What are the characteristics of 'industrial wipers'?
- dkfiber2004
- Nov 21, 2024
- 2 min read
Industrial sites require products that cleanly clean machines and equipment.
Some companies use disposable products such as 'regular rags' or 'paper' to clean these devices. However, these disposable products generate residue and dust.
The product that compensates for these shortcomings is the 'industrial wiper'.
Industrial wipers are professional cleaning tools used for cleaning and maintenance in a variety of industrial environments. It is mainly used to wipe away oil, dust, chemicals, etc. from places such as machines, equipment, work surfaces, and inside factories.
'Characteristics' of industrial wipers
'Industrial wipers' have the following characteristics.
High-strength and durability : To clean rough surfaces such as machinery, it must be resistant to tearing and be highly durable. Industrial wipers are made to have these characteristics.
Chemical resistance : Certain industrial wipers must be resistant to chemicals to suit specific environments. This means that industrial wipers should not change easily when exposed to chemicals and should not be easily damaged.
Absorbency : In places such as mechanical equipment, by-products such as oil and water are inevitably produced. Industrial wipers must have good 'absorbency' as they must cleanly remove these by-products.
Industrial wiper using chemical fiber
Because industrial wipers must have the above characteristics, they are made using a mixing of chemical fibers, which have higher strength and durability than natural fibers. Industrial wipers made from these chemical fibers significantly reduce the generation of by-products such as dust.
'Spunlace nonwovens' for industrial wipers
'Industrial wipers' are typically made using ‘spunlace nonwoven fabric’.
Spunlace nonwovens are sometimes made by mixing natural fibers and chemical fibers. When the higher the percentage of natural fibers, the better the 'absorbency' and 'softness' of spunlace nonwovens. On the other hand, the higher the percentage of chemical fiber, the better the 'strength' and 'durability'. Therefore, when manufacturing spunlace nonwoven fabric for ‘industrial wipers’, it is preferred to manufacture it with a high proportion of chemical fiber.
However, spunlace non-woven fabrics with a high proportion of chemical fibers have significantly lower hydrophilic properties that easily mix with water due to the characteristics of chemical fibers. Hydrophilic chemical fiber was created to compensate for these shortcomings, and at DK FIBER, you can find 'hydrophilic polyester fiber' with hydrophilic properties.
If spunlace is made from hydrophilic chemical fiber, it is possible to produce spunlace that is not only 'durable' but also 'absorbent'.
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