Manufacturing Technique and Property Evaluations of Protective Textiles

Abstract:

Global warming increases each day and causes people to pay more attention to the reduction of carbon dioxide emission in order to mitigate the increase in temperature. Reducing, reusing, and recycling can effectively reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, to attain goals of energy conservation and carbon reduction. This study aims to explore the difference in the punch resistance and impact strength between the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nonwoven fabrics and PET/TPU honeycomb grid/PET (P/T/P) composites. Recycle PET, high strength PET, and low melting PET are made into PET nonwoven fabrics, two layers of which are laminated with a TPU honeycomb grid, the interlayer, to form P/T/P composites. The constant rate puncture resistance, dynamic puncture resistance, and impact strength of PET nonwoven fabrics and P/T/P composites are evaluated. The experiment results show that both the constant rate and dynamic puncture resistances of P/T/P composites are lower than those of PET nonwoven fabrics.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 457-458)
• Pages: 375-378
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.457-458.375
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Ching Wen Lou, Ting Ting Li, Mei Chen Lin, Jan Yi Lin, Jia Horng Lin
• Keywords: Puncture-Resistant Composites, Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Fibers, Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)

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