Nike (Nike) in the United States has now launched a sleeveless low-neck sweatshirt made of 75% recycled polyester fiber and using PGI's Apec spunlace technology, which is a major advancement in non-woven fabrics in clothing. It adopts ultrasonic welding and stitching, and has the function of adjusting temperature.
Evolon
There has been a breakthrough in spunlace processing technology. Miratec spunlace nonwovens from PGI and Evolon spunlace nonwovens from Freudonberg are a new generation of spunlace products capable of replacing textiles and knitwear. The broad market prospects and development directions of France have been best explained, and a new market with huge potential has been opened up for spunlace technology.
The world's largest non-woven fabric manufacturer, Freudenberg NOnwovens (Germany), launched a new type of spun-bonded filament micro-denier spunlace non-woven fabric called Evolon in February 2000. Assembly line production. This proprietary process is its third major technological breakthrough in nonwoven production (the company claims to have produced the first staple fiber nonwovens in 1948 and developed the first spunbond process in 1965). Hermann Eidel, managing director and chairman of Freudenberg, said: “The one-step production process for the fabric is comparable to the multi-step scale process required for woven and knitted fabrics. This feature, combined with the Evolo nonwoven production process, includes lamination from polymer chips Filament, after the web is formed, the composite fiber is split by the high-pressure hydroentanglement process (each composite fiber can be split into several smooth microfibers) and at the same time consolidates (entangles) the web, and finally produces a microfiber containing 0.05dtex-2.5dtex. Nonwovens of fibers. It is said that the polymer in the process filaments has a higher molecular orientation compared to conventional microfibers. Evolo spunlace nonwovens can be subjected to conventional water washing and have higher molecular orientations in all directions high tensile strength, high tear resistance, and good drape and hand. Evolo nonwovens are expected to target a broad range of durable and disposable product markets, especially the apparel market where traditional textiles dominate, including Sportswear, casual wear and work clothes for adults and children. For example, Evolo spunlace nonwovens of 70g/m2-150g/m2 can be used for T-shirts and sportswear.
Freudenberg has an Evolo pilot line in operation, and the company said an industrial line was commissioned at its plant in Colmar, France, in the summer of 2000, with plans to start another Evolo line in 2002.