Handbook of nonwovens / edited by S. J. Russell

Contents

1. Development of nonwovens industry
1.1 Definition and classification
1.2 Dry, wet and polymer-laid nonwovens
1.3 Market structure and development
1.4 Key companies

2. Dry-laid web formation
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Selection of raw materials for carding
2.3 Opening of fibres
2.4 Mixing and blending
etc.

3. Wet-laid web formation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Background and historical developments
3.3 Theoretical basis of wet forming
3.4 Raw materials for wet-laid nonwovens
etc.

4. Polymer-laid web formation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Resins for spunbonding and meltblowing
4.3 Spunbond fabric production
4.4 Spunbond production systems
etc.

5. Mechanical bonding
5.1 Stitch bonding: Introduction
5.2 The Mailwatt and malivilies stitch bonding systems
5.3 The malimo-stitch bonding system
5.4 Malipol
etc.

6. Thermal bonding
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Principle of thermal bonding
6.3 Raw materials
6.4 Calendar (contact) bonding
etc.

7. Chemical bonding
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Chemical binder polymers
7.3 Mechanism of chemical bonding
7.4 Methods of binder application
etc.

8. Nonwoven fabric finishing
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Wet finishing
8.3 Application of chemical finishes
8.4 Lamination
etc.

9. Characterisation, testing and modelling of nonwoven fabrics
9.1 Introduction: characterisation of nonwoven fabrics
9.2 Characterisation of fabric bond structure
9.3 Fabric weight, thickness, density and other structural parameters
9.4 General standards for testing nonwovens
etc.

References : p. 502-514 . _ Index : p. 515-530