Adhesives for Bonding Textile Fabrics

Fabric bonding is a relatively new application for adhesives [99]-[103]. The particular demands that a fabric bond must satisfy make the replacement of conventional thread stitching very difficult  

Adhesives are used widely in the apparel industry for applying interlinings. The interlinings or nonwovens are precoated with hot-melt adhesives. To maintain breath- 

The introduction of other inexpensive thermoplastics into the fabric bonding field has met hitherto with little success. Polyesters, for example, are not sufficiently resistant to dry cleaning. By contrast, polyurethanes show high resistance and favorable bonding properties. 

Another area in which adhesives are very widely used in the textile industry is the manufacture of chemically bonded nonwovens. The nonwovens are preformed by the dry-layer or wet-layer process and subsequently bonded by spraying or impregnation with adhesives. The binders used generally are products based on polyacrylates, synthetic rubber, and vinyl polymers. Nitrile and styrene - butadiene rubbers are used for industrial nonwovens because of the need for resistance to oils, fats, and organic solvents. 

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