2. Fibers for nonwovens

2.1 Type of material

The special feature of nonwovens is the great versatility of their manufacturing processes. They can be made from natural, artificial or synthetic fibers. They can also be used on the scale of polymer granules. We can therefore imagine developing nonwoven textile structures from wool fibers blended with polypropylene and cellulose.

Table 1 provides a non-exhaustive summary of the different types of material used in the nonwovens industry