FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a
hydroentangling process and, more particularly, to particular
configurations of an orifice-type jet strip device used in a
hydroentangling process. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
Hydroentanglement or “spunlacing” is a process used for
mechanically bonding a web of loose fibers to directly form a
fabric. Such a class of fabric belongs to the “nonwoven” family
of engineered fabrics. The underlying mechanism in
hydroentanglement is the subjecting the fibers to a non-uniform
pressure field created by a successive bank of high-velocity
waterjets. The impact of the waterjets with the fibers, while
the fibers are in contact with adjacent fibers, displaces and
rotates the adjacent fibers, thereby causing entanglement of the
fibers. During these relative displacements of the fibers, some
of the fibers twist around others and/or inter-lock with other
fibers to form a strong structure, due at least in part, to
frictional forces between the interacting fibers. The res