
  • the web-forming rollers 22,23 preferably provided as randomizing rollers, can have different rotation ⁇ al speeds or different diameters whereby the proper ⁇ ties of the to-be-doubled fiber webs 50,52 can be influenced.
  • the main cylinder 20 is preferably larg ⁇ er than the web-forming rollers 22,23.
  • the doffing roller 24 has a larger diameter than the web-forming rollers 22,23.

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Abstract

In an apparatus and a method for the production of nonwovens (1) at high operating speeds using at least one carding machine (2) and at least one conveyor belt (4), it is provided that an air-permeable conveyor belt (4) is used, and that, in the transition regions (6) between the carding machines (2) and the conveyor belt (4), an underground vacuum is applied to the conveyor belt (4) between the nonwoven (1) and the conveyor belt (4) to remove an air film generated at high transport speeds.

Description

Apparatus and device for the production of nonwovens
The invention is directed to an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1 for the production of nonwovens using at least one carding machine de¬ signed for high conveying speeds of the fiber webs, and a method for the production of nonwovens accord¬ ing to the preamble of claim 10.
Apparatuses of the above type are used to produce nonwovens.
By means of carding machines, high production rates can be obtained. Particularly with light-weight non¬ wovens, however, production speeds above 150 to 200 m/min. entail the problem that, during transport, the structure of the sensitive unbonded nonwoven is affected, resulting in an irregular non-woven or even destruction of the non-woven. Thus, it is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus and a method for the production of non¬ wovens which allow for a considerable increase of the production speed.
The above object is solved by the features of claims 1 and 10. According to the invention, it is provided that the conveyor belts are air-permeable, and that, at the transition regions between the carding ma¬ chines and the conveyor belts, an underground suc¬ tion force is applied using a suction means arranged at the conveyor belts. The suction is set to be just sufficient to remove the air film generated between the nonwoven and the conveyor belt at high transport speeds while, on the other hand, the nonwoven will not be sucked too firmly against the conveyor belt. Due to the removal of the air film, no disturbances of the appearance of the nonwoven will occur, not even at speeds of the nonwoven above 150 to 200 m/min. Finally, at the output side of the apparatus, the speed of the nonwoven can be as high as 400 m/min. or more.
The solution according to the invention offers the considerable advantage invention that the nonwoven is subjected to a relatively small draft. This is favorable especially in case of high speeds of the nonwoven because already a relatively small precent- age draft can result in high absolute draft values, which can cause disturbances of the structure of the nonwoven. Preferably, it is provided that, at the transition region, a take-off roller transfers a doubled non¬ woven onto the conveyor belt. A doubled nonwoven has better cohesion and thus is better suited for high speeds. Because a doubled nonwoven is transferred to the conveyor belt by a sole roller, the number of transition regions is reduced. Further, doubling the nonwoven within the carding machine provides the advantage that no further intermediate conveyor belts are required, so that the overall expenditure for machinery can be reduced.
The apparatus according to the invention is particu¬ larly useful for the processing of staple fibers, i.e. polyester, polyethylene or polypropylene fibers.
The suction means can exert the suction effect on the conveyor belt in sections. Thus, it is made pos¬ sible that selected portions of the conveyor belt are sucked at different intensities, depending on their current position and their .distance from the transition region between the carding machine and the conveyor belt. This is facilitated also because, after the generation of an air film at the transi¬ tion region between the carding machines and the conveyor belt has been prevented, only a relatively small suction force is required from then on.
Preferably, suction boxes are arranged below the conveyor belt, extending, on the one hand, over the desired width of the nonwoven and, on the other hand, at least over part of the conveyor belt in the longitudinal direction. Limiting the suction to the desired width of the nonwoven offers the advantage that a sharp, linear end edge of the nonwoven will be generated, without any control or guide means being required on the upper side of the conveyor belt.
For improved adhesion, the conveyor belts can have a structured surface on the side facing towards the nonwoven.
The vacuum generated by the suction means can be controllable in a variable manner. Thus, it is pos¬ sible to adapt the underground suction to the cur¬ rent production speed and/or the type of the fibers being processed, or to other process parameters.
Preferably, the carding machine used comprises a main cylinder, at least two web-forming rollers en¬ gaging the main cylinder and each taking off a re¬ spective fiber web from the main cylinder, a doffing means arranged downstream of the .web-forming roll¬ ers, and a take-off means from which the nonwoven is transferred to the conveyor belt. By means of a com¬ mon roller, arranged upstream of the take-off means, the at least two fiber webs taken off the main cyl¬ inder by the web-forming rollers, are doubled into a nonwoven which is laid as a formed web onto the con¬ veyor bel .
A carding machine of the above type makes it possi¬ ble to perform doubling and simultaneous crosslink- ing of the fiber webs already within the carding machine after the web-forming rollers and before the take-off means. A further advantage resides in that, behind the doffing roller, only a sole take-off means and a sole conveyor belt are required. Thus provides for a reduction of the constructional ex¬ penditure for the production of doubled fiber webs, while allowing a improved controlling of the produc¬ tion process, particularly in case of light-weight fiber webs and high production speeds.
According to an preferred embodiment of the inven¬ tion, it is provided that a sole doffing roller is arranged in engagement with two web-forming rollers, that the doffing roller takes over a respective fi¬ ber web from each of the two web-forming rollers and doubles the fiber webs. Doubling is carried out immediately behind the web-forming rollers so that only one doffing roller is required.
An embodiment of the invention will be explained in greater detail hereunder with reference to the Fig¬ ures.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the apparatus for the pro¬ duction of nonwovens,
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus according to Fig. 1, and
Fig. 3 is a detailed side view of a preferred card¬ ing machine. The apparatus for the production of nonwovens 1 ac¬ cording to the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises two carding machines 2 with a re¬ spective feed means 3, the carding machines 2 laying the respective generated nonwoven 1 onto a common conveyor belt 4. The conveyor belt 4 is provided as an endless belt and is permeable to air to be sub¬ jected to a suction force from below. Behind the second carding machine 2, the repeatedly doubled nonwoven 1 is running into a following processing unit 14, e.g. a thermobonding means. By way of al¬ ternative to the arrangement of Figs. 1 and 2, the apparatus for the production of nonwovens 1 can be provided with one carding machine 2 only or with more than two carding machines 2.
The carding machines used can be high-speed carding machines with production speeds above 150 m/min., preferably above 200 m/min. The first carding machine 2 in the running direction of conveyor belt 4 will lay a first nonwoven 1 onto the conveyor belt 4, notably in the transition region 6 between the carding machine 2 and the conveyor belt 4. A suction means 8, consisting of a plurality of suction boxes 10 distributed along the length of conveyor belt 4, is provided to subject the transition region 6 to a suction force by means of a first suction box 10. This underground suction at the transition region 6 precludes the formation of any air film between the nonwoven 1 and the conveyor belt 4, which air film, in case of high production speeds, would at least disturbe the uniform appearance of nonwoven 1 or even cause complete destruction of nonwoven 1. The suction box 10 located at transition region 6 can be provided with a partition wall 11 so that the suction force acting on conveyor belt 4 is increased in the transition region 6. This partition wall 11 can also be arranged to be pivoted and/or displaced in suction box 10, so that the vacuum force and the area exposed to suction can be variably controlled in an easy manner. Off course, the transition region 6 can be provided with a separate suction box 10. The position of partition wall 11 shown in Fig. 3 will automatically cause a weaker suction force act¬ ing on conveyor belt 4 behind transition region 6. Another possibility for adjustment in the transition region 6 resides in shifting a slider, extending in parallel to conveyor belt 4 and being adjustable in running direction, for variably setting the sucked area under the conveyor belt.
In the further course of conveyor belt 4, further suction boxes 10 are arranged in respective areas. As compared to the suction boxes 10 arranged in the transition regions 6, these further suction boxes 10 could be operated at a lower adjustable vacuum force. The width of the suction boxes 10 exactly corresponds to the set width of the nonwoven. In this regard, a further advantage resides in that the nonwoven 1 can be given absolutely linear, sharp lateral edges without additional measures.
Between the suction boxes 10, respective support rollers 16 are provided for supporting the conveyor belt 4. The suction capacity of the suction boxes 10 can be variably controlled in dependence on the production speed and the type of fibers. Control can be carried out by a central processing unit. In each case, the suction is set such that the generation of an air film is prevented particularly in the transition regions 6, without sucking the nonwoven 1 onto the - if required, structured - surface of the conveyor belt 4 at an excessive force.
The second carding machine 2 in the running direc¬ tion of conveyor belt 4 will produce a second non¬ woven 1 which, at the second transition region 6 in the running direction of the belt, is laid onto the first nonwoven 1 produced by the first carding ma¬ chine 2, thus doubling the nonwoven 1. As compared to the suction box 10 arranged at the first transi¬ tion region 6, the suction box 10 arranged at this second transition region 6 can be operated at a higher vacuum for compensating the pressure loss due to the first nonwoven 1. Thus, formation of an air film between the first and the second nonwovens and a resultant possible disturbance are precluded.
Preferably, the carding machine used is of the type described in DE 43 44 226 A. The carding machine schematically shown in Fig. 1 comprises a main cyl¬ inder 20 arranged in engagement with two randomizing rollers 22 which in turn engage a doffing roller 24 and will double respectively two fiber webs 50,52 on doffing roller 24. The doubled fiber web will then be transferred from doffing roller 24 to two con¬ densing rollers 26 and, from these, to two succes- sive take-off rollers 28. From the last take-off roller 28, the nonwoven 1 is laid onto conveyor belt 4 at transition region 6. In this regard, it is essential that the doubled nonwoven 1 is transferred onto conveyor belt 4 by a sole take-off roller 29.
Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of a non-woven carding machine provided with an intake means 30 consisting of an intake trough 32 and an intake roller 34.
The subsequent licker-in device 36 comprises a lick- er-in roller 38 and a licker-in tambour 40. The licker-in tambour 40 is provided with two worker and stripper pairs 42.
This arrangement is followed by a transfer roller 44 for transferring the supplied fiber web 46 to main cylinder 20.
Main cylinder 20 is provided with six worker and stripper pairs 48. Behind the worker and stripper pairs when viewed in the direction of rotation, two web-forming randomizing rollers 22,23 engage main cylinder 20 successively in the direction of rota¬ tion, each of them taking off one fiber web 50,52 from main cylinder 20. A sole doffing roller 24 takes over both fiber webs 50,52 from the randomiz¬ ing rollers 22,23 and doubles the webs so that a doubled fiber web 54 is transferred to the sub¬ sequent condensing means 26,27 and the take-off means 28,29 arranged behind condensing means 26,27. From take-off means 28,29, the doubled fiber web 54 reaches conveyor belt 4 in the form of a nonwoven 1.
In the above embodiment, wherein two randomizing rollers 22,23 are combined with only one doffing roller 24, the randomizing rollers can be arranged in close proximity to each other, thus leaving enough space on the periphery of main cylinder 20 for an additional worker and stripper pair 48. Such an additional worker and stripper pair 48 increases the carding performance.
The web-forming rollers 22,23, preferably provided as randomizing rollers, can have different rotation¬ al speeds or different diameters whereby the proper¬ ties of the to-be-doubled fiber webs 50,52 can be influenced. The main cylinder 20 is preferably larg¬ er than the web-forming rollers 22,23.
Preferably, also the doffing roller 24 has a larger diameter than the web-forming rollers 22,23.

Claims

Claims
An apparatus for the production of nonwovens comprising at least one carding machine (2) and at least one conveyor belt (4) for conveying the nonwoven (1) , c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the conveyor belt (4) is air-permeable, and that the transition regions (6) between the carding machine (2) and the conveyor belt (4) are subjected to suction from below, generated by a suction means (8) with at least one suction box (10) arranged at the conveyor belt (4) .
The apparatus according to claim 1, character¬ ized in that, at the transition region (6) , a take-off roller (29) transfers a doubled non¬ woven (1) onto the conveyor belt (4) .
The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, charac¬ terized in that the suction force of the suction means (8) acting on the conveyor belt (4) is applied in sections over the complete length of the conveyor belt (4) .
The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a plurality of suc¬ tion boxes (10) are arranged below the conveyor belt (4) , said suction boxes (10) extending over the desired width of the nonwoven (1) and at least over part of the conveyor belt (4) in the longitudinal direction.
5. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, for improved adhe¬ sion, the conveyor belt (4) has a structured surface on the side facing towards the nonwoven (1).
6. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the vacuum generated by the suction means (8) can be variably con¬ trolled for different sections.
7. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the carding machine (2) comprises a main cylinder (20) , at least two web-forming rollers (22,23) engaging the main cylinder (20) and each taking off one fiber web (50,52) from the main cylinder (20), a doffing means (24) arranged downstream of the web-form¬ ing rollers (22,23), and a take-off means (28), and that, using a common roller (24) , the at least two fiber webs (50,52) taken off the main cylinder (20) by the web-forming rollers (22, 23) , are doubled into a nonwoven (1) upstream of the take-off means (28) .
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, character¬ ized in that two mutually independent web-form¬ ing rollers (22,23), engaging the main cylinder (20) and rotating in the same sense as the main cylinder (20) , each take off one fiber web (50,52) from the main cylinder (20), and that a sole doffing roller (24) of the doffing means, being in engagement with both web-forming roll- ers (22,23), takes over a respective fiber web (50, 52) from each of the two web-forming roll¬ ers (22,23) and doubles the fiber webs (50,52) into a nonwoven (1) .
9. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a plurality of card¬ ing machines (2) each lay one nonwoven (1) onto the common conveyor belt (4) .
10. A method for the production of nonwovens (1) at high operating speeds, using at least one card¬ ing machine (2) and at least one conveyor belt (4), c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that an air-permeable conveyor belt (4) is used, and that, in the transition regions (6) between the carding machines (2) and the conveyor belt (4) , an underground vacuum is applied to the conveyor belt (4) between the non-woven (1) and the conveyor belt (4) to remove an air film gen¬ erated at high transport speeds.
11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that a doubled non-woven (1) is transferred onto the conveyor belt (4) by a sole roller (29) .
12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, charac¬ terized in that the vacuum is variable with in¬ creasing distance from the transition region (6) .
13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to
12, characterized by use of a conveyor belt (4) having a structured surface on the side facing towards the nonwoven (1) .
14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to
13, characterized in that suction is performed on the conveyor belt (4) in sections.
15. The method according to any one of claims 10 to
14, characterized by use of a carding machine (2) wherein, in a web-forming stage, two fiber webs (50,52) are taken off the main cylinder (20) of the carding machine (2) by two mutually independent web-forming rollers (22,23) and on a common roller (24) in or immediately after a doffing stage are combined into a doubled non¬ woven (1) .
16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that the fiber webs (50,52) transferred from the web-forming rollers (22,23) are doubled on a doffing roller (24) provided in common for both rollers (22,23) .
17. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 16, characterized in that a plurality of non¬ wovens (1) are doubled by a plurality of carding machines (2) on the common conyor belt (4) .
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