What is the non-woven fabric ?
Non – woven fabric is a kind of material that is often mentioned now and involves many industries. We often receive glue demands from different materials and non-woven fabrics. Maybe those who have not contacted it do not know what non-woven fabric is. Today’s small edition gives you a brief introduction.
Where does the name begin?
Traditional fabrics are made in textile processing, whether woven or knitted, are woven by machine using yarns. Non – woven fabrics, also called non-woven fabrics or non-woven fabrics, are not woven as the name implies.
How?
The non-woven fabric is a new generation of environment-friendly material, which is formed by directly using the directional or random arrangement of fibers without weaving, knitting or yarn and then reinforced by mechanical, thermal or chemical methods. It is called non-woven fabric because of its appearance and certain properties.
According to the reinforcement process, non-woven fabrics include spunlaced non-woven fabrics, heat-sealed non-woven fabrics, pulp air-laid non-woven fabrics, wet-laid non-woven fabrics, spunbonded non-woven fabrics, meltblown non-woven fabrics, needle-punched non-woven fabrics, stitched non-woven fabrics and Hydrophilic Non-woven.
Non – woven fabrics are mainly made of polypropylene ( PP ) and polyester ( PET ). In addition, there are nylon ( PA ), viscose, acrylic, vinyl ( HDPE ) and polyvinyl chloride ( PVC ).
Fortunately, where?
The non-woven fabric breaks through the traditional textile principle and has the characteristics of short technological process, fast production rate, high yield, low cost, wide application and many raw material sources. Non – woven fabrics are moisture – proof, breathable, flexible, light in weight, non – combustion – supporting, easy to decompose, non – toxic, non – irritant, rich in color, low in price, recyclable and so on. In addition, non-woven fabrics do not have warp and weft threads, so cutting and sewing are very convenient, and the quality is easy to set, and they are deeply loved by manual enthusiasts.
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Where to use it?
Non – woven fabric products are widely used in various fields such as composite materials, insulating materials, decorative base fabrics, cushions, carpets, medical treatment and aerospace. Especially in recent years, the growing demand in medical and health fields has driven the development of medical and health non-woven fabrics.
1 ) Medical and health industry
Baby diapers are covered with cloth, bed sheets and pillowcases, pillow towels for coach chairs, masks, protective clothing, disinfection and isolation clothing, wet wipes and cotton balls, wound dressings, medical tape base cloth, bandages, etc.
2 ) Home decoration industry
Non – woven carpets, tufted carpet base cloth, wall-sticking cloth, curtains and curtains, tablecloths, tablecloths, furniture covering cloth, etc.;
3 ) Packaging Industry
Envelopes, advanced paper, book covers, spine cloth, military maps, navigation maps, packaging bags, merchandise packages, luggage bags, pouches, etc.;
4 ) Clothing industry
Garment adhesive lining cloth, sewing non-woven garment fabric, non-woven cloth coated printed fabric, high-grade leather-like garment, warm-keeping wadding, etc.
5 ) Automobile industry
Car forming carpet, bottom material of car interior decoration, car ceiling material, door and window sealing strip, car filter material and car composite material;
In addition, non-woven fabrics have been used in construction, agriculture, electronics and other industries, and with the continuous development of technological innovation, non-woven fabrics will be used more and more widely.