Thermal Bonding

From INDA's Nonwoven Glossary:

Thermal bonded/Thermobonded
A web of fibers bonded by a thermal bonding (thermobonding) process.

Thermal bonding/Thermobonding
A technique for bonding a web of fibers in which a heat or ultrasonic treatment, with or
without pressure, is used to activate a heat-sensitive material. The material may be in the
form of homofil fibres, bicomponent fibers, fusable powders, as part of the web. The bonding may be applied all over (e.g. through or area bonding) or restricted to redetermined, discrete sites (e.g. point bonding).