What is nonwoven technology?

What is nonwoven technology?

According to INDA, “Nonwoven fabrics are broadly defined as sheet or web structures bonded together by entangling fiber or filaments (and by perforating films) mechanically, thermally or chemically. They are flat, porous sheets that are made directly from separate fibers or from molten plastic or plastic film.

Is non-woven a technical textile?

Nonwovens used for technical textiles are chiefly synthetic polymer based fibers because of their strength and flexibility. Generally, nonwoven fabrics are made from some amount of recycled fabrics and oil based materials. The amount of recycled fabric depends upon the strength required for a specific purpose.

What is EPI and PPI?

Fabric, material typically produced by weaving, knitting or knotting textile fibers, yarns or threads, is measured in units such as the momme, thread count (a measure of the coarseness or fineness of fabric), ends per inch (e.p.i) and picks per inch (p.p.i).

What is non-woven product?

Nonwoven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt, which are neither woven nor knitted.

What is non woven product?

What is nonwoven industry?

Nonwovens are innovative, high-tech, engineered fabrics made from fibres. They are used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products either in combination with other materials or alone.

What is CPI and WPI knitting?

Numbers of course in an inch in knitted fabric is called course per inch (CPI). On the other hand, the column of loops running lengthwise the fabric is known as wales. Numbers of wales in an inch in knitted fabric is called wales per inch (WPI).

What is the use of nonwoven?

The application areas of nonwoven fabrics include following segments: hygiene, wipes, apparel, medical, healthcare, personal care, automotive, electronics, filtration, agriculture, horticulture, furnishings, construction, and packaging.

Where are non-woven fabrics used?

Nonwoven fabrics are extensively used in the manufacture of both single use (or disposable) and durable clothing, notable market segments being protective clothing, garment linings, interlinings, waddings, shoe linings and synthetic leather fabrics.

What is Epi & PPI?

How is PPI and EPI calculated?

In most fabrics, EPI is higher than the PPI.

1. Step 1: Collect fabric swatch. Collect fabric swatch for which you are going to find EPI and PPI.
2. Step 2: Make a square of one sq. inch on the sample.
3. Step 3: Count number of ends and Picks inside those squares.

Why is PPI more than EPI?

EPI is measured by Counting Glass. Normally EPI is more than PPI in fabric. Picks per inch is the number of weft yarns, per inch length of woven fabric that means how many weft yarns are contained in an inch of fabric. Basically, higher picks per inch creates compact, dense and finer fabric.

What is PPI and EPI?

PPI: picks per inch, the number of weft threads in one inch of woven fabric. EPI: ends per inch, the number of warp threads in one inch of woven fabric. It is often used interchangeably with sett (see below) Sett: the distribution of warp ends in your fabric, usually over one inch (hence epi = sett).

How is GSM measured?

Method:

1. Cut 5 swatches from the different places of the fabric.
2. Weight all test swatches accurately and calculate the average weight of swatches.
3. Multiply the average weight of swatches by 100 to calculate the GSM of the sample fabric. (Normally, the area of round GSM cutter is 1/100 square meters.)

What is GSM in non woven fabric?

GSM is a metric measurement meaning grams per square metre- it is how much 1 square metre of fabric weighs and the higher the GSM number the denser the fabric will be.