NON WOVEN fabrics history

NON WOVEN – Introduction & History

Non Woven fabrics consist of fiber mats held together
because of their inherent properties or by mechanical
or chemical processes involving the use of chemical
bonding agent

NON WOVEN fabrics – Historical development

Felts made from wool or hair are the oldest fabrics
made by man. In early times, felts were made from animal hair
using various chemical aides like water, urine or by
mechanical means of trampling and beating.
Slowly other ways of forming the fabrics were
identified with wool as raw material, which had
much more uses than felt.

Why non woven fabrics?

Cuttings and waste can be used.
Properties displayed by conventional textiles are in excess of requirement
Better utilization of individual fibre properties than in conventional textiles
Desire to reduce the cost

Nonwovens

Nonwoven products appeared in market during 1900-1950s.
Nonwovens devloped simultaneously in North America, Western Europe and Japan.
Until 1990’s the nonwoven production and application remained in these industrial sectors.
Worldwide nonwoven market has tripled in 15 years. (2.2 million tonnes in 1994 to 4.5 million tonnes in 2004 and has increased to 6.5 million tonees in 2009).

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Application of Non woven

Potential of non woven fabrics

Nonwovens have the potential to replace all flexible structures (containing, clothing, decorating, displaying, supporting, separating and filtering).
They can provide innovative, cost-effective and sometimes unexpected answers to innumerable business challenges.

Nonwovens consumption in India

In the year 2002 the value of nonwovens consumed in India was $200 million. Per capita consumption of nonwoven is 0.001kg in India as compared to 2.25kg in developed countries.