Professionals in nonwovens and engineered materials will now have the latest nonwoven material options at their fingertips with the launch of INDA’s Nonwoven Material Sampler & Guide, a unique educational and technical resource with 124 material samples to touch and compare.
Updated, in its 6th edition, this valuable educational tool presents the latest developments, processes, and types of materials now available to professionals involved in developing, specifying, designing, procurement, and processing nonwovens.
The 178-page book contains more than double the material swatches from the previous Sampler as well as educational content on the nonwoven processes & 38 illustrations.
“We are pleased to release the latest and more inclusive edition of the Nonwoven Material Sampler & Guide that serves as a valuable visual and tactile tool for discussions and comparisons of nonwoven materials,” as the INDA President Dave Rousse said. “Using this educational resource will help project teams evaluate material solutions for their needs, make more informed decisions, and bring new items to market in shorter time and more efficiently.”
Guide overview
This insightful guide provides an overview of the products, markets, processes, web formation, bonding techiques, basis weight, raw materials, and bonding methods in an easy-to-learn overview format.
It also details nonwoven processes and definitions, typical end-uses, and processing steps and benefits, making it ideal for both industry beginner and advanced professionals in product development, engineering, design, sales, and marketing.
With the Sampler & Guide, project teams can easily examine the basis weights(GSM), bonding techniques, different web formations, fibers/resins used, and to understand the differences between each of these unique materials. The samples from the book represent the nonwoven industry processes in a wide range of weights/grams per square meter from 4~1700 gsm.
This critical tool covers the following 5 areas:
Nonwovens – Markets and products, process, web formation overview, and bonding methods overview
Staple Fiber – wet-laid, air-laid short fiber , and drylaid (stitch bond, needle punch, thermal bond, hydro-entanglement, chemical bond)
Resin – Spunlaid (meltblown, spunbond, spunmelt, as well as other spunlaid processes)
Other materials –industry supporting materials & nonwoven composites
Appendices – a list of contributors, table of materials, nonwoven definitions, and end-use classifications
For more details, you can purchase online from the INDA official site https://imisw.inda.org/store/detail.aspx?id=MATERIAL21 .
