Spunlace technology is hydroentangled bonding of a carded web. Basically, a carded web is formed from various fibers and then the formed web is entangled (bonded) by streams of high pressure water jets. Spunlace is a growing technology in the nonwovens field and has become the preferred fabric for Wipes but also growing in technical and durable applications.

Crosslapping gives more strength to the fabric and the MD/CD ratio will be very close to 1:1. The difference to parallel spunlace is that crosslapper equipment will form the web by laying down the carded fiber at a 90 degree angle to the belt direction, with a back and forth motion over the width of the belt. By varying the belt’s speed, the web’s fiber orientation is adjusted including the web’s thickness.

End Uses:

• Artificial leather backing
• Automotive (headliners and other apps)
• Dry Wipes
• Medical
• Filtration
• Wet Wipes
• Coating substrates
• Depilation pads
• Shoe components
• Building material