Lenzing: New Viscose Line for Nonwovens.

Lenzing Group's sales increased 12 percent during the first quarter of 2001 to 162 million euros. Before tax earnings increased 54 percent. Demand for ProViscose fibers for nonwoven fabric manufacture increased. The company introduced Lyocell LF fibers. Demand for Lenzing's cellulosic fibers is expected to increase during the second half ..

Nonwoven fabric

A nonwoven, absorbent fabric comprises a top fibre area consisting of melt fibres, a bottom reinforcing area consisting of high-tensile-strength reinforcing fibres, and an intermediate area consisting of absorbent fibres and melt fibres. IPC B32B.

Spunmelt Nonwovens from BBA.

BBA Nonwovens' Sofspan-ETS sealable spun melted polyolefin nonwoven fabrics can be bonded using thermal, pressure, or ultrasonic methods. It provides a stronger seam, broader operating window, and faster converting speeds than conventional polypropylene and results in fabrics with a soft hand. A spun bonded version of Sofspan-ETS can be h..

Automatic Tension Control System.

Dover Flexo Electronics' TensionManager digital tension control system reduces auxiliary equipment costs, optimizes existing space, and integrates into machine controls on OEM web manufacturing machines and presses. TensionManager features a single board control module and optional DIN rail modules that extend control module functionality..

Technical Fabric Structures -- 3. Nonwoven Fabrics.

An intorduction to woven fabrics used in technical textiles addresses the methods and resultant fabric properties of batt manufacture using carding machines, including parallel laying and cross laying; air laying; wet laying; dry laying wood pulp; spun laying; flash spinning; melt blowing; chemical bonding, including saturation bonding, f..

Multicomponent Measurements for Nonwovens Applications.

Eurotherm Gauging Systems Incorporated's SpectraBeam FSIR full spectrum infrared sensor improves the measurement of the web during nonwoven fabric manufacture. The technology derives from systems used in the extrusion and coatings sectors. The sensors obtain information over the entire near infrared spectrum, including regions not recorda..

Slitting of Nonwovens.

Many slitting machine manufacturers provide pilot plants so that customers can select optimal slitting machines and blades for specific nonwoven fabrics. The physical properties of the nonwoven fabric being slit determine the selection of slitting machine, blade type, and processing speed. Online slitting systems for processing spun bonde..

More Nonwoven Lines Will Be Operational in China.

The People's Republic of China will install six new spun bonded fabric manufacturing plants during the first six months of 2001. Dalian Ruiguand Nonwoven Fabric Company brought its facility online early in 2001. The other five plants will be imported from foreign companies, including S.T.P. of Italy, and will have a combined annual produc..

Successful Nonwovens Fabric Machinery Manufacture 'Made in Germany.'

The German Plant and Machinery Manfuacturers' Association (VDMA) has a membership of more than 3,000 in 38 sectors, including components for software, robotics, and image processing technology. The VDMA furnishes members with a platform for joint ventures and responds to member information and service needs. An interview with Thomas Waldm..

Airladi Nonwovens Now Available from BBA Plant in China.

BBA Nonwovens' new plant in the People's Republic of China manufactures hybrid and thermal bonded air laid fabrics in uniform and composite structures with and without superabsorbent materials. The 18,000 square meter plant manufactures fabrics for absorbent cores and acquisition or distribution layers for feminine hygiene products, adult..