This invention provides breathable composite materials with good liquid barrier properties comprising a laminate of a nonwoven web layer and a breathable film layer wherein breathability of the composite is provided by a plurality of point-like deformations of the film layer. In one embodiment, the composites also have a soft, cloth-like texture at at least one surface thereof. Also provided is a process for making such composites comprising applying a molten film-forming resin composition capable of developing breathability on deformation to a nonwoven web, cooling the molten composition to form a coated web having a web layer bonded to a film layer, and subjecting the coated web to heat and pressure at a plurality of points on a surface thereof wherein the heat, pressure and density of, and proportion of the composite surface occupied by, the deformations are effective to impart breathability to the film without loss of liquid barrier properties. In another embodiment of the process, web and cast film components are subjected to heat and pressure at a plurality of points to bond the film and the web and provide a plurality of point-like deformations of the film layer, thereby imparting breathability without loss of liquid barrier properties.
本发明提供了具有良好液体阻隔性能的透气复合材料,该材料由无纺布网层和透气薄膜层层压而成,其中复合材料的透气性由薄膜层的多个点状变形提供。在一个实施方案中,复合材料至少在一个表面还具有柔软的布状纹理。此外,还提供了一种制造此类复合材料的工艺,该工艺包括:在无纺布网上涂抹能在变形时产生透气性的熔融成膜
树脂组合物;冷却熔融组合物以形成涂覆网,该涂覆网具有与薄膜层粘合的网层;在涂覆网表面的多个点对其进行加热和加压,其中变形的热量、压力和密度以及变形所占复合材料表面的比例能有效地赋予薄膜透气性,而不会损失液体阻隔性能。在该工艺的另一个实施方案中,在多个点上对卷材和流延膜组件进行加热和加压,以粘合薄膜和卷材,并使薄膜层产生多个点状变形,从而在不损失液体阻隔性能的情况下赋予薄膜透气性。