Day 1
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Welcome: Rory Holmes, President, INDA.
- Introductions: Ed Vaughn, Instructor; attendees.
- Program Preview: Video overview, nonwoven markets
and product applications, information sources.
- The World of Nonwovens: “Hands-on” examination
of nonwoven fabric and end-use product samples as a means to illustrate
the wide range of nonwoven usage. Establishment of “Analysis
Teams and Tasks.”
- 12:00 p.m. LUNCH
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- 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Tour of North Carolina State University’s Nonwovens
Cooperative Research Center: The Center houses unique
and state-of-the-art facilities for product development, analytical
services and materials testing, analysis and evaluation.
- Nonwovens Technology Primer: Short history of
the technical evolution of the industry. Description of basic nonwoven
manufacturing principles and systems.
- Analysis Team Work and Discussion Session
- 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Reception and “Analysis Team Bonding”
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Day 2
- 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
 Fiber
Fundamentals: Generic types and characteristics, property
comparisons, raw material-fabric property relationships.- Web Forming Technologies –
Drylaid Nonwovens: Analysis of carding and staple fiber
airlaid systems. Review of background, process technologies and
recent developments.
- Web Forming Technologies – Wetlaid and Short
Fiber Airlaid Nonwovens: Development of wetlaid nonwovens
based on paper technology. Unique characteristics of cellulose
fibers in wetlaid technology. Development of short fiber airlaid
nonwovens and comparison of short fiber airlaid nonwovens technology
with wetlaid nonwovens technology.
- 12:15 p.m.LUNCH
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- 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Web Forming and Bonding Technologies – “Polymer
to Fabric”
Nonwovens: Basic principles associated with spunlaid,
meltblown and film-based nonwovens and the polymers used in their
production.
- Web Bonding Technologies I: Mechanical bonding
principles and systems.
- Analysis Team Work and Discussion Session
- (EVENING ON YOUR OWN)
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Day 3
- 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Web Bonding Technologies II: Chemical and
thermal bonding principles and systems.
- Nonwoven Fabric Finishing: Principles, processes,
and methods used to treat nonwoven fabrics to obtain enhanced
physical and aesthetic properties for specific end-use.
- Presentation of “Analysis Teams” Findings
- 12:00 p.m. LUNCH
- 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Nonwoven Fabric Test Methods and Procedures: Overview
of nonwoven test methods and standardization of test procedures.
- Future Directions: Projection of future applications
and developments in manufacturing materials, processes, and products.
- Nonwoven Markets: An overview of markets where
nonwoven fabric materials are used, market sizes, and projected
growth.
- Adjournment
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