Paint bays can clean up with NanoWave
A global manufacturer of business and civilian jets is achieving considerable energy savings as a result of the use of the nanofibre-layered NanoWave nonwoven filter media manufactured by Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V).
The company had previously been burdened with the cost and disruption of frequent filter changeovers at one of its US dry-paint spray booth facilities, H&V reports. Overspray paint is collected in bag filters which periodically need to be replaced to ensure a consistent flow across the paint bay. Obliged by law to comply with proper disposal procedures for hazardous waste, the facility experienced eight used filter set changeovers a year at $11,000 each.
DuPont is introducing its Sorona renewably sourced polymer into the insulation market.
Cooley Group, Dow Chemical, Rainier Industries and Shade Worldwide are working on a fabric wrap that will encircle London’s Olympic Stadium during the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.
Leading carpet manufacturer Desso is planning to build a closed loop, cradle-to-cradle manufacturing plant in the UK in 2012 – with five times the capacity of its existing site in the Netherlands.
Environmental performance is a complex issue, and as far as fibres are concerned, synthetics such as polyester and polypropylene are often the best solution.
There is major movement in the European nonwovens machinery industry, with Andritz AG in talks to purchase NSC nonwoven and Oerlikon Neumag proposing to sell its significant carding operations to Chinese company Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Nonwoven Technology.
Scientists at Batelle – one of the world’s largest independent research and development organisations headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA – continue to work on a soybean-based replacement for part of the superabsorbent polymer (SAP) content of diapers and other hygienic disposables.
Huafon Microfibre (Shanghai), one of the largest producers of synthetic leather in China, has purchased six complete needling installations from Germany’s DiloGroup for the production of high quality synthetic leather from islands-in-the-sea microfibres.
Leading car manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, Mitsubishi and Toyota are now taking advantage of the properties of vertically lapped nonwoven fabrics.
Recycling can be much more than just reclaiming raw materials – Italy’s Canalair is a specialist in ensuring a nonwovens plant runs at maximum efficiency – in terms of:
