Nonwovens
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- Analysis of Values of Punching Forces in the Process of Web Needling in Dynamic Conditions
- Technical paper presenting a method for testing the technological needling resistance of a nonwoven web in dependence on the type of elementary fibers and the needling frequency. Author: Henryk Kapusta. [PDF]
- 562
- Application of Nanofiber Technology to Nonwoven Thermal Insulation
- Technical paper, investigating the thermal transfer properties of nonwoven high-loft nanofiber battings for military protective clothing, made from carbon and polymeric fibers such as polyacrylonitrile, polyamide and polyurethane. Authors: Philip W. Gibson and others. [PDF]
- 563
- Basis Weight Uniformity of Lightly Needled Hydroentangled Cotton and Cotton Blended Webs
- Technical paper, reporting on the development of thermobonded needlepunch and hydroentangled nonwoven fabrics with improved basis weight uniformity, created from bleached cotton and comber noils, viscose and bi-component fiber in various different blend formulations. Authors: D.V. Parikh and others. [PDF]
- 564
- Effect of Production Process Parameters on Different Properties of a Nonwoven Spacer Produced on a 3D Web Linker
- Technical paper about the physical and mechanical properties and possible destinations of needlepunch nonwoven spacer fabrics. Authors: Simona Vasile and others. [PDF]
- 565
- Effects of Fiber Denier, Fiber Cross-Sectional Shape and Fabric Density on Acoustical Behaviour of Vertically Lapped Nonwoven Fabrics
- Technical paper providing a description of the measurement devices and acoustical measurement data for vertically lapped nonwoven fabrics made from three different polyster fiber shapes and two denier levels. From the Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics. Authors: Mevlut Tascan, Ph.D and Edward A. Vaughn, Ph.D. [PDF]
- 566
- Evaluations of an Aramid Fiber in Nonwovens Processes for Honeycomb Applications
- Technical paper about a study investigating the relationships between material requirements in making sheets for honeycomb core applications by characterising and processing a model aramid fiber into nonwoven samples whose adaptability for honeycomb applications was evaluated. Authors: Yi-Jui Wu and others [PDF]
- 567
- Fibers Caught in the Knuckles of the Forming Wires
- Technical paper, describing experimental measurements and physical origins of the force of peeling required for the separation of the wet hydroentangled fabric from the forming wires. Authors: Ping Xiang and others. [PDF]
- 568
- Formation of Fiberwebs from Staple Fibers with Controlled Fiber Orientation Using Electrostatic Forces: Theoretical Analysis
- Technical paper, describing a research project aimed at the development of novel methods of nonwoven fiberweb formation techniques using electrostatic forces, where orientation and distribution of staple fibers are positively controlled. Authors: Yiyun Cai and others. [PDF]
- 569
- Influence of Process Conditions on Melt Blown Web Structure: Fiber Diameter
- Extensive technical paper, reporting experimental measurements of the influence of die-to-collector distance, primary air-flow rate, die temperature, collector speed and resin throughput rate on the diameter of fibers in fully formed melt-blown webs. Authors: Randall R. Bresee and Uzair A. Qureshi. [PDF]
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- Modelling of the Hydroentanglement Process
- Technical paper presenting the development of a computational fluid dynamics model of the hydroentanglement process. Authors: Ping Xiang, Andrey V. Kuznetsov and Abdelfattah Mohamed Seyam. [PDF]
- 571
- Polyether Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Melt Blown Nonwovens
- Part of a series of technical papers about the influence of melt-blowing processing parameters on the polymer properties and nonwoven fabric properties for block thermoplastic elastomers. Authors: Terezie Zapletalova and others. [PDF]
- 572
- Splitting of Islands-in-the-Sea Fibers During Hydroentangling of nonwovens
- Technical paper summarising investigations into the hydroentanglement of islands-in-the-sea (PA 6/COPET) fibers without dissolution of the sea component, through the development of a new spinneret design and the modification of co-polyester structures. Authors: Mbwana Suleiman Ndaro and others. [PDF]
- 573
- Spunlaced Cotton and Cotton Blend Cosmetic Pads and Bed Sheets: Study of Fiber Entanglement
- Technical paper, describing experimental investigations of needlepunched and hydroentangled nonwovens composed of different blends of cotton fiber and comber noils, rayon and low-melt polymeric fibers, aimed at developing high quality cosmetic pads and economical short-life bed sheets. Authors: Dharnidhar V. Parikh and others. [PDF]
- 574
- Strength Optimization of Thermally Bonded Spunbond Nonwovens
- Technical paper, discussing the use of island-in-the-sea bi-component fiber to overcome the shortcomings of thermal bonding and obtain high-strength thermally point bonded nonwoven spunbond fabrics. Authors: Nataliya Federova and others. [PDF]