The fiber blend is dispersed through a fiber disperser having apertures of a preselected size and shape to provide a dispersed fiber blend.

The fiber blend contains meta-aramid fibers, fire resistant cellulose fibers, non-aromatic polyamide fibers, and optionally para-aramid fibers.

The fiber blend can have a water activity of less than about 0.15.

The dispersed fiber blend is collected as a mat on a fiber collector to provide a mat of blended cellulosic and synthetic fibers.

A fiber blending system includes an apparatus and method of forming a mat of cellulosic fibers and synthetic fibers, as well as a mat thereby formed.

The preparation method comprises blending chitosan fibers, calcium alginate fibers and chemically modified cellulose fibers to obtain a fabric, cutting, packaging, and sterilizing.

The resulting mixture of fibers is formed into a non-woven bat, mat, blanket, or board.

In one embodiment, the fiber blend includes FR modacrylic fibers and synthetic cellulosic fibers, preferably, but not necessarily non-FR lyocell fibers such as TENCEL™ and TENCEL A100™.

The fibre blend contains inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides and has 45 to 55 % by weight of the blend of soluble fibre and 45 to 55 % by weight of the blend of insoluble fibre.

The blend of fibers is blown onto a collecting cylinder to form a fiber layer.

The fibrous web layer may also incorporate a binder material such as bicomponent binder fibers in the uniform admixture of fibers described.

Thus, when the mixture of structural fibers and bicomponent fibers is heated above the softening point of thesheath materials, the bicomponent fiber will fuse to the structural fibers.

In one implementation, the fiber blend includes 20 wt% to 45 wt% of modacrylic flame resistant fibers; 40 wt% to 75 wt% of hydrophilic/ absorbent fibers; and 5 wt% to 30 wt% of second flame resistant fibers.

The fiber-blend comprises (1) p-polyaramid pulp and (2) at least one of (a) m-polyaramid staple or fibrids, and (b) polytetrafluoroethylene powder.

The blend of fibres is highly absorbent, allowing for a perfect transfer of lubricant.