Nonwoven Fabrics from Blends of Greige Cotton and Recycled Polyester.

Experiments used greige cotton fibers and recycled polyester waste fibers to produce low cost, nonwoven fabrics for blankets that were comfortable, provided thermal insulation, and maintained satisfactory appearance through short term laundering. A recently developed commercial process generates waste polyester remnants. Greige cotton, in..

Non-Wovens Used in Headliners & Hoodliner.

An overview of nonwoven fabrics used in headliners, hoodliners, and related soft trim parts focuses on current and emerging manufacturing technologies, end use requirements, adn advantages and disadvantages of various products. The most common polymers include polyethylenes, nylons, polyesters, polyvinyl chlorides, and urethanes. Nonwoven..

Cotton/Polyester Nonwoven Blend with Antibacterial Activity.

Experiments produced antibacterial cotton and polyester blend needle punched webs with varying fiber content (10/90, 20/80, and 30/70 cotton/polyester) by spraying a dilute aqueous dispersion of an environmentally safe antibacterial agent (magnesium hydroperoxyacetate) on the webs prior to needle punching, followed by drying, curing, and ..

Nonwovens -- The Route to Millennium Fabric Magic.

A review of nonwoven fabric manufacturing systems describes textile, paper, and extrusion processes relative to fiber selection and preparation, web formation, and web consolidation. Hybrid structures based on nonwoven fabrics expand market potential by providing high performance products for specific applications. Processes that manufact..

Recyclable 3D Nonwovens for Upholstery.

The Saxon Textile Research Institute and Karl Mayer developed the Kunit and Multiknit processes for manufacturing nonwoven fabrics with fibers arranged perpendicularly to the length of the fabric, which achieves sufficient rebound pressure for use in automobile upholstery. The Kunit process directly feeds a longitudinally oriented fiber w..

A Survey of the Nonwovens Industry Worldwide.

A survey of 30 large and small nonwovens industry companies in the United States and Europe, including roll goods manufacturers, suppliers, fiber manufacturers, machinery manufacturers, and end product manufacturers, as well as their customers, addresses recent trends, market data, industry dynamics, and future prospects. According to EDA..

Mechanics of a porous web moving over a cylindrical guide

A model for analyzing the interfacial conditions of a porous web moving over a cylindrical rigid guide is presented. This problem is different from the classical foil bearing problem due to the fact that the air can diffuse through the porous web itself. A micromechanics model is used to express the web porosity as a function of the fiber..

Application of image analysis for nonwovens visual irregularity evaluation

The main aim of this work is attempt to describe visual irregularity (surface appearance) of light weight nonwoven textile structures. Visual and subjective methods for evaluation of visual irregularity of chemically bonded nonwovens are compared. The image analysis system LUCIA is used for estimation of characteristics describing visual ..

Objective hand measurement of materials used for disposable diapers

The objective hand measurement of the materials used for disposable diapers has been looked into, with consideration given to aspects of both dermatitis and comfort. The subjective hand of the commercially produced diapers both at the leg gatherings and at the center was assessed by mothers and female students. The mechanical and surface ..

Processing and property study of cotton-surfaced nonwovens

Cotton-surfaced nonwovens have been developed by thermally bonding cotton precursor webs with unbonded spunbond (SB) PP webs on a spunbond line, with cotton on one or both sides. The novel two-or three-layered laminates have a hand similar to cotton knits or hydroentangled fabrics, and also exhibit excellent strength and elongation proper..