Non-woven products feature the future of non-woven wipes for skin

Convenience has always been an important reason for the success of wet wipes. The other main feature for users is performance, whether it is cleaning the baby's butt, removing makeup or any other target task. Now more than ever, the continued market growth performance of wet wipes skin contact has driven their way. Today's nonwovens, in these two specialty and commodity categories, combined with additives, also offer more possibilities and growth potential. According to Rory Holmes, the president of INDA Nonwovens Association, 'We estimate that the nonwovens used in wet wipes are about 280,000 tons. The category of consumer wipes, babies, individuals, and families has grown astonishing: five times in the past 15 years, what is the original baby wipes now has three parts: the baby is 29% of the dollar, the family of the dollar, 45% and the individual, 26% of the dollar. Consumer wet wipes have grown by nearly 10% every year in the past ten years'. This year, innovation is back stronger than ever. 'The wipes exploded, even after a significant slowdown affected by the recent economic recession, it has begun to resume growth,' said Rick Jezzi, a consultant. The wet tissue market has moved far beyond worries, they are'icing on the cake' to'must have' products. Wet wipes deliver the function of building customer loyalty, especially for the benefits of skin contact. Basic functional nonwovens Due to its special fiber content and processing methods, nonwovens have shown a wide range of functional wet wipes. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. In addition, wet wipes made from nonwoven substrates often compete with products that are generally more economical. Therefore, these comparisons are useful as a starting point. When it comes to the contact of wet wipes to the skin, spunlace (also called spunlace) nonwovens have become the leading fabric choice. According to Rory Holmes’ total 280,000, the largest part of spunlace fabrics including non-woven wipes is 146,000 tons. 'Material designers continue to dial into spunlace nonwovens based on fiber suppliers, equipment manufacturers and converters supporting new features. Want more absorption? Use more cellulose content. Looking to attract consumers with the tried-and-tested soft hands and reputation? Choose the cotton content. Is intensity important? Various synthetic fibers will provide this value. and many more. Considering the special needs of medical treatment, the attributes of wet wipes are the most important sales success. According to Rick Jezzi, the details are given', more disposable wipe applications in the field of infection control commercialization. Non-woven fabrics used in this field are often selected because they should be affected by cost and functionality. One type of nonwoven substrate that seems to be gaining popularity is the increase in the amount of spunmelts (spunbond, meltblown, SMS). 'Typically, these substrates are not well pre-moistened with wipe materials that can absorb and retain large liquid volume differences,' Jezzi said. 'In many medical alcohol swabs, antibacterial and disinfectant wipes, this is not always necessary. Their more economical cost structure and their high strength and wear resistance make them more compelling for certain wipe applications. 'Mentioned by Jezzi is a specific spunmelt sandblasting material superimposed on any spunbond, meltblown, and sometimes even spunlace nonwoven abrasive meltblown structure. The airlaid nonwovens cited by Jezzi are also used in medical wipes, especially when high liquid volumes are required. According to the task, the surface of the short pulp fibers is inherently shed by the fibers of this type of nonwoven material, which is sometimes regarded as disadvantageous and limits its application. 'Biaxial-FiberFilm will launch its dual-surface nonwoven process technology later this year, which is a mixture of meltblown and cellulose pulp,' he said. 'According to the ratio of these two materials, this can give meltblown nonwovens some much-needed absorption properties, and depends on the design of the structure, but can also control the collapse of fibers that have undergone an airlaid matrix. This flexibility will allow it to compete for some medical wipes applications. It will be very interesting to see what kind of product developers will do when it becomes available in the nonwoven market. '