Non-Woven Fabric Manufacturing Process | Raw Materials for Non-Woven Fabric

What is Non-Woven Fabric? 
Non-woven fabric is a web or sheet which is produced by using natural or man-made fibers or filaments or recycled fibers that have not been converted into yarns. Finally these are bonded by following different methods to form non-woven fabric. It may also have other names such as shaped fabrics or yarn free fabrics.
There are so many uses of non-woven fabrics in our daily life such as in clothing, civil engineering, furnishing, manufacturing factory, kitchen, car, hospital etc.
Some special types of non-woven fabrics are as agro tech, build tech, medi tech, mobi tech, pack tech, cloth tech, geo tech, oeko tech, home tech, pro tech etc.

Types of Non-Woven Fabric Manufacturing Process: 
There are mainly four types of process followed to produce non-woven fabrics. Those are-

  1. Spun bond process,
  2. Melt blown process,
  3. Water jet process,
  4. Needle punched process.
Non-Woven Fabric Manufacturing Process Flow Chart: 
The below process has to maintain during non-woven fabric manufacturing in textile industry:
Processing of fiber (Man-made, natural or recycled)
↓ 
Dyeing (If necessary)
↓ 
Opening

Blending
↓ 
Oiling
↓ 
Laying (Dry laying, wet laying, spin laying)
↓ 
Bonding (Mechanical, thermal, chemical, stitch bonding)
↓ 
Raw non-woven fabric
↓ 
Finishing
↓ 
Finished non-woven fabric
 
Non-Woven Fabric Finishing Methods: 
There are two types of finishing methods of non-woven fabric. Those are in the below:

1. Dry finishing methods: 
It includes:

  • Shrinkage,
  • Glazing,
  • Crabbing,
  • Calendaring,
  • Pressing,
  • Perforating.

2. Wet finishing methods: 
It includes:

  • Coloration,
  • Printing
  • Anti-static finishing,
  • Hygiene finishing,
  • Dust bonding treatment,
  • Absorbent and repellent finishes (Oil, static, water etc.).

What Types of Fiber Used in Non-Woven Fabric Manufacturing Process? 
The following fibers (Natural, man-made and natural fibers) are widely used in non-woven fabric manufacturing process.

  1. Cotton,
  2. Viscose,
  3. Lyocell,
  4. Polylactide,
  5. Polyester,
  6. Polypropylene,
  7. Bi-component fibers,
  8. Recycled fibers.

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