The prospects of the world non-woven industry are endless and the “money scene” is considerable. Although the non-woven industry and the traditional textile industry have commonalities, the non-woven industry has developed to the present, products are available, and its engineering fibers and polymer-based products are faster in processing, lower in cost, technologically innovative and have room for added value. The characteristics are widely concerned and gradually replace traditional textiles in a larger scope.
Sustainability brings unlimited business opportunities
More than 20 years ago, Europe created the "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR). The developed industrial countries also introduced the EPR concept in their circular economy legislation, setting up the producer responsibility extension system, and Good results have been achieved in the practice of circular economy. In 2008, China promulgated the "Circular Economy Promotion Law" and officially began to establish EPR series of laws and regulations in China.
Since the development of non-woven technology, the products have been fully available, and its engineering fiber and polymer-based products have attracted wide attention due to its fast processing speed, low cost, technological innovation and value-added space. It is obvious that the non-woven industry has been constantly adapting to market demand, full of creativity and unlimited business opportunities, and always at the forefront of sustainable development. The words “sustainable”, “recycling”, “reducing consumption” and “reengineering” are not only slogans in the non-woven industry, but also emerging technologies that are gradually being applied.
The non-woven industry has been constantly adapting to market and policy needs, full of creativity, and reaping unlimited business opportunities. In the next few years, it is likely that a series of new products with sustainable development capabilities will replace traditional textiles and traditional craft nonwovens on a large scale. Products are not only a threat to traditional backward production capacity, but also an opportunity to enter new markets.
EPR system stimulates process innovation
Degradable nonwoven clothing
Most of these products, which are made by mixing rayon fibers such as cellulose and polyester (PP) or polypropylene (PP), are mostly produced by carding and hydroentangling. According to EU regulations, new solutions should be adopted for disposable products such as wipes and hygiene products – for example, bio-based polymers (such as polylactic acid PLA, polyhydroxyalkanoate PHA, polyhydroxybutyrate PHB, etc.) Replace the solution of petroleum polymer fiber products to meet the requirements of national EPR systems. Today, the nonwovens industry has many environmentally friendly solutions, but most of these solutions are not economically sustainable, and unless regulations and taxes exceed material costs, this will be another challenge.
In particular, the carding or spunlacing process is adopted, and the production capacity is limited, and the production capacity is low. Therefore, there are high cost problems in the raw material and production links. Therefore, enterprises have actively promoted the research on the industrial application technology of bio-based nonwovens based on the spunbond hot rolling process on sanitary products, in order to obtain favorable results. New products that compete in the market and have sustainable economic development capabilities.
“Reuse” process innovation to reduce emissions rate
Online recycling of edge materials to improve recycling efficiency
For the nonwovens industry, technical research around zero waste emissions is of great significance and a real challenge. In the large-scale production of nonwoven fabrics, a large amount of corner scraps and other wastes are generated, so recycling efficiency is a major area of concern for many companies. The current challenge at the technical level is the lack of new technologies and materials to complete the recycling and reuse of mixed materials and bicomponent fibers.
New technology promotes alternatives to traditional textiles
The low cost of the non-woven industry has become the trend of the times. The industry's particularly optimistic two-component spunbond nonwoven technology enables materials that have never been used in the traditional textile industry to be realized, with high production efficiency, high output, low cost and good performance. And with differentiated development capabilities.
Ultra-long and durable non-woven products are gradually replacing many traditional textiles. One non-woven fabric equipment can replace hundreds of traditional textile machines. Therefore, it is necessary to select suitable non-woven equipment to replace traditional textile machines and produce suitable materials with satisfactory performance. Broadening the application range of non-woven technology will save a lot of money in terms of capital cost, labor cost, energy consumption and so on.
The new non-woven technology enables its products to be extremely durable and re-washable. Non-woven products will further replace traditional textiles, especially in textiles, automotive textiles, geotextiles, and durable washables. In the field of wipes, two-component technology will shine in the future:
High-strength sub-micron fibers are superior in tear, tensile strength and wear properties and are particularly good materials for stable geotechnical structures such as roads and dams. As a coated substrate, it can also be a particularly good material for shelters, tents and awnings.
High-speed printing technology will become another major change in the nonwovens industry. The ability of mass customization and on-demand printing will change the traditional textile and non-woven industries. With the support of high-speed printing technology, durable non-woven fabrics will be in the traditional textile field. Find new places to use.
Island fiber
The application of microfiber nonwoven fabrics represented by sea-island fibers in leather products and automotive interiors has been relatively mature, but little progress has been made in durability, washability, and apparel use. This is because ultrafine denier fabrics lack sufficient drape and tensile strength and are difficult to dye. In order to overcome the shortcomings of the existing ultra-fine and short-fiber durable non-woven fabrics, recent advances in technology have been made, such as fibers having a super-strong moisture transmission structure to meet the skin-friendly requirements, and the special form of "wing fibers" Get a drape.
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