Technical quality of non-woven fabrics, fields of application, circularity of raw materials and reduced carbon footprint

The spunbond of the company we are talking about today, is a non-woven fabric in recycled polypropylene which is made using only renewable energy in production.

PP Spunbond is a light but incredibly resistant material, it belongs to the group of synthetic fabrics, today also recycled, homogeneous and a faint geometric pattern is visible on the surface .

This type of non-woven polypropylene fabric is used in many application fields, such as construction, automotive, commercial fabrics, furniture, mattresses, in agriculture, in industry, in the health sector and in many other cases.

But how is a non-woven fabric in recycled polypropylene produced using the spunbond technique?

With respect to the production chain of a virgin PP non-woven fabric, through the spunbond technique, wanting to produce a recycled product, it will have to start from the collection of production waste or other channels that supply the PP non-woven fiber fabric.

The scraps of non-woven fabrics will be ground, in dimensions small enough to allow washing of the material, if necessary, and subsequently densified to increase the weight of the recycled material to be processed in the extruder.

If we will only use waste from industrial processing, it will be possible to avoid washing the material as its life cycle has not had any contamination external.

Using thermal extrusion technology, the waste of PP non-woven fabrics is melted and, through a spinning process, is they make the PP fibers that will give life to the new material.

Then the fibers, randomly arranged on a conveyor, will be heated by calendering, creating a single continuous veil.

The non-woven fabric produced with the spunbond technique has significant intrinsic advantages, as it has great longitudinal and transverse tensile strength, is permeable to water, steam and air, resistant to acids, is hypoallergenic and non-irritating and adaptable to various sectors of application.

The novelty that Radici Group, producer of spunbond with recycled materials, wants to underline is not only that of having created a non-woven fabric with recycled polypropylene, in different percentages based on the type of product to be made, but that this production is made using 100% energy from renewable sources.

The company has demonstrated that a variable percentage of recycled material from 50 to 70% leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions from around 30 to 40%, compared to a fabric made entirely from virgin materials, without compromising on technical performance which remains high.

Furthermore, Radici Group, having adhered to the ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) scheme, can offer spunbond and meltbown nonwovens made in bio, bio-circular or circular polypropylene, where the sustainable material is allocated by mass balance.

It is a certification that provides traceability along the supply chain, verifying that certified companies meet high environmental and social standards.

The fact that the non-woven fabric is made with recycled PP waste does not have a negative impact even in the color segment, on the contrary, Radici Group can offer a broad portfolio colors for the customer, it is also possible to create "tailor made" colors to meet production needs.

Automatic translation. We apologize for any inaccuracies. Original article in Italian.