Process for producing nonwoven fabrics suited for use as wipers.

摘要

Nonwoven fabrics showing rubber-like elasticity in a wet condition, having good wear resistance and strength and retaining flexibility even in a dry condition are obtained by causing a nonwoven fabric containing, as essential constituent fibers, 60-90 weight percent of highly shrinkable polyvinyl alcohol fibers capable of absorbing water to shrink of which a maximum shrinking temperature in water is within the range of 65-90 DEG C with a maximum shrinkage percentage of not less than 50 percent and 10-40 weight percent of binder fibers having a melting point not higher than 200 DEG C to shrink by warm water treatment to an extent such that the areal reduction amounts to 35-65 percent and further melting the surface of the binder fibers by heating.