摘要 |
Any cellulose-containing recycled material can be utilized, but in particular paper and/or textiles. The recycled material is defibrated, and the cellulose-containing fibres are cleaned and mixed with fibres formed from at least one thermoplastic to give a homogeneous pulp, which is formatted and subjected to a heat treatment to bond together the fibres at many points, producing a compact layer of cellulose-containing recycled fibres and plastics fibres which exhibits networklike interbonding and increased yet elastic shape retention. The process is employed for manufacturing shaped absorbent cores by contacting the formatted pulp with at least one hot surface. The web can be used as an absorbent core in sanitary articles and bed linings and for industrial and medical purposes. |