Characteristics and Uses of Non-Woven Fabrics-A Review

Abstract

It is observed that continuous expansion is going on in the areas of non-woven production. Non-woven fabrics are known in terms of textile structures that are produced by interlocking or bonding of fibers or both accomplished by chemical, mechanical, or by solvent and combination of any two. Mechanical fields are the most important areas of the important application of non-woven materials. The non-woven industry is considered to be the continuous adaptive, creative and opportunistic approach. So far as the utility of non-woven is considered the most suited for tea bags and single-serving coffee bags. This is due to the reason that they have no odour or taste and are robust materials. The non-woven term is used in the textile industry as a material to denote fabrics such as felt and are neither woven nor knitted types. Another definition of non-woven fabric is a sheet or web structure, which is bonded together by the entanglement of fibers or filaments through mechanical, chemical, and thermal processes. There are many basic methods for the preparation of non-woven fabrics by binding fiber webs and some of them are exemplified as felting, adhesive bonding, stitch bonding, thermal bonding, needle punch and hydro-entangling, and spin laying. This is a respectable position for non-woven fabrics in the apparel industry and various types of fabrics are available that concern non-woven fabrics. Tremendous growth is taking place in the manufacturing of non-woven industry and simultaneously these are converted into versatile and engineered fiber assembles having innovative products for new applications.