FABRIC CREPE PROCESS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT SHEET

摘要

A method of making a belt-creped absorbent to form a web having a plurality of interconnected regions of different fiber orientations is described. The method comprises compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having a generally random distribution of papermaking fiber. The dewatered web having a generally random fiber distribution is applied to a translating transfer surface moving at a first speed. The web is belt-creped from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a patterned creping belt. The creping step occurs under pressure in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt wherein the belt is traveling at a second speed slower than the speed of the transfer surface. The belt is creped from the surface and redistributed on the creping belt to form a web with a reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different fiber orientations and the web is then dried.