Patent ID: 6065194
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: D04H

Abstract:
An apparatus for needling a fiber fleece web, comprising a fiber fleece support across which the fiber fleece web is moved by a transport means in a transport direction, a holding-down member arranged at a spacing over the fiber fleece support, said holding-down member having a plurality of needle penetration holes, a needling unit having at least two needle bars extending transversely to said transport direction and extending above the holding-down member and in parallel thereto and each carrying on a bottom side thereof a needle board equipped with a plurality of needles, and drive means setting the needle bars in a needle stitching-in and pulling-out motion directed perpendicularly to the fiber fleece support, wherein each needle bar comprises an individually associated drive means for the generation of the stitching motion, and further comprising control means by which the drive means of all needle bars can be controlled independently from one another.