| abstract |
A dryer felt or fabric with a reduced potential for creating static electricity when running on a papermaking machine. The fabric is woven from a number of machine direction and cross-machine direction yarns with selected machine direction and/or cross-machine direction yarns comprising a blend of anti-static yarn combined with other yarns. The anti-static yarn may take the form of a staple, continuous filament or monofilament and may be a carbon content acrylic anti-static fiber, a silver coated nylon continuous filament, a nylon monofilament coated with carbon, or an acrylic fiber carbon coated. After being woven, the fabric is typically resin treated with a heat-resistant resin. |