Kraton to show new technology at INTC and Insight
Engineered polymers producer Kraton Polymers LLC is to unveil its latest innovation in elastic nonwoven technology.
It will present a technical paper on the development of the new product, MD6705, on September 10 at the INTC conference and on October 15 at the Insight conference.
The company believes the product breaks the processing barrier of conventional styrenic block copolymers, allowing fabricators to make bicomponent elastic nonwovens on commercial production equipment at full speed.
Until now, bi-component elastic nonwovens based on thermoplastic elastomers were difficult to make as polymers that spin well do not usually have good elastic properties. The design of MD6705 allows it to be processed at commercial production rates with excellent elastic properties. Performance of the finished fabric can be easily fine tuned for individual application needs.
Nonwovens made with this new bi-component fibre technology can be used as elastic components in personal hygiene applications as well as for clothing and sporting goods.
