Non-Woven Fabric Finishing

Here at Feathtouch the production of Non-Woven fabrics is carried out as either a continuous process, with fiber or resin as the input material and a roll of fabric as output. Correspondingly, fabric finishing is carried out either in tandem with web formation and consolidation or, as a series of batch processes. Off-line as a separate operation. This mainly depends on the type of finishing required.

Slitting and Winding are common finishing processes for all Non-Woven fabrics that are produced in roll form. Fundamentally, roll width is determined at the slitting operation, and roll length is determined at the winding operation. Non-Woven roll goods dimensions are varied to accommodate the fabric end-use application or subsequent conversion processes. Here at Feathtouch we have all types of slitters (i.e. pressure slitting for end cutting, to rotating cutters for heavy felt cutting, to continuous cutters for the Non-Woven slitting etc)

Non-Woven may be given one or more of a variety of other finishing processes as a means of enhancing fabric performance or aesthetic properties. Performance properties include functional characteristics such as moisture regain and transport, absorbency, or repellency; flame retardancy; electrical response; abrasion resistance; and frictional behavior. Aesthetic properties include various attributes such as appearance, surface texture, color, and odor.

Generically, at Feathtouch the Non-Woven finishing processes can be categorized as being either chemical, thermal-mechanical. Chemical finishing involves the application of chemical agents as coatings to fabric surfaces or the impregnation of fabrics with chemical additives or fillers. This is done to achieve the above-mentioned specific properties. Thermal-mechanical finishing such as Embossing involves altering fabric dimensions or physical properties through the use of heat and pressure. We produce Shoe lining material by this process. The needled punched felts are singed to produce the filter bags for the cement industry.

Finishing may also be viewed as an auxiliary means for providing Non-Woven with additional application-dependent chemical and/or physical properties. Essentially, finishing processes render value-added structures with technically sophisticated properties for specific end-use applications.