Non-woven Fabric

Non-woven fabric, also known as nonwoven cloth, unwoven fabric, non-woven material, etc., simply put, is a type of cloth made without weaving. It does not need to go through traditional textile methods, but is a cloth-like fiber product made by using the adhesion of fibers themselves, the friction between fibers, or adding external adhesives. Non-woven fabric has some characteristics of woven fabric, as well as special properties different from woven fabric. It is widely used in architectural decoration, automotive industry, daily necessities, medical and health care, military defense and other fields, and has irreplaceable advantages over woven fabric.

Brief History of Non-woven Fabric Development

Origin of Non-woven Fabric Materials

The origin of non-woven fabric materials can be traced back to ancient China thousands of years ago.

Felt products ——— Needle-punched felt, needle-punched mat

Silkworm spinning into brocade ——— Spunbond process

Hemp papermaking ——— Wet-laid non-woven fabric

Development of Modern Non-woven Fabric Technology

Non-woven fabric is an emerging non-textile technology in the textile industry. It has the advantages of simple industrial process, high production efficiency, superior product performance, wide range of raw material sources and diverse product uses, which makes it rise rapidly and soon become a worldwide, promising and rapidly developing emerging industry, known as the "sunrise industry" in the textile industry. The international non-woven fabric industry started in 1960 and has grown at an average annual rate of 6% - 8%. China's non-woven fabric industry started in 1978 and has a history of 40 years so far, with an average annual growth rate of as high as 28%. After years of development, China has become the country with the fastest development and the largest scale in the global non-woven fabric industry.

Non-woven fabrics are divided into spunbond non-woven fabric, meltblown non-woven fabric, hot-rolled non-woven fabric, knitted non-woven fabric, spunlace non-woven fabric, etc., according to different manufacturing processes. What we are going to talk about today is spunlace non-woven fabric.

Advantages of 100% Cotton Spunlace Non-woven Fabric

Cotton fiber is the most widely used natural fiber in spunlace non-woven fabric, for the following reasons:

1) Cotton fiber is a fiber widely accepted by consumers, not only because people have been producing and using cotton products for a long time, but also because cotton fiber is the purest form of cellulose found in nature, with better physical and chemical uniformity than any other plant fiber.

2) Cotton fiber is a highly hygroscopic fiber, therefore, it is especially suitable for the absorption of body fluids, such as urine, blood and other liquids, and can be used for bandages, wound dressings, absorbent pads (makeup remover), hemostatic plugs, surgical gauze, cotton swabs, etc.

3) Cotton fiber is a fiber that can "breathe" naturally. It can effectively prevent liquid from passing through, but allows gas and water vapor to pass through. This property makes cotton fiber more suitable for manufacturing products that are in close contact with the human body.

4) In a wet state, cotton fiber has high strength (contrary to viscose fiber), and does not have the typical slippery touch of synthetic fibers. This property is especially suitable for health care products that require contact with the skin.

5) In the production process of 100% cotton spunlace non-woven fabric, clean water is used to entangle the fibers without adding any chemical substances, and no pollution is produced after degradation.

Applications of 100% Cotton Spunlace Non-woven Fabric

① Medical and health supplies: Disposable surgical dressings, sterilized wipes, wound dressings, soluble hemostatic gauze, medicated plasters, hemostatic wound healing dressings, bandages, gauze balls, absorbent pads, gauze sheets, surgical hole towels, surgical gowns, surgical caps, surgical curtains, isolation gowns, hospital bed linen, masks, face shields, nasal masks, trauma care products, etc., as well as polymer medical and health new materials such as ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis filtration, artificial human organs, surgical sutures, etc.;

② Dry and wet wipes, including disposable wet products, food service wipes, cosmetic wet wipes, sterilized medical wipes, screen wipes, household wipes, baby wipes, automotive wipes, and various industrial wipes suitable for house cleaning, printing, painting and other industries;

③ Household hygiene products, including cotton pads, facial masks, sanitary napkins, panty liners, baby and adult diapers, health underwear, deodorant socks, eco-friendly bags, tablecloths, disposable bathing products, travel hygiene products, etc.;

④ Functional spunlace fabrics with flame-retardant, antibacterial, water-repellent, antistatic and water-soluble properties, which can penetrate into more fields such as medical protective clothing, military chemical protective clothing, electronics, filtration, packaging, etc., and play roles such as waterproof and moisture-permeable, bacterial isolation, biochemical filtration, etc.;

⑤ Synthetic leather base cloth, coated base cloth, household decoration, garment accessories, etc.

⑥ Personal care products such as 100% cotton facial towels, dinner napkins, soft towel rolls, 100% cotton soft towels, etc.