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Nonwovens

Nonwoven fabrics are laminated by chemical, mechanical, solvent or hot glues. This requires rapid and accurate surface inspection to ensure high quality products are created with minimal waste.

Nonwoven production often relies on bonding multiple layers together, so an undetected defect in a single layer can affect production quality, making high-precision detection essential.

Our automated, non-contact inspection systems provide a solution for a wide variety of nonwoven applications. This includes everything from clothing and furniture to agricultural and industrial use.

Relied upon by major rolling goods producers around the world, AMETEK Surface Vision provides the most trusted web inspection systems for nonwovens. Our solutions have become the standard in online defect detection.

Nonwovens - Web inspection and monitoringAPPLICATION NOTE - DETECTING DEFECTS IN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is essential to a range of workplace applications, particularly Healthcare. Many of these PPE items are partly or wholly manufactured from nonwoven materials. Since nonwovens protect against airborne particles while providing air permeability, this quality must be safeguarded in order to produce effective PPE that is safe to use.
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The Role of the SmartView Advanced Winder Advisor in Nonwovens Manufacture - Application Note (EN)APPLICATION NOTE - THE ROLE OF THE SMARTVIEW® ADVANCED WINDER ADVISOR IN NONWOVENS MANUFACTURE
Advanced Winder Advisor (AWA) allows winders to be accurately and repeatedly stopped to remove defects while also increasing winder efficiency. AWA is designed to seamlessly integrate with SmartView inspection systems on the nonwoven production line to create a closed-loop quality control solution.
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Nonwovens - Web inspection and monitoringBROCHURE - NONWOVENS WEB INSPECTION AND MONITORING
Nonwoven fabrics are created through a variety of manufacturing processes and are designed for a number of versatile applications in a range of industries. The quality standards and inspection challenges are as extensive as the purposes for which they are produced. AMETEK Surface Vision helps nonwoven material manufacturers meet their production challenges with fully integrated web inspection and monitoring solutions that boost efficiency and improve quality.
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