Abstract: An absorbing article with a pad having a matrix construction comprises a water impermeable first main sheet, a substantially water permeable second sheet and an absorbing pad member arranged between the first and second sheets, the absorbing pad member having an absorbing layer including a flexible matrix made of cotton fibers and superabsorbing polymer fibers, the cotton fibers of the pad matrix having a random three-axis orientation and do not have a preferred X-Y orientation.

Abstract: Dried fibers which are designated for the production of fiber boards are supplied to a fiber roller (17) from a metering device through a feed chute (10) which is subjected to negative pressure, which fiber roller is provided on its surface with a plurality of pins (18) and rotates in such a manner that the fibers (14) are deflected by the pins (18), are directed along a chute section (22) defined by means of a partial section (20) of the periphery of the fiber roller (17) and an opposite-lying wall (21) and gluing means and said fibers are accelerated to approximately the peripheral speed of the fiber roller (17) by means of the pins (18) and an air flow generated by said pins. The fibers (36) lie against a section of the wall and are glued in the region of or adjacent to one end of the wall section and exit at an outlet orifice (23) of the chute section (22).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a fiber board characterized in that it comprises the following processes (a)–(f): (a) a separating process of a bast portion, (b) a fiberizing process by defibrating the bast portion of the kenaf, (c) a preparing process of a mat comprising the kenaf fibers having an average length of 10–200 mm and an average diameter of 10–300 ?m, (d) a supplying process of an adhesive agent into the fiber mat, (e) a drying process of the adhesive agent, and (f) a molding process by heating said fiber mat under pressure to form a fiber board having a density of 600–900 kg/m3.

Abstract: Wood fibers (2) which are used in the production of fiberboards are supplied from a metering device (1) through a feed chute (7) to a disintegration roller (12) comprising a plurality of pins (13) on its surface. The disintegration roller (12) rotates at high speed, in such a way that the pins (13) deflect the fibers (6) hitting the disintegration roller (12). The fibers are entrained (6) by the pins (13) and fed through a chute section (17) formed by a partial section (15) of the roller periphery and a wall (16) lying opposite the latter, to an outlet orifice (18) of the chute section (17). Either a forming belt (19) of a forming machine is located beneath the outlet orifice (18), or the fibers (6) pass the outlet orifice (18) into the air duct of an air fiber sifter. The disintegration roller (12) disintegrates irregularities in a fiber stream (6), e.g. fiber bundles, or drops of condensed water.

Abstract: A layered yarn package is formed of continuous filament yarn wads wherein the yarn alternates between compacted and extended lengths by axially compacting the yarn into a length, segmenting the length into alternating extended and compacted lengths, then arranging the compacted lengths in a common axial direction one next to the other to form a layer. The segmenting is accomplished by jetting pressurized fluid onto the continuous filament yarn wads in a programmed manner.

Abstract: The process for biochemical retting of phloem-fiber plants such as hemp, flax, ramie, jute, kenaf, etc. permits separation of the fibers of the bundle for subsequent utilization in the textile or paratextile industry. The process comprises treating the fibrous plants with at least one SPS-ase enzyme and preferably a mixture of enzymes comprising .beta.-glucanase, pectinase and SPS-ase.