Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Printing
Raw materials for nonwovens The raw materials used in production of nonwovens, summarised in Table 1, can be divided into three main categories: Natural fibres Synthetic fibres Special fibres Table 1. Different types of natural, synthetic and special fibres used in production of nonwovens. Natural fibres Synthetic fibres Special fibres Cellulose (kraft) Cotton Flax
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Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
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This page has been updated 09.11.2020