Drylaid Nonwovens Platform
CETI’s Drylaid Nonwovens platform provides industrial players with pilot and pre-industrial capabilities to develop, optimise and validate Drylaid nonwoven materials.
“The platform enables the formation of fibrous webs using Carding and Airlay processes, offering high flexibility for the development of customised, application-driven and high-performance nonwoven solutions.
Designed for applied R&D and pre-industrial validation, this platform supports the development of Drylaid nonwovens under conditions representative of industrial constraints, including the valorisation of textile waste streams and recycled fibers.”
Applications & industrial use cases
The Drylaid Nonwovens platform supports a wide range of industrial development and validation activities.
Development of Drylaid nonwoven solutions based on Carding and Airlay technologies
Processing of natural, synthetic and recycled fibers
Development of technical nonwovens with controlled structure and properties
Valorisation of recycled fibers and textile waste streams
Development of nonwoven products for technical and functional applications
Production of representative nonwovens for prototyping and pre-industrial validation
How CETI uses this platform
CETI uses this platform to carry out technical developments and validation work on Drylaid nonwoven materials.
It enables feasibility studies, process optimisation and material qualification under industrially relevant conditions.
The platform is used to produce Drylaid webs and consolidated nonwovens for testing, prototyping and pre-industrial validation.
Activities are conducted by expert teams with strong know-how in fibers, web formation and nonwovens engineering.
The platform supports a wide range of technical services within CETI’s service offerings.
Looking to develop, validate or scale up a textile solution? CETI teams are available to discuss your project and identify the most relevant technical approach.
Web formation, consolidation & finishing capabilities
The Drylaid Nonwovens platform integrates two complementary web formation processes, combined with a wide range of consolidation routes.
Web formation processes:
Carding – working width: 1.2 m
Airlay – working width: 1.0 m
Consolidation processes after Carding:
Thermal bonding (oven)
Calendering
Needle punching
Combined needle-punched and oven-bonded webs
Hydroentanglement (spunlace)
Consolidation processes after Airlay:
Needle punching
Thermal bonding (oven)
This diversity of processes enables the development of Drylaid nonwovens with tailored structures, performances and end-use properties.
Associated platforms
The Drylaid Nonwovens platform is fully integrated within CETI’s nonwovens technological ecosystem.
Nonwovens
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Spunbond nonwovens
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Characterization & Performance Measurement
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Meltbown nonwovens
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By combining Drylaid technologies with other nonwoven formation and consolidation platforms, CETI offers more than 150 possible combinations of web forming and bonding processes.
This integration enables CETI to develop hybrid, multilayer or highly customised nonwoven solutions adapted to industrial and application-specific requirements.
Links to expertise & services
This platform supports several areas of CETI expertise, including nonwovens engineering, fiber processing, material functionalisation and technical textiles.
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Synthetic & natural fibers
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Textile innovation
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Recycling & Eco-design
The Drylaid Nonwovens platform is mobilised across CETI’s service offerings.
Our services
Research and development / Engineering / consulting
Technology and market monitoring, innovation design, design thinking, modeling, specification control, eco-design.
Prototyping /
pre-production / INDUSTRIAL TRANSFER
Custom-built, optimal value chain solutions for your projects. Circular textile creativity, tailored to each sector and each process.