softening point than at least one polymer of the spunbond webs bonding temperatures and pressures may vary according to the polymers employed in the spunbond and meltblown layers and may be optimized according to techniques known in the art bonding roll temperatures may range from about 90 200 u00b0 c or from about 100 180 u00b0 c for the materials useful in making the sms laminates of the invention bonding pressure may range from about 3500 35 000 newtons cm 2 suitably about 4000 10 000 newtons cm 2 based on pressures at the high points of the bonding roll 42 in contact with nip roll 44 a sms laminate having a basis weight of 62 8 gsm was prepared from two outer spunbond layers composed of 1 0 denier sheath core bicomponent fibers having an outer sheath of random propylene ethylene copolymer and an inner core of polypropylene homopolymer and an inner biconstituent meltblown layer composed of first meltblown fibers of polypropylene homopolymer and second meltblown fibers of polybutylene terephthalate the bicomponent spunbond fibers contained 50 by weight of random propylene ethylene copolymer type 6d43 available from dow chemical co and 50 by weight of polypropylene homopolymer type 3155 available from exxon mobil co each spunbond layer constituted 38 by weight of the sms laminate the biconstituent meltblown fibers contained 75 by volume of polypropylene homopolymer type pf 105 available from basell co and 25 by volume of the polybutylene terephthalate type celanex ef nat2008 available from ticona co the meltblown layer constituted 24 by weight of the sms laminate the sms layers were bonded together at a temperature of 149 u00b0 c and a pin bonding pressure of 55 158 n cm 2 to yield a laminate having a wire weave bond pattern and.