Vol. 23 No. 1 (2020) Cover Image
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2020)

Published: March 31, 2020

Pages: 30-34

Articles

Formation of Nonwoven Webs with Electrostatic Field Effect

Ahmad S. Kanah 1 Mohamed Turkawi 1
1 Department of Textile Engineering - College of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria.
History
  • Received: October 22, 2019
  • Revised: December 6, 2019
  • Accepted: January 29, 2020
  • Available Online: March 20, 2020
DOI

https://doi.org/10.29194/NJES.23010030

Abstract

The non-woven materials industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world with the ability to produce materials in less time, specifications, and better prices. nonwoven materials are defined as a web of guided or random fibers that are bonded by friction, interlacement or adhesion. In this research, the rotary electrospinning system was used and a prototype was made to study the process and the complete visualization in terms of the correlation of the electrostatic forces to the formation of nanofibers  by preparing polymeric solutions and exposing them to the electric field between the positive electrode (the serrated cylinder) and the Grounded electrode (plate) and produced high-precision fibers with a diameter (185nm) at 25 kV, whereas the installation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was with different concentrations and the formed fibers possessed an effective surface and deposited on a collector electrode forming nonwoven webs and high productivity is the most important feature of this system compared with the traditional electrospinning system.

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