Cotton-Surfaced Nonwovens for Short-Wear-Cycle Apparel

Abstract

Cotton-surfaced nonwovens have been developed with cotton on one side or both sides of a core structure in which the cotton content varies from 41-75% of the fabric weight. The thermally bonded two or three layered laminates are soft but strong and have a hand similar to cotton knits or hydroentangled fabrics. The fabrics have also demonstrated excellent wetting, wicking rates, water adsorption and water retention properties. Although these novel fabrics have notable flexibility and extensibility as produced, a post-treatment process provides the fabrics with instantaneous elastic recoveries ranging from 83-93% from an extension of 50%. The fabrics exhibit minimal linting characteristics and would be suitable as medical isolation gowns, head covers and shoe covers, bed sheets, pillow cases and for consumer applications such as disposable underwear, towels, wipers and personal hygiene products.

Analysis of Ultrasonic Seam Tensile Properties of Thermal Bonded Nonwoven Fabrics

“…These medical nonwovens are invaluable in products as drape sheets, surgical gowns, adult pads and underpads of nonwoven structures. Nonwovens are easily processable textile surfaces in apparel industry for specific end uses and it provides great convenience in storage and identification, equipment, labor and inventory [24,25]. Also nonwovens provide relatively inexpensive, lightweight and effective protection [26].…”

Nonwoven technology for cotton

“…23,24 A schematic showing the introduction of a cotton/PP carded web with a spun laid fabric to produce thermally bonded composite webs during the thermal bonding process is shown in Fig. 16.12.…”

Adhesion and Binding in Nanofibrous Materials

“…The filaments are then cooled and collected as a web onto a moving screen. Melt-blowing can produce fine fibers with diameters in micrometers [20]. Multi-component fibers can be formed by the 'islands-in-the-sea' technique using a standard spunbond process with specialized spinnerets.…”