Diversified product of Pine Apple Leaf fibres

摘要

A number of natural fibres are found in plenty in our country. However not all of them are put to full use in the textile field, while some of them are used in nontextile areas such as ropes, bags, huts, tents. PALF is one such with good single fibre tenacity and strength comparable with jute. There is ample scope for using PALF by blending with other fibres. An attempt is made in this paper to blend polyester staple and PALF to produce needlepunched nomvovens and to identify its uses as technical textiles. It is found that it can replace jute fibres and can combine with polyester fibre.