Needle punching

How it is used

Used for nonwoven production; it joins loose fibres rather than sewing fabric pieces with thread.

Example sentences

1. Needle punching turned the loose fibre web into a more coherent sheet.

   Mechanical entanglement gives the web strength without a woven structure.

2. The trial changed the needle punching density to compare fabric firmness.

   Processing intensity influences the resulting nonwoven structure.

Common collocations

• needle punching density
• needle punching line

Related terms

• fibreA very thin, long strand of natural or man-made material that is spun into yarn to make fabric, such as cotton, wool, polyester or viscose.
• fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.

More terms: Textile Production

• yarn
• weave
• knitting
• dyeing
• finishing
• shrinkage
• colourfastness
• pilling
• singeing
• desizing
• mercerisation
• heat setting