Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
TEK 455E Nonwovens English Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 5 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites TEK 112 MIN DD
or TEK 112E MIN DD
or TEK 114E MIN DD
or TEK 116E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Types, properties, production methods, end-uses of nonwovens; raw materials used in the production of nonwovens (polymers, fibers, binders). Web formation methods; dry-laying (mechanical, aerodynamics, mechanical-aerodynamic combination), wet-laying, spunlaying (spunbonding, meltblown, electrospinning). Web consolidation methods; mechanical (needle punching, stitch bonding, spunlacing), thermal (calender, hot through-air, infrared, ultrasonic), chemical (impregnation, printing, foam, spraying). Web finishing methods; chemical (dyeing, printing, coating, lamination, bleaching, etc.) and mechanical (calendering, brushing, embossing, creping, crushing). Electrospinning method, Current situation of the nonwoven industry in Turkey and the world.