scholarly journals Development of Needle-Punched Nonwoven Fabrics from Natural Fibers for Sound Absorption Behavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Savitha ◽  
Grace S Annapoorani ◽  
V R Sampath
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Fiber Strength ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Areal Density ◽  
Fiber Layer ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Sesbania Grandiflora ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Needle Punching Machine

: The natural fibers prepared from plant waste have parameters like fiber strength, length, and chemical composition which are suitable to fabric and the fibers into nonwoven. The selected plants were identified from their botanical names by comparing the collected samples with those of known identity in the herbarium of a botanical survey in India with their names as Sesbania grandiflora, Mutingia Calabura, and Bauhinia Purpurea. A novel Portable multi-fibre decorticator machine was fabricated and used to extract the fibers from the plant stem and barks. The extracted fibers are done physical characterization and their properties are investigated. The extracted fibers are blended with other natural fibers like jute and flax in appropriate proportions 45:45:10 and nonwoven fabrics were prepared by the needle-punching method. Three and four-layer nonwovens are produced using a needle punching machine. The developed nonwovens are tested using standard apparatus and the effect of natural fibers in areal density, thickness; bulk density, porosity, and air permeability are analyzed. In addition, thermal conductivity and sound absorption behaviour are also investigated. The sound absorption property increases concerning areal density and fabric thickness. The thermal conductivity increased by increasing the fiber layer in the fabric to evaluate its potential as a protective barrier material in non-woven face masks.

scholarly journals Investigation about the Effect of Manufacturing Parameters on the Mechanical Behaviour of Natural Fibre Nonwovens Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 2560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imen Gnaba ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Damien Soulat ◽  
Fatma Omrani ◽  
Manuela Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Behaviour ◽  
Areal Density ◽  
Nonwoven Fabric ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Thermoplastic Composites ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Composite Scale ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Manufacturing Parameters

To date, nonwoven fabrics made with natural fibres and thermoplastic commingled fibres have been extensively used in the composite industry for a wide variety of applications. This paper presents an innovative study about the effect of the manufacturing parameters on the mechanical behaviour of flax/PP nonwoven reinforced composites. The mechanical properties of nonwoven fabric reinforced composites are related directly to the ones of dry nonwoven reinforcements, which depend strongly on the nonwoven manufacturing parameters, such as the needle-punching and areal densities. Consequently, the influence of these manufacturing parameters will be analysed through the tensile and flexural properties. The results demonstrated that the more areal density the nonwoven fabric has, the more the mechanical behaviour can be tested for composites. By contrast, it has a complex influence on needle-punching density on the load-strain and bending behaviours at the composite scale.

The Analysis of Acoustic Characteristics and Sound Absorption Coefficient of Needle Punched Nonwoven Fabrics

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 155892501400900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fereshteh Shahani ◽  
Parham Soltani ◽  
Mohammad Zarrebini
Keyword(s):  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Surface Effect ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Areal Density ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Related Phenomenon ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics

Control of acoustical related phenomenon in environments, such as work place and residential homes, using various textile materials has gained paramount importance. Nonwoven fabrics in general are ideal acoustical insulator due to their high volume-to-mass ratio. This research examined acoustic characteristics of structured needle punched floor coverings in relation to fiber fineness, surface effect, punch density, areal density, and chemical bonding process. Sound absorption of the test samples was measured using the impedance tube method. Results indicate that fabrics produced from finer fibers absorb sound waves more efficiently. It was found that, samples with no surface effect enjoy the maximum sound absorption. This is followed by velour and cord surface effect samples. It was established that, higher levels of punch density and higher areal density caused the noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of the fabrics to be increased. It was also found that chemical finishing adversely affected the sound absorption property of the samples.

The Effects of Thermal Consolidation Methods on PET Nonwoven Composites for Thermal Insulation Use

2008 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching Wen Lou ◽  
Ching Wen Lin ◽  
Chia Chang Lin ◽  
S.J. Li ◽  
I.J. Tsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Aluminum Foil ◽  
Nonwoven Fabric ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Available Energy ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Thermal Consolidation ◽  
Pet Fibers

As available energy sources have grown increasingly scarce, people have started paying attention to their energy consumption. Although many methods for power generation are being actively investigated, efficient methods for solving energy problems must be based on reducing energy consumption. Thermal insulation can decrease heat energy loss and conserve energy waste, especially in the construction, transportation and industrial fields. In this study, polyester (PET) hollow fibers were blended with various ratios of low-melting-point PET fibers (10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%). The fibers were blended using opening, carding, laying and needle punching (150 needles/cm2, 225 needles/cm2 and 300 needles/cm2) to prepare PET nonwoven fabrics. The PET nonwoven fabrics were thermally plate pressed (TPP) and air-through bonding (ATB). Thermal conductivity, physical properties and air permeability were investigated to identify the influence of manufacturing parameters on the PET nonwoven fabrics. The experimental results show that needle punching density, TPP and ATB would influence the thermal conductivity of PET nonwoven fabric, because the structure of PET nonwoven fabric was changed. The optimal parameters of PET nonwoven fabric clipped with an aluminum foil was used to evaluate the influence of aluminum foil on thermal conductivity. The PET nonwoven composite in this study can be used in industrial thermal insulation applications.

The Design and Optimization of Nonwoven Composite Boards on Sound Absorption Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 365-366 ◽  
pp. 1217-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Hung Huang ◽  
Yu Chun Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Nonwoven Fabric ◽  
Polyester Fiber ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Composite Board ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Absorption Performance

This study aims to investigate the optimal value of design parameters for the sound-absorbing nonwoven composite board. The number of laminated layers and thickness of polyester fiber are viewed as the design parameters for fabricating the nonwoven composite board. The 2D, 7D and 12D polyester fibers are individually mixed with 4D low-melting point polyester fiber to produce 2D polyester nonwoven fabric (2D-PETF), 7D polyester nonwoven fabric (7D-PETF) and 12D polyester nonwoven fabric (12D-PETF) respectively. The developed nonwoven fabrics are then used to fabricate 2D-PET, 7D-PET and 12D-PET nonwoven composite boards through the multiple needle-punching and thermal bonding techniques. The sound absorption performance of each PET composite board is carefully examined. The experimental results reveal that the 7D-PET composite board with 10 laminated layers has the optimal sound absorption performance.

Manufacturing Technique and Physical Properties of Environment-Protective Composite Nonwoven Fabrics

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 154-157
Author(s):  
Jia Horng Lin ◽  
An Pang Chen ◽  
Jan Yi Lin ◽  
Ting An Lin ◽  
Ching Wen Lou
Keyword(s):  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Nonwoven Fabric ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Water Absorbency ◽  
Machine Direction ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Composite Nonwoven ◽  
Optimum Water

Rapid technical advancement threatens the earth ecology, driving people by degrees to develop green energy and green products. Tencel® fiber uses natural fibers. Products made of Tencel® fiber could be biodegraded, which solves the problems for the increasing consumptions of disposable nonwoven product. In this research, Tencel® fiber, polylactic acid (PLA) fiber, and high absorbent fiber (HAF) were used to produce Tencel®/PLA/HAF composite nonwoven fabrics. Among the nonwoven processing parameters, to increase the Tencel® fiber content helped heighten the water absorbency. When there were 80 wt% Tencel® fibers, the basis weight was 100 g/m2 and the needle-punching density was 300 needle/cm2, the Tencel®/PLA/HAF composite nonwoven fabric exhibited the optimum water absorbency in cross machine direction (CD), which was 5.0 cm. The air permeability of the Tencel®/PLA/HAF composite nonwoven fabrics reached 164.4 cm3/cm2/s when the basis weight was 100 g/m2 and the needle-punching density was 300 needle/cm2

The Primary Study on Polyester/ Polypropylene Sound-Absorption Nonwoven Fabric

2012 ◽  
Vol 554-556 ◽  
pp. 136-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Hung Huang ◽  
Ting Ting Li ◽  
Yu Chun Chuang ◽  
Ching Wen Lou ◽  
Jin Mao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Nonwoven Fabric ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Maximum Tensile Strength ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Tearing Strength

As social civilization advances, more and more people reside in the city. Consequently, the number of automobiles and locomotives increases, causing greenhouse effect and noise pollution increasingly serious. Therefore, lowering the temperature and reducing the noise in living conditions has become an urgent task, in order to save resources usage amount and to produce a low-noise dwelling environment. In this study, the sound-absorption and heat-insulation nonwoven fabrics were firstly prepared by three-dimensional crimp hollow polyester fiber (PET) fibers and Polypropylene (PP) fibers based on nonwoven processing technology, following by sound-absorption coefficient test, thermal conductivity test, as well as maximum tensile strength and maximum tearing strength tests. The results show that, 70/30 wt% PET/ PP nonwoven fabrics have the maximum tensile strength of 2.47 MPa (CD) and 1.67 MPa (MD), in addition with the maximum tearing strength of 83.96 kN/m (CD), 111.88 kN/m (MD); the 90/10 wt% PET/ PP nonwoven presents the lowest thermal conductivity coefficient of 0.0365 W/K‧m; nonwoven with three different ratios show the similar sound-absorbing curves, which all reaches the highest absorption coefficient of 0.76 at 4000 Hz.

Development, characterization and thermal performance of insulating nonwoven fabrics made from textile waste

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1167-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed EL Wazna ◽  
Ayoub Gounni ◽  
Abdeslam EL Bouari ◽  
Mustapha EL Alami ◽  
Omar Cherkaoui
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Textile Waste ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Building Insulation ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Insulation Performance

This paper reports a study on potential applicability of nonwoven samples made from textiles waste in building industries. Four nonwoven fabrics based on acrylic and wool waste were made using the needle punching technique, and tested in terms of thermo-physical properties. Results show that all developed nonwovens have an excellent insulation performance, the thermal conductivity is in the range of 0.03476–0.04877 W/(m·K); these values are comparable with that of conventional insulation materials. The lowest value of the thermal conductivity is observed for the nonwoven made from washed wool Wr (0.03476 W/m.K). In order to evaluate the thermal performance of manufactured nonwoven, a reduced-scale thermally controlled cavity was used; each wall of the cavity is outfitted with one nonwoven. The comparison is based on the outside surface temperature walls. The fixed inside surface temperature was 36 ℃; however, the outside surface temperature was less than 19 ℃. This result is in accordance with the obtained thermal conductivity values and confirms that materials based on textile waste have competitive thermal properties and could be used in building insulation materials.

Comparative Sound Absorption and Thermal Insulation Properties of Compound Fabrics

2013 ◽  
Vol 365-366 ◽  
pp. 1066-1069
Author(s):  
Jia Horng Lin ◽  
Ting Ting Li ◽  
Jan Yi Lin ◽  
Mei Chen Lin ◽  
Ching Wen Lou
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Double Layers ◽  
Thermal Bonding ◽  
Thermal Insulating ◽  
Number Of Layers ◽  
Needle Punching ◽  
Absorbing Property

The compound fabrics comprised of double layers of nonwovens and carbon fabrics were prepared by needle-punching and thermal bonding techniques. The thermal bonding and number of layers effect on thermal insulating and sound absorbing property have been discussed. The resulting compound fabrics have thermal conductivity decreases to 0.02 W/(m*K) for single layer of thermo-bonded compound fabrics and sound-absorbing coefficient reaches to 0.848 at 4000 Hz for 3-layer un-thermo-bonded fabrics .

Acoustic evaluation of Struto nonwovens and their relationship with thermal properties

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yang ◽  
Xiaoman Xiong ◽  
Rajesh Mishra ◽  
Jan Novák ◽  
Jiří Militký
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Airflow Resistance ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Acoustic Evaluation ◽  
Absorption Performance

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the sound absorption behavior and thermal properties of Struto nonwovens by establishing relationship between these properties. Seven Struto nonwoven fabrics were selected to examine the noise reduction coefficient (NRC) and average values of sound absorption coefficients ([Formula: see text]) as well as thermal properties, including thermal conductivity and thermal resistance. The Brüel and Kjær impedance tube instrument and Alambeta were used for the evaluation of acoustic and thermal properties, respectively. The influence of structural parameters on acoustic and thermal properties of Struto nonwovens were investigated and analyzed. The results showed that Struto nonwovens with higher thickness, finer fibers and higher fabric grams per square meter can provide better sound absorption performance. The effect of specific airflow resistance on sound absorption performance was also investigated. It is observed that sound absorption performance has a strong correlation with specific airflow resistance. The effect of porosity on specific airflow resistance and thermal properties was studied in detail. The result indicated that porosity has a strong correlation with specific airflow resistance and thermal properties. It was also observed that sound absorption, the NRC and [Formula: see text] have an insignificant correlation with thermal conductivity, while they are strongly correlated with thermal resistance. The correlation coefficient of the NRC with thermal resistance is 0.9835, indicating that the NRC is directly proportional to the thermal resistance of Struto nonwovens.

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