wires per inch i e 24 warp wires after patterning the composite web was dewatered by vacuum extraction the resulting composite web had a basis weight of 2 77 oz yd 2 93 8 g m 2 and a measured polyester content of about 70 wt and an abaca woodpulp content of about 30 wt the inventive abaca based composite fabric was tested for dry particle generation using a gelbo flex test apparatus the inventive fabric was also tested for wet particle generation using a biaxial shake test using the test procedure described in ies rp cc 004 s7 t the results of the wet and dry particle tests are tabulated below in table ix absorbency rates and capacities according to the gats method described above are also provided for the inventive fabric table ix______________________________________composite utilizing continuous filament scrimpet scrim abaca based paper pet staple______________________________________abaca woodpulp 30content wt particle count u2267 0 5 micrometers dry particles ft sup 3 48of airwet particles m sup 2 2 5 u00d7 10 sup 7of fabricabsorbencyrate 50 g g sec 0 231capacity 611______________________________________ as can be seen from table ix the resulting three layered spunlaced fabric exhibits exceptional properties particularly dry particles as noted before the composite sandwich structure is believed to inhibit the release of dry particles upon flexing while retaining good absorptive properties this embodiment utilizes many preferred features of the invention features that tend to optimize particle counts and absorbency properties although particular embodiments of the present invention have been described in the foregoing description it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is capable of numerous modifications substitutions.