摘要 |
<p>Base fabric for use in producing a press felt on the batt-on-base type for a papermaking machine wherein a layer (11) of multifilament tow (12) is provided as an integral part of the base fabric and at that face thereof to which the batt (16) is to be applied, as by needling. In a preferred embodiment, the base fabric comprises a semi-duplex weave, and the multifilament tow (12) is provided as one of the two machine direction layers of such weave and defines one face of the resultant base fabric. There is also disclosed a press-felt embodying a base fabric as aforesaid and the method of making such press-felt.</p> |