TEK 301E - Nonwoven Technology

Course Objectives

To teach the students,
1. nonwoven production methods and product properties,
2. how to determine the end-use according to nonwoven type.
3. the current situation of nonwoven industry in Turkey and in the world.

Course Description

Types, properties, production methods, end-uses of nonwovens; raw materials used in the production of nonwovens (polymers, fibers, binders). Web formation methods; dry-laying (mechanical, aerodynamic, mechanical-aerodynamic combination), wet-laying, spunlaying (spunbonding, meltblown, elektrospinning). Web consolidation methods; mechanical (needlepunching, stitchbonding, spunlacing), thermal (calender, hot through-air, infrared, ultrasonic), chemical (impregnation, printing, foam, spraying). Web finishing methods (chemical and mechanical). Current situation of nonwoven industry in Turkey and the world.