MIAMI - For the first time since their merger in 2020, Freudenberg Performance Materials, Low & Bonar, and Filc shared their latest technical textile solutions together at last week's IDEA exhibition.
As a unique selling point, the three companies together say they work with the broadest technology platform on the market which enables the leading manufacturers of performance materials to equip technical textiles with an unparalleled variety of properties.
With Evolon RE, for example, Freudenberg offered an even more sustainable version of its high-performance microfilament textiles. Evolon RE is manufactured from an average of 70% recycled polyester, which the company makes by recycling post-consumer PET bottles in-house. Evolon RE is available for various applications, including high-tech wiping and technical packaging, in weights currently ranging from 80g/sqm to 300g/sqm. Evolon RE offers the same high quality and material performance as all other Evolon textiles.
Also on show was Colback Plus, which is a pleatable medium with a built-in filtration capacity layer for use as a carrier in the manufacturing of cabin air, room air and HVAC filters. In Colback Plus, the well-known performance characteristics of Colback nonwovens support media – ensuring low pressure drop and high pleat stiffness – are combined with a unique fine fibre technology leading to a unique filtration product with outstanding performance characteristics, creating new capabilities for manufacturing and added value to customers.
Visitors were also able to explore the latest Dripstop technology. When the temperature and humidity conditions reach the dew point, moisture condenses on the underside of uninsulated metal roof. If there is a lot of condensation, drops of water form and start to fall causing damage to the contents below.
The traditional method for dealing with condensation is to try and insulate the roof so that the temperature on the panel never reaches the dew point. The roof panel with Dripstop anti-condensation membrane provides a medium for trapping this moisture in the specially designed pockets formed in the membrane. Dripstop holds that moisture until conditions go back below the dew point and it is released back into the air in the form of normal humidity.
