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Non Woven Textile Components
A 'Woven' textile is bound through the purposeful interlacing of fibres in a uniform (right angle) orientation opposed to a 'Nonwoven' textile which has a random fibre orientation and is bound through one of several different binding processes including 'Needle Felting'.
Carding
Although 'Needle Felts' are named by their binding process, the forming process is a critical step of Nonwoven production. The Needle Felt forming process is considered a 'Carding Process'. The 'Carding Process' uses rotating cylinders whose outer perimeters are covered with fine metal teeth that comb the fibres into parallel arrays. The carding process distributes the fibres uniformly into a thin light weight structure referred to as a 'Web'. The Web is then layered upon itself by being festooned in a 'Crosslapping' machine. The layered Web, which is now a thick lofty low density structure of fibres, is referred to as a 'Batt'.
Needling
The thick lofty low density Batt then enters the Needle Felting consolidation process. In Needle Felting, thousands of barbed needles are repeatedly punched vertically thought the Batt, hooking tufts of fibers and bonding it via mechanical entangling of the fibres. The mechanical entangling of fibers dramatically densifies the felt and binds the fibres transforming the thick lofty low density Batt into a relatively thin dense non-woven textile named a 'Needle Felt'.
Our textile design engineers can meet with you early in your development phase to understand your product requirements. We will identify the correct fiber chemistries, fibre sizes, felt construction, felt density, felt thickness, and any required post processes such as coating, glazing, and singing to meet all of your application's requirements. We will achieve the lowest possible cost by utilizing our state of the art production facilities spanning the globe from Europe to North America and Asia.
Fibre chemistries: Nomex®, Kevlar®, Polyester, Teflon®, PBI, PPS, Nylon, Rayon, Wool, Imide, Polypropylene, and many more!