NONWOVEN-FABRIC STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
A nonwoven fabric structure according to the present invention is a nonwoven fabric structure comprising a long-fiber nonwoven fabric as a main constituent, wherein the nonwoven fabric structure has a basis weight of 250 to 2000 g/m 2 , a Frazier permeability of 0 to 20 cc/cm 2 ·s, and an apparent density of 0.5 to 1.3 g/cm 3 , and therefore has excellent shaping properties and excellent mechanical strength properties.
1 . A nonwoven fabric structure comprising a long-fiber nonwoven fabric as a main constituent, the nonwoven fabric structure having a basis weight of 250 to 2000 g/m 2 , a Frazier permeability of 0 to 20 cc/cm 2 ·s, and an apparent density of 0.5 to 1.3 g/cm 3 .
2 . The nonwoven fabric structure according to claim 1 , wherein the nonwoven fabric structure comprises a stack of two or more nonwoven fabrics and has a surface smooth ratio of 40% or more.
3 . The nonwoven fabric structure according to claim 1 , wherein the nonwoven fabric structure comprises a nonwoven fabric consisting of a composite fiber, near at least one surface.
4 . A nonwoven fabric structure obtainable by disposing a tape-shaped sheet structure obtained by embedding a bundle of inorganic fibers in a thermo-moldable resin, on at least one surface and/or near at least one surface of the nonwoven fabric structure according to claim 1 , and then performing shaping by press processing.
5 . A three-dimensional-structure molded body obtainable by subjecting the nonwoven fabric structure according to claim 1 to press processing.
6 . A method of producing a nonwoven fabric structure, characterized by comprising stacking at least two or more long-fiber nonwoven fabrics having a basis weight of 200 g/cm 2 or more, performing mechanical entanglement, and subsequently performing press processing under conditions involving a heating temperature of 140 to 255° C. and a pressing pressure of 0.1 to 5 MPa.