Controllable Pore Size Filtration Fabrics--A Coating Technology.

A new coating technique manufactures filter fabrics with exact pore sizes. Acrylic resin is mechanically foamed to a specified cell size and foam density. The foamed resin is blade coated onto the surface of a carrier fabric, typically an inexpensive nonwoven, but knit and owvenfabrics can also be used. Adjustment of the coating head and ..

Nonwoven Production.

German nonwovens manufacturer Vliessroffwerk Sandler has built a new DM 50 million plant called Plant III. Already a leader in upholstery manufacture, the company will use the new facility to strengthen its position in fusible interlinings, thermal nonwovens, high bulk nonwovens, and antistatically printed nonwovens for protective workwea..

Growing the Nonwovens Business.

A review of the nonwovens industry in the United States and Europe focuses on the accomplishments of such companies as Avondale, Du Pont, and Freudengerg since the 1930s. Of all the potential markets initially targeted by nonwovens manufacturers, only some have been very successful. Among the successes are diapers, interlinings, and surgi..

Executives Speak -- Review and Forecast.

a survey of the world nonwovens industry uses interviews with executives from all sectors, including consultants, converters, and suppliers of machinery, raw materials, and roll goods. Goran Elovsson of JPS Elastomerics discusses the worldwide consolidation of the absorbent products sector. Perk Foster of Foster Needle focuses on the stro..

Spontex Starts Up United Kingdom Nonwovens Plant.

Spontex, a roll goods producer in Paris, is internationally known for its cellulosic sponges. Its new facility in the United Kingdom has a resin bonded line and a thermal bonded line. The company already has a similar facility in Spain, which produces nonwovens for wipes. The plant in the United kingdom makes nonwovens in the 18-120 grams..

Innovative Nonwovens Production Backed by Tradition.

The history of Lohmann, a German manufacturer of nonwovens, dates back to its founding in 1851. The company's current raw material processing capabilities include web forming by roller card with longitudinal or lateral crosslaying; spunlaying; and reinforcing with woven fabric or yarn inlay. Its bonding processes include needling, shrinki..

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Anionic treatment for cotton fibres

Bayer Corp has developed a treatment to make cotton-based textiles easier to care for and more comfortable to wear. In US Patent 6 336 943, the company from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, says that giving the fibres a permanent anionic charge makes them more resistant to staining. Moreover, the treatment allows the fibres to absorb greate..

Coming up smelling like roses

Antimicrobials have became very popular in the sportswear industry, and market in both fibres and fabrics continues to grow. There is a wide choice of active ingredients or compounds, but the sector is also closely regulated. KoSa Imbue antimicrobial yarn has been developed for the performance and fashion apparel sectors. A silver ceramic..

Thermal adaptability and hand of wool fabric treated with high molecular weight polyethylene glycol and a softener

The aim of this study is to enhance the thermal adaptability of wool fabric by a treatment with high molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG-8000), and to improve the PEG-finished fabric’s hand by treatment with a softener. Using the pad-dry-cure method, the fabric is treated in aqueous baths with 20-45% owb concentrations of PEG and 8..