High Oil-absorptive Composites Prepared from Non-woven Fiber and Sponges with 4-tert- butylstyrene-EPDM-divinylbenzene Graft Polymer

4-tert-butylstyrene-EPDM-divinylbenzene graft terpolymer (PBED) was prepared by graft cross-polymerization in toluene using BPO as an initiator. The gel-PBED and solPBED were isolated from extraction of tetrahydrofuran (THF), and then they were identified by IR spectroscopy. The maximum oil-absorptivity of gel-PBED produced from the optinum reaction conditions was 8 420% but its swelling rate was very low. The highest oil-absorptivity of photocrosslinked sol-PBED film was 5 800%. Although its oil absorbency was not as high as gel-PBED' s, swelling rate was higher than that of gelPBED and was suitable for commercial purpose. After swelling in oil, neither gel PBED nor photocrosslinked sol-PBED film having high oil-absorptivity had sufficient mechanical strength to be taken out of oil wholly. As is known, composite technique is one of the useful methods for reinforcing them. Fibers, sponges and non-woven cloths were used as reinforcers or supporters in this work. Oil-absorptivities and swelling kinetics were evaluated by method ASTM (F726 - 81 ) and an experimental equation. The mechanical properties and the morphologies of some composites were measured by tensile tester and SEM , respectively.

Comparative Study of Polypropylene Non-Woven Surgical Mask and Locally Manufactured Woven and Knitted Fabrics Facial Masks

The outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in the demand for facemasks globally. Unavailability of appropriate polypropylene non-woven fabrics face masks as a result of inadequate supply to satisfy the growing population has brought about the manufacturing of locally fabrics masks to augment or substitute standard medical class facemasks. The study aims at analyzing airflow of these locally manufactured fabrics to determine possible means of transmitting the virus as well as establish comfort of the user of these masks. Standard polypropylene non-woven, woven and knitted fabrics were considered for the study. Air permeability test was conducted on these fabrics using Frazier Air permeability tester. Depending on the property significant variation in the textile fabrics, polypropylene non-woven is widely accepted for facial masks. Nevertheless, this study illustrates that woven and knitted fabrics have more open structures, which allow a high rate of air penetration and so may require two or three layers to prevent antimicrobial or antiviral potential.

A STUDY OF THE SPECIMEN SIZE OF STRIP TENSILE TEST FOR NEEDLE-PUNCHED NON-WOVEN GEOTEXTILES

In this paper,the failure features of strip tensile specimen were observed and analysed for need-le-punched non-woven geotextiles.A mechanical model which expresses the relation between thetensile modulus,the strip specimen size,contraction factor and the tensile strength of non-wovenfabric was derived.The theoretical prediction showed that the main factor influencing tensilestrength of non-woven geotextile specimens with different size is the contraction factor of specimenor the specimen aspect ratio(width/length).The larger the aspect ratio,the higher the tensilestrength test value of geotextiles,but the experiments showed that the specimen tensile strength isnot increased with increasing the width of specimen.The reason was discussed and it seemed thatthe deviation could be served as an indication of the degree of imperfectness of the non-wovenstructure.

Preparation of UV-curable Nano-silver Antimicrobial Agent and Its Application in Non-woven Fabric

Nano-silver and waterborne polyurethane(WPU)composite emulsion was synthesized.The average diameter of silver nanoparticles(SNPs)was about 20 nm,and the average diameter of WPU was 101.32 nm.The anti-bacteria finishing of a polypropylene non-woven fabric(NWF)was carried out by ultraviolet finishing technology and the double dipping twin-roll method.The standard AATCC100 was used to test the antimicrobial activity of the samples.The results showed that the antimicrobial rates of Klebsiella pneumoniae(K.pneumoniae)and Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)were above 90%,which indicated that the NWF finishing had good antimicrobial activity.In addition,the thermal stability,mechanical properties,whiteness and contact angle of antimicrobial finishing nonwovens were characterized.The results showed that the performance of antimicrobial nonwovens was stable at 300℃.The breaking strength was better than that of untreated nonwovens,and the contact angle reached 119.1°.

Hygrothermal/UV Aging Effect on Visual Aspect and Mechanical Properties of Non-Woven Natural-Fiber Composites

This work aims at studying the effect of hygrothermal and UV cyclic aging on the tensile properties and esthetic characteristics of non-woven composites.The composite materials were thermo-compressed from non-woven mats made up of PP and flax or kenaf fibers.This works included evaluating the change in color appearance and analyzing the variations in tensile properties and damage mechanisms,depending on the aging time.The presence of the UV protection film on the composite surface showed its effectiveness against aging.From visual observations and measurement of colorimetric parameters,it has been proved effective in the reduction of the bleaching and yellowing of the composites.As regards the tensile tests,the UV protection film enabled to stabilize the Young’s modulus after 1-week aging for Kenaf/PP and after 3-weeks for Flax/PP.After 4-weeks aging,it halved the number of acoustic emission events related to interfacial decohesion and fiber slippage/pull out for Flax/PP and Kenaf/PP composites.

A Cell-Based Smoothed Finite Element Method for Modal Analysis of Non-Woven Fabrics

The combination of a 4-node quadrilateral mixed interpolation of tensorial components element(MITC4)and the cell-based smoothed finite element method(CSFEM)was formulated and implemented in this work for the analysis of free vibration and unidirectional buckling of shell structures.This formulation was applied to numerous numerical examples of non-woven fabrics.As CSFEM schemes do not require coordinate transformation,spurious modes and numerical instabilities are prevented using bilinear quadrilateral element subdivided into two,three and four smoothing cells.An improvement of the original CSFEM formulation was made regarding the calculation of outward unit normal vectors,which allowed to remove the integral operator in the strain smoothing operation.This procedure conducted both to the simplification of the developed formulation and the reduction of computational cost.A wide range of values for the thickness-to-length ratio and edge boundary conditions were analysed.The developed numerical model proved to overcome the shear locking phenomenon with success,revealing both reduced implementation effort and computational cost in comparison to the conventional FEM approach.The cell-based strain smoothing technique used in this work yields accurate results and generally attains higher convergence rate in energy at low computational cost.

Use of Polypropylene Non-woven as Sorbent of Oil Small

In this work, the mechanical tensile and elongation properties and the non-woven polypropylene flammability were evaluated, with variations of gratings, compared to non-woven fabrics prepared with thermo film and TNT （fabric non-fabric）, for applications such as geotextile sorption of oil spills. The results showed high values of tensile strength for non-woven fabric prepared for application as geotextile, improving the mechanical properties of rupture.

Beijing Dayuan Non-woven Fabric Co.Ltd

Situated in the Shilong Industrial District of Mentougou, Beijing, the Beijing Dayuan Non-woven Fabric Co. Ltd is a Sino-foreign joint venture producing non-woven fabrics, set up in 1991.

Modelling the Influence of Air Jet Configurations on Non-Woven Steel Fibre Mixing in the Melt Overflow Process

The mixing of non-woven steel fibres in melt overflow process for use in automotive muffler systems was simulated. The aim was to identify optimum parameters for achieving a good fibre mix. Numerical models of mixing chambers of melt overflow process were developed. Multiphysics analyses involving heat transfer, fluid flow and particle tracking were carried out using COMSOL code. The influence of air jet configurations on the fibre distribution was studied. The fibres settled on the moving bed within the mixing chamber were examined for their uniformity. The effect of additional air jets to the existing chamber in a range of regions was explored. An optimum configuration was identified by analyzing the compactness of the particle clusters deposited in the simulation and validated using pixel data acquired from real time imaging. The results showed that by employing dual air jets at the front end of the chamber, the density of the fibre material has improved. We conclude that through multi-physics modelling, it was possible to identify the optimum air-jet configurations leading to fibre uniformity and its distribution. This work also paves the way for incorporating a vision system to evaluate fibre density in real time.

Cost analysis and comparison of plain cotton and disposable non-woven treatment towels

Objective: To choose a reasonably priced and low-cost treatment towel suitable for clinical application of hospital so as to reduce the cost of the hospital and make a reasonable use of resources through the cost analysis and comparison of the plain cotton and disposable non-woven treatment towels. Methods: The cost of the single pack plain cotton towel and disposable non-woven towel were analyzed and at the same time, 49185 packs of plain cotton towels which were the total consumption quantity of our hospital in 2017 and the same quantity of disposable non-woven towers were analyzed in the cost for comparison. Results:A single pack of disposable non-woven towel was RMB 2.50 cheaper than the plain cotton towel and the use of disposable non-woven towel can save the cost of RMB 2.50 per pack. In 2017, 49185 packs of plain cotton towel were used in total, which cost RMB 122962.50 less than the same quantity of disposable non-woven towels and using the disposable non-woven towel could save RMB 122962.50 annually. Conclusion: Compared with the plain cotton towel, the non-woven shares the advantages of none flocculation, longer storage time and better antibacterial effect as well as the material, cleaning and labor costs-saving. The cost of the disposable non-woven treatment towel is lower than that of the reusable plain cotton towel. Therefore, it is recommended to use the disposable non-woven treatment towel.

Non-wovens Satisfy the Textile Industry at the Beginning of 2006

The economic performance of China’s non-woven industry in the first two months of

Non-woven Industry Weaves a Beautiful Pattern

As one of the three backbone con- sumptions (apparel, home-textile, tech- textile or industrial applications), non- woven textile industry performed well in 2005, but problems still remain. An official from the State Development and Reform Commission - China’s top planner, mapped out economic blue- prints for this fast-growing sector in 2006.

Fabrication of Non-woven Fabric-Based SERS Substrate for Direct Detection of Pesticide Residues in Fruits

In surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS),flexible substrate plays an important role in target molecular collection from various shape surfaces and increases the analytical sensitivity.In this study,silver nanoparticles(Ag NPs)were deposited on a non-woven fabric used as an SERS substrate by self-assembly,in situ growing or the self-assembly/in situ growing combination method.4-Aminothiophenol was selected as a model molecular for the evaluation of the SERS performance using the substrates.The Ag NPs substrate prepared by self-assembly/in situ growing method presented the best Raman enhancement effect and its enhancement factor was estimated as high as 3.59106.The substrate was applied to the determination of four pesticide residues on the surfaces of fruit samples through wipe sampling,and the results revealed the good reproducibility of SERS responses and high detection sensitivity.The prepared flexible substrate was simple to fabricate and environmentally friendly.It could be expected to be a useful tool in rapid on-site test of pesticide residues on fruit surfaces because of its high sensitivity,convenience and non-destructive characteristics.

A new kind of resin-based wet friction material:Non-woven fabrics with isotropic fiber networks as preforms

As an alternative to short fibers,non-woven fabrics(NWFs)were made using different types of long fibers to optimize the performance of paper-based friction materials and their technology.In this investigation,the fillers and resin were impregnated into these NWFs to prepare three kinds of wet friction material.The tribological,mechanical,and thermal properties of the new wet friction material were studied.The results indicate that the dynamic friction coefficient of the new friction material is approximately 0.12 and the static friction coefficient is approximately 0.15;the better wear rate is 0.81334×10^(-14)m^(3)·(N·m)^(-1).In addition,the temperature for 10%mass loss yielded 100°C enhancement and the tensile strength was improved by 200%,compared to previously reported values.Most importantly,the advantages include a simple preparation flow,low cost,and resource conservation.This is a promising approach for the future development of paper-based friction materials.

Efficient removal of tetracycline in water by a novel chemical and biological coupled system with non-woven cotton fabric as carrier

As a novel wastewater treatment strategy,the intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation(ICPB)has been attracted attention,which is ascribed to its combination of the advantages of photocatalytic reactions and biological treatment.The selection of carriers is important since it affects the stability of the system and the removal efficiency of pollutants.In this study,a novel ICPB system was successfully constructed by loading photocatalytic materials(i.e.,TiO_(2),N-TiO_(2),and Ag-TiO_(2))and microbes onto non-woven cotton fabric.The photocatalysts were characterized by scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectrometer(SEM-EDS),X-ray diffraction(XRD)and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).This system exhibited good performance in degrading tetracycline(TC)in water.The results showed that Ag-TiO_(2)-ICPB had the maximum removal efficiency of tetracycline(94.7%)in 5 h,which was 16.5%higher than the photocatalysis alone.After five cycles,82.9%of tetracycline could be still degraded through Ag-TiO_(2)-ICPB.SEM spectrum showed microbes on the material changed little before and after the reactions.This result implied the materials were stable,and then beneficial for degrading of pollutants continuously.The intermediates were detected through ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer(UPLC-MS)and the plausible degradation pathways were proposed.Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)analysis showed·OH and O_(2)·-were the main reactive oxygen species for TC degradation.In conclusion,the ICPB system with non-woven cotton fabric as a carrier has certain application prospects for antibiotic-containing wastewater.

Flexible and Reusable Non-woven Fabric Photodetector Based on Polypyrrole/Crystal Violate Lactone for NIR Light Detection and Writing

Rapid NIR light detection and/or writing has drawn much attention,but their practical applications have been limited by obtaining such NIR photodetectors.To address this problem,we have developed a simple and versatile strategy to prepare a non-woven fabric photodetector.The blue non-woven fabric photodetector has been prepared by coating photo-thermochromic ink(including crystal violet lactone(CVL)as the thermo-sensitive dye,polypyrrole(PPy)nanospheres as the photothermal component and hydroxyethyl cellulose(HEC)as the polymer matrix)on white non-woven fabric.When the blue fabric photodetector is irradiated by NIR(808-nm as model,0.75 W cm^(−2))laser,the discoloration occurs in 35 s,and higher laser intensity confers more rapid discoloration.This discoloration results from the photothermal effect of PPy which confers the elevation of temperature(>50℃)and then converts CVL to its leuco form(colorless).When the laser is turned off,the temperature drops to below the transition temperature(<43℃),and then CVL reverts to its initial blue color.Moreover,different figures and images can be easily printed on the fabric photodetector by 808 nm laser,and then they can be erased automatically under ambient conditions,with excellent cycling stability.Therefore,this fabric photodetector may act as a new platform for rapid NIR light detection and writing.

Non-woven cotton fabric based intimately coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation system for efficient removal of Cu(Ⅱ)complex in water

The efficient remediation of heavy metal complexes in water has become a difficult and challenging task owing to their high stability and strong mobility.In this study,a novel strategy was employed for highly efficient removal of Cu-citrate by using intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation(ICPB)system with non-woven cotton fabric as a carrier.Experimental results showed that the ICPB system caused94%Cu removal,which was higher than those of single photocatalysis.After 5 cycles,Cu removal efficiency could still reach 78%within 5 h.The existence of 0–40 mg/L citrate had negligible influence,whereas the presence of 60–100 mg/L citrate exhibited a limited adverse effect on Cu removal(~70%).The decomplexation of Cu-citrate was realized via the function of free radicals and microorganisms.Two main processes,such as bio-adsorption of Cu^(2+) by microorganisms,deposition of Cu^(0) on the surface of material,played important role in Cu removal from aqueous solution.The dominant microorganisms in the system were Proteobacteria,Actinobacteria,Bacteroidetes,Chloroflexi,Chlorophyta,Planctomycetes,and Verrucomicrobia.Furthermore,the performance of ICPB system was also validated through treatment of other heavy metal complexes.This study provided a feasible strategy for the decontamination of heavy metal complexes in wastewater.

Composite polymer electrolyte membranes supported by non-woven fabrics for lithium-ion polymer batteries

Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropyle- ne) (PVDF-HFP) is one of the most popular polymers for polymer electrolyte membranes because of its excellent oper- ating characteristics and superior electrochemical properties. The electrochemical performances of polymer electrolyte membrane can be enhanced by evenly dispersing nano-meter SiO2 particles in the polymer. In this paper, non-woven fab- rics were immersed in the mixed solution of PVDF-HFP/ SiO2/butanone/butanol/plasticizer, and then dried in a vac- uum oven to remove the solvents and the plasticizer and to make porous composite polymer electrolyte membranes. The prepared composite membranes supported by non-woven fabrics boast good mechanical strength and excellent elec- trochemical properties: the electrochemical stability window is 4.8 V vs. Li+/Li, and the ionic conductivity is 3.35×10?4 S/cm (around 60% of that of a common PE membrane) at room temperature. The lithium-ion polymer battery assem- bled by the composite membrane exhibits high rate capabil- ity and excellent cycling performance.

多色无纺布包装材料在手术器械灭菌管理中的应用效果

目的:分析多色无纺布包装材料在手术器械灭菌管理对手术周转效率、手术器械准备情况及外科医护人员与患者满意度等影响。方法:选取2016年3月至2021年12月首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院消毒供应中心的31589件手术器械,根据管理方法不同,将2016年3月至2019年1月的71007例手术患者及患者使用的16224件手术器械纳入对照组,采用传统的纱棉布包包装手术器械管理方法。将2019年2月至2021年12月的62548例手术患者及患者使用的15365件手术器械纳入观察组,采用多色无纺布包装材料手术器械管理方法,比较两组手术周转效率、手术器械准备情况及患者与外科医护人员的使用管理满意度。结果:观察组患者手术的入室时间、入室-切皮时间、接台手术入室-切皮时间及手术延误率均低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(t=52.681、37.167、72.524,χ^(2)=9.605,P<0.05)。与对照组比较,观察组外出送物品次数、装配错误和器械丢失明显降低,器械完好件数明显提高,差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=107.345、11.782、8.727、66.223,P<0.05);观察组患者及医护人员器械使用管理的满意度显著高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(t=100.723、6.756,P<0.05)。结论:手术器械运用多色无纺布包装材料有助于提高手术周转率,通过降低外出送物品次数、装配错误及器械丢失提高消毒供应中心工作效率,改善外科医护人员与患者对手术器械多色无纺布包装材料的满意度。