Short Courses Explore Nonwovens Technologies, Developments

The Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., USA, has announced two upcoming short courses. The first is the Nonwoven Fabric Property Development and Characterization short course, taking place March 12 – 15. This course surveys a broad range of fabric properties, how they are developed in the process, and how they are measured. Most of the common conventional methods are covered with an emphasis on imaging technology and how it can be used to predict fabric behavior.

The second short course is Meltblowing and Spunbonding Fundamentals, April 9 – 13. This course covers polymer requirements, fundamentals of fiber formation, fabric formation, and surveys bonding technologies, A full day is spent in the pilot facility demonstrating responses to the most important process variables.

More information http://www.nonwovensinstitute.com/education.cfm is available online.

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