3 unexpected uses of nonwoven!

Nonwoven is an incredibly versatile material whose properties can be adjusted and altered. Most of us know nonwovens from furniture, building materials, face masks, nappies, wipes and pads. But here are three examples of slightly more odd areas of use for nonwoven.

Lines in the hockey rink

Colored nonwoven can be used for the outlines in hockey. Strips of viscose nonwoven are then laid out and frozen into the ice. It is nonwoven in viscose that is preferred for this application as it absorbs water, which causes the strips to sink down. If a plastic-based nonwoven was used, it would float and wouldn’t freeze. Viscose can also be frozen without being damaged.

Above all, viscose based spunbond is used.

Reinforcement of the shoe's eyelets

Nonwoven can be used in tape or as an intermediate layer that reinforce the eyelets that holds the shoe laces, so that the holes do not stretch. Many eyelets in shoes are subjected to great stress. As nonwoven can have a strong tensile strength and resistance to moisture, it works very well to reinforce the eyelets in shoes.

It is often fiberglass, spunbond, chemically bonded or thermally bonded nonwoven that is used to reinforce eyelets in shoes.

Insulation for cables

Nonwoven can be used in water-blocking tape wrapped around cables for electricity and communication. The tape can be designed to be both conductive and non-conductive. The fact that nonwoven is also porous means that the air between the fibers has a temperature-insulating effect, which means that the cable is not exposed to such large temperature differences.

In electrical products, meltblown, spunbond, or drylaid are often used as chemically bonded or thermally bonded nonwoven.

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