The experience of nonwovens

When:

20 February 2013

16:00 Hour - 21:30 Hour

Event organizer:Industrial Design

Description

the experience of...' is a series of meetings where one material is highlighted each time. MaterialDesign is organising 'The experience of nonwovens' on 20 February 2013. Nonwovens are a category of textile materials that are neither woven nor knitted. Unlike the traditional manufacture of a textile fabric, no yarn is therefore used, but the material is laid directly as a fibre or filament in a nonwoven and then stitched together. In the process, the fibres or filaments may or may not be oriented (directed or undirected webs). The structure can be very different. It varies from barely to very intensely bonded, supple to stiff, compact to high-voluminous. (Source: Wikipedia)

Nonwovens are used in very many different applications. Major applications include: clothing (Alcantara), sanitary towels and nappies, mops, cleaning cloths, chamois, disposable surgery sheets, clothing and protective equipment, filtration, insulation materials, backing for (car) carpets, etc.

Several years ago, MaterialDesign organised meetings on the themes "the experience of technical textiles" (Van Wees, Tilburg) and "the experience of felt" (Nevima, Amersfoort). In fact, both were about nonwovens, but very specifically.

Host of this meeting is Lantor in Veenendaal, a leading company in the field of high-quality industrial applications of nonwovens.

More information in the article in Product of October 2012, follow link below

16.00:00 Reception canteen Lantor BV
16:30 Tour of factory
17:10 Opening by Wim Poelman, chairman MaterialDesign Foundation
17:15 Technical background of nonwovens: Lantor Products (Sebastiaan Weij)
18.00 hours Art with nonwovens (Jacky Howard)
18.30 hours Food
19.15 hours Utec Plastics (Mark van Loon)
19.45 hours New developments Lantor (Boris van der Kolk)
20.15 hours Discussion led by Wim Poelman
21.15 hours Closing
21.30 hours End