Key Terms In The Nonwovens Industry
This is the name of a production method or product with the widest application range and the longest development history in nonwoven fabrics (nonwoven fabrics).
Any process or product in which fibers are formed into a fiber web by mechanical, airflow, static electricity or a combination of them in a dry state, and then reinforced by mechanical, chemical or thermal methods to form a nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) is collectively referred to as dry nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric).
2. Polymer extrusion nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
Any process or product in which high molecular polymer materials are processed by extrusion (spinning, meltblowing, film extrusion, etc.) to form a mesh structure nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) is collectively referred to as polymer extrusion nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric).
3. Wet-laid nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) (also known as paper-laid nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric))
This refers to the process or product of nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) in which the fibers are suspended in the wet state in water, formed into a web by paper-making method, and then reinforced by mechanical, chemical or thermal methods.
4. Fiber web (abbreviation of fiber web)
This is an intermediate product of nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric), which refers to the network structure formed by the fiber raw material after a certain means (dry or wet method, mechanical, air flow or water flow).
5. Web formation
This is the process stage of forming the fiber web, which is an important processing step of nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric). There are many ways to form a web, such as mechanical web formation, air web formation, water web formation (wet web formation), spinning web formation, etc.
6. Mechanical web formation
The fiber web is formed by a traditional carding machine (such as a roller carding machine, a flat carding machine) or a sawtooth cotton opener. This kind of web can be directly processed, or it can be processed after parallel stacking or cross folding.
VII. Airflow web
Using the principle of aerodynamics, the fibers are allowed to move in the airflow, and finally deposited as evenly as possible on the continuously moving porous curtain belt or dust cage to form a web.
VIII. Waterflow web
Also known as wet web or hydraulic web. With water as the medium, the short fibers are evenly suspended in the water, and the fibers are deposited on the water-permeable curtain belt or porous roller by the action of the water flow to form a wet web.
IX. Spinning web
The filaments formed by the chemical fiber spinning method (melt spinning or solvent spinning, etc.) are directly laid on the moving condensation curtain belt during the spinning process to form a web.
X. Reinforcement
This is an important process in the production of non-woven fabrics (non-woven fabrics) to make the web have a certain strength and form a non-woven fabric (non-woven fabric) structure. Reinforcement can be achieved by mechanical, chemical or thermal methods. Chemical or thermal reinforcement is mainly achieved through the bonding of fibers to fibers or fibers to adhesives, so it can also be called chemical bonding or thermal bonding.
11. Mechanical reinforcement
It does not use chemical materials such as adhesives and solvents, nor does it use hot melt bonding. Instead, it uses mechanical methods to entangle the fibers in the fiber web, or uses coiled fiber bundles or yarns to reinforce the fiber web.
12. Chemical reinforcement
It can also be called chemical bonding. By using chemical materials such as adhesives and solvents, the fibers in the fiber web are reinforced by bonding.
13. Thermal reinforcement
The fiber web is reinforced by the hot melt bonding properties of thermoplastic materials (such as fibers, powders, films, etc.) in the fiber web.
Both chemical reinforcement and thermal reinforcement can be called bonding reinforcement.
14. Needle punching nonwovens (nonwovens)
Needle punching is a major method for mechanical reinforcement of nonwovens (nonwovens). It uses a barbed needle to repeatedly puncture the fiber web, so that some fibers are entangled with each other, so that the fiber web is reinforced. Needle-punched nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) refers to the name of this method or product.
15. Stitch-bonded nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
Stitch-bonded method is also a main method for mechanical reinforcement of nonwoven fabrics (nonwoven fabrics). It uses a warp knitted coil structure (which can be formed by external yarns or fibers in the fiber web) to reinforce materials such as fiber webs. Stitch-bonded nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) refers to the name of this method or product.
16. Jet-spun lace nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
Jet-spun lace method (also known as water spunlace method) is a new method for mechanical reinforcement of nonwoven fabrics (nonwoven fabrics), which can also be called needle-free needle-punching method or water-jet fabric method. It uses many extremely fine high-pressure water streams to vertically spray the fiber web, so that the fiber web is reinforced due to the entanglement of some fibers. The jet-spun net method non-woven fabric (non-woven fabric) represents the name of this method or product.
17. Impregnation bonding method non-woven fabric (non-woven fabric)
The impregnation bonding method uses liquid adhesives to carry adhesives on the fiber web through various impregnation and rolling methods, and then undergoes drying, baking and other processes to bond and reinforce the fiber web. Impregnation bonding method non-woven fabric (non-woven fabric) represents the name of this method or product.
18. Foam bonding method non-woven fabric (non-woven fabric)
Strictly speaking, the foam bonding method is also an impregnation bonding method, but it has many advantages that the traditional impregnation bonding method cannot match, and it has been rapidly promoted and applied, so it has been listed as a separate chemical bonding method. It uses a foam adhesive to apply to the fiber web, and then undergoes drying, baking and other processes to bond and reinforce the fiber web. Foam bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the name of this method or product.
19. Spray bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
The spray bonding method uses a spraying device to disperse the liquid adhesive into the fiber web, and then through drying, baking and other processes, the fiber web is bonded and reinforced. Spray bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the name of this method or product.
20. Printing bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
The printing bonding method uses a printing method to apply liquid adhesive to the fiber web, and then through baking and other processes, the fiber web is bonded and reinforced. Printing bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the name of this method or product.
21. Hot melt bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
The hot melt bonding method is to heat the fiber web containing thermoplastic fibers, powders or films to melt the hot melt material completely or partially to produce a bonding and reinforcement effect. Hot melt bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the name of this method or product.
22. Hot calender bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
The hot calender bonding method is to heat and pressurize the fiber web containing thermoplastic fibers at the same time, so that the hot melt material is completely or partially melted to produce a bonding and reinforcement effect. Hot calender bonding nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the name of this method or product.
23. Meltblown nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
The meltblown method is to spray the polymer under high pressure in a molten state, deposit it on the coagulation curtain belt or roller in the form of extremely fine short fibers to form a web, and at the same time bond itself to form a nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric). Meltblown nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric) indicates the production method or product name of this polymer extrusion
cloth method nonwoven fabric (nonwoven fabric)
24. Film-splitting nonwovens (nonwovens)
The film-splitting method is to form a network structure or fibrillated extremely thin nonwovens (nonwovens) through mechanical action (such as needle cracking, corrugation, etc.) during the polymer extrusion film-forming stage. Film-splitting nonwovens (nonwovens) refer to the production method or product name of this polymer extrusion nonwoven
fabric. This type of nonwoven (nonwoven) is mainly used as a hot melt bonding medium in lamination processing or hot melt bonding.
25. Durable nonwovens (nonwovens)
This refers to nonwovens (nonwovens) that can be used multiple times or have a certain service life.
26. Disposable nonwovens (nonwovens)
This mainly refers to nonwovens (nonwovens) for one-time use. In fact, it can sometimes be used more than once, even up to 4 to 5 times.
27. Dry-laid papermaking nonwovens (nonwovens)
A new nonwoven technology that has developed rapidly abroad in recent years. Its English name is: air-laid-pulp nonwovens. This is a production method or product name that uses papermaking raw material - wood pulp board as raw material, uses air-laid web route to form a web, and then reinforces it into nonwoven fabrics (nonwoven fabrics) through chemical, thermal bonding and other methods.