摘要 |
A separator pad that is shape-retaining, tear-resistant, non-porous, and non-toxic, for use in separating vertically stacked groups of containers, can be made from a calendered nonwoven sheet having one or more layers of synthetic bicomponent fibers having a first polymeric component and a second polymeric component that are arranged longitudinally along the fiber wherein the first polymeric component occupies at least a portion of the surface of the fiber, the first polymeric component has a lower melting or softening temperature than the second polymeric component and the first component is melted or softened in order to flow and fill any voids between the portion of the fibers containing the unmelted or unsoftened second polymer component.
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