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2018-03-26 10:19:46
When we talk about fabrics, the first thing that comes to mind is the soft warm cloth such as all cotton cloth, T/C fabrics, denim cloth, polyester fabric, silk fabric, wool fabric and other types of textile fabrics. In addition to these commonly-used woven fabrics, there is another type of fabric which is frequently used in our life that is non woven fabric. The items made by woven and nonwoven fabric are always accompanying us such as clothes, shopping bags, pillows, carpets and more, however, do you know the difference between woven and nonwoven fabric? Please continue reading this article and you will get an answer.
It has a long history ever since the mankind began to woven cloth with hemp and silk thousands of years ago. Along with the rapid development of textile technology, various types of material such as cotton, silk, linen, wool, chemical fiber and more have been used for weaving cloth. The woven fabric is textile formed via loom with threads woven on a warp and a weft. Through different weaving equipment and processing technology, the weft and warp threads are interlacing together according to different thickness and density.
Comparing with the woven fabric, the history of nonwoven fabric is short that it has been applied in our life since last century. Nonwoven fabric is produced with staple fiber and long fibers bonding together through chemical, mechanical, heat and other manufacturing techniques. It is a fabric that does not need to be spun and woven.
Woven and nonwoven fabric has great differences in the raw material that the woven fabric is made with cotton, wool, silk, linen, ramie, hemp, leather and etc. while the nonwoven is made out of polypropylene (abbreviated to PP), PET, PA, viscose, acrylic fibers, HDPE, PVC and etc.
Besides, the manufacturing process between woven and nonwoven fabric is also different. The woven fabric is weaved with looms by interlacing warp and weft threads, when the nonwoven fabric is directly bonding fibers together by physical means. The nonwoven has no weft and warp yarn that doesn't need to be interlaced or knitted.
Another great difference between woven and nonwoven is the durability. Usually, the woven cloth appears more durable than the nonwoven fabric, and the products made by woven fabric have longer service life. The fibers of nonwovens are arranged in a certain direction, which is easily splitted from the right angle.
It is reported that the chemical structure of polypropylene is not strong and the molecular chain can be easily broken, which means that the nonwoven fabric can be effectively degraded to the next cycle in the non-toxic form. As reported, a non-woven shopping bag can be completely decomposed within 90 days in outdoor conditions and 8 years in indoor conditions. Different to nonwoven, the woven fabric has more stable features with excellent durability that it can not be degraded naturally as fast as nonwovens.
Lastly, there are great differences in usage between woven and nonwoven fabrics. The woven fabrics are strong and structurally sound, widely used to create various kinds of clothes, bedding sets, sofa, towels and etc. The nonwoven fabric are lightweight and eco-friendly, widely used for manufacturing all sorts of recyclable or disposable items such as surgical gown, facial masks, diapers, wallpaper, industrial filters, shopping bags and so on.
As the processing technology of nonwoven fabric gets more and more advanced, the nonwovens produced by some professional non woven fabric manufacturers are more reinforced with superior strength and stability, and it plays an increasingly significant role in the worldwide fabric market. After learning the differences between woven and nonwoven fabrics, now can you distinguish the nonwovens from woven fabric?
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