Nonwoven Technology in Medical Applications.

Nonwoven fabrics have applications in medical and surgical products and supplied, incluing sterilized wraps, gowns, drapes, and incontinence products. These products must protect patients and healthcare workers from environmental contamination, blood, or body fluids. Barrier requirements include protection from particulates, bacteria, flu..

Trends in Fiber Cutting and Crimping for Nonwovens Applications

The mature staple fiber market continues to experience mergers, consolidations, and a balance of consumption and production capacities. Trends in fiber cutting and crimping machines include the increased use of electronically regulated tension control devices for improved cut length distribution. Developments in radial blade reel design i..

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Nonwovens in Battery Separators.

An overview of developments in battery separators manufactured from nonwoven fabrics addresses improvements in wettability, shutdown capability, temperature resistance, and life cycle; separators by battery type; and such other applications as fuel cells, flywheel batteries, and capacitors. Researchers at Exxon identified the potential of..

Theoretical Design of Nonwoven Fabrics.

Researchers compared the theoretical and experimental characterization of melt blown polypropylene fabrics with low, medium, and high fiber orientation distributions to optimize design parameters. A Coulter Porometer II measured pore size. A Frazier testing machine determined air permeability according to ASTM D737. Scanning electron micr..

Spreading and Coalescence of Liquid Droplets on Nonwovens.

A personal computer based imaging system for evaluating the interactions between liquids and textiles characterized the spreading and generation of droplets on nonwoven fabrics. The imaging system consisted of a high speed digital camera with a video zoom lens, image acquisition board, Pentium computer, and light source. Computer software..

The manufacture of knitwear in Slovenia and Croatia

The Article profiles two important knitwear plants in the forever Yugoslavia. Almira in Slovenia is attempting to Reduce the amount of commission work and Replace it by supplying their our outlets at home and abroad. Arena in Groatia is antoher/knitwea factory Relying heavily on commission production but also using its own shops as retail..

Resilient Nonwoven Structures for Seats.

Automobile manufacturers are replacing automotive foam structures with nonwoven fabric composites due to their recyclability. The Struto vertical lapping machine and through air thermal bonding chamber process virgin and waste fibers into nonwoven fabric composites in a single process. Vertical positioning of the fibers imparts excellent ..

World Economic Factors that May Influence Nonwoven's Growth.

An overview of trends in trade and conditions that affect nonwoven fabrics focuses on market access and international trade developments. The nonwoven fabric market totaled $10 billion in 1996, with a predicted 6 percent annual growth rate for the next ten years. Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Western Europe accounted for more that 70 percent..

Lyocell staple fibre in industrial applications

in this article the processing techniques currently applied to convert lyocell into fabrics and their resulting properties are described. The techniques described in this article are: hydroentanglement; needling; latex bonding; thermal bonding; papermaking; and air-laying. Lyocell fabrics have the following properties, which when compared..