(Newswire.net — October 9, 2019) — Nonwoven polypropylene fabrics are a fabric-like material specifically designed to meet the customer’s diverse requirements. It is manufactured by bonding long, continuous and short, staple fibers using mechanical, heat and chemical treatments.
This is what makes them different from other fabrics made using carpet machinery by traditional weaving and knitting processes. Nonwoven fabrics generally refer to all materials textile manufacturing industry materials that are neither knitted nor woven.
Benefits
It, however, has grown immensely in popularity recently, and is expected to grow much more popular with time as people realize its various benefits:
· Cheap fabric
The purchasing expenses for nonwoven polypropylene, the best raw material used to manufacture nonwoven fabrics, is much cheaper when compared to other woven materials.
· Flexibility and weight
Nonwoven fabrics are lightweight, and flexible enough to be molded into various shapes and sizes. It can also be easily moved from one place to another.
· Chemistry
Nonwoven fabrics are chemically resistant to various oils and solvents, including moisture. Besides, it is chemically structured to retain its bright colors, because it doesn’t fade for a long time. Last but not least, nonwoven fabrics are great insulators with high-temperature resistance.
Applications
Nonwoven machines manufacture these tufted porous or flat sheets directly from plastic fiber, plastic or separate fibers. As no knitting or weaving is involved, the fabrics don’t need to be converted to yarn.
Though durable, the fabric has a limited of single-use. They, however, do have various applications like:
- Therapeutic reasons like in the manufacture of surgical gowns, masks and covers, isolation gowns, caps, plasters, bath wipes, shoe, and surgical covers and surgical masks.
- In the manufacture of different types of filters. Examples are water, coffee and tea bags, liquid cartilage, vacuum bags, bag filters, mineral processing, and allergen membranes.
- To manufacture geotextiles, which are stronger than woven materials.
- To make geothermal containers used in erosion control, soil stabilization, construction of canals and roadway underlayment. They are also used to make canal water barriers, drainage systems, frost protection, and landfill liners.
Features of nonwoven materials
Various factors determine the properties of nonwoven materials, which is why each material has different features. It is this variety of features that gives users a wide range of choices to select and use as per their requirements. Nonwoven materials may:
i. Be opaque or translucent
ii. Appear like paper, felt or woven fabrics
iii. Be thin or thick
iv. Be fabricated by bonding, sewing or gluing
v. Have different durability levels