Nonwovens by Freudenberg Performance Materials are manufactured using state of the art technologies. These technical textiles are perfect for a large number of applications and markets including the automotive, apparel construction and medical industries. The portfolio includes drylaid, spunlaid and meltblown and wetlaid nonwovens. With high technical ability and a wide range of clients in varied industries, Freudenberg Performance Materials is your ideal partner for nonwoven technologies.
Freudenberg Peformance Materials has been called for this expertise by a range of industry types around the world. This includes top firms in the chemical, geotextile, feminine hygiene, and medical industries. Automotive specialists have called upon Freudenberg Performance Materials needle-punched nonwovens for innovative cargo covers. Nonwoven materials from Freudenberg Performance Materials can be found within the energy industry for light diffusion and battery cell technologies.
This is how wetlaid nonwovens are made
In the wetlaid process, staple fibers of up to 12 mm fiber length, very often mixed with viscose or wood pulp, are suspended in water, using large tanks. Afterwards the water-fiber- or the water-pulp-dispersion is pumped and continuously deposited on a forming wire. The water is sucked off, filtered and recycled. Besides synthetic fibers, glas ceramic and carbon fibers can be processed.
To distinguish wetlaid nonwovens from wetlaid papers more than 30% by mass of its fibrous content is made up of fibers with a length to diameter ratio greater than 300, its density is less than 0.40 g/cm3.