Iran-Made Non-Woven Textiles Protect Plants against Impacts of Climate Change, UV Rays
“These textiles are produced with polypropylene fibers. These materials are turned into threads at a temperature of 270 degrees Celsius, and by twisting these threads into each other, they are spun on a screen, and finally, the spond bond fabric is formed,” Zahra Sobhdoust, the head of the research and development (R&D) department of the company.
“This product is used in the cosmetic and health industry as a covering layer for sanitary pads and in the food industry as moisture absorbent pads to absorb meat blood. It is also used in the medical industry to prepare masks, clothes, and underlays for the patient, and using them as hand bags and underlays are other applications of these non-woven fabrics,” she added.
“These textiles are more environmentally friendly than nylon. Nylon takes 6,000 years to decompose in nature while this takes 300 years for non-woven fabrics,” Sobhdoust said.
“These non-woven textiles have been used as anti-UV in agriculture and they can be applied as a cover for trees to protect them from sunlight,” she noted.
Non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment.
The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt, which are neither woven nor knitted.
Some non-woven materials lack sufficient strength unless densified or reinforced by a backing. In recent years, non-wovens have become an alternative to polyurethane foam.
4155/v
