mm long 1 7 dtex staple fibres of polyester mixed therein the nonwoven materials were manufactured in the following way a 0 4 m wide web of spunlaid filaments was laid down onto a forming fabric at 20 m min such that the filaments were not bonded to each other by a 0 4 m wide head box a fibre dispersion containing pulp fibres and staple fibres or alternatively without staple fibres was laid onto the unbonded web of spunlaid filaments and the excess water was drained and sucked off the unbonded spunlaid filaments and wetlaid short fibres were then mixed and bonded together by hydroentanglement with three manifolds at a hydroentangling energy of about 300 350 kwh ton the hydroentanglement was done from the wetlaid side and the pulp and staple fibres were thus moved into and mixed intensively with the spunlaid filament web finally the hydroentangled nonwoven composite material was dewatered and then dried using a through air drum drier the taber resistance values refer to the pulp side of the composite nonwoven material as is evident from table 1 the strength of the pulp side is optimised at a projected coverage between 1 3 and 1 5 corresponding to filament titre of 3 2 and 2 5 dtex g 10 000 m respectively at higher projected coverage of 1 7 or more represented by projected coverages 1 7 and 2 1 corresponding to filament titres of 1 9 and 1 3 dtex respectively the integration.