Nonwoven for protective clothing is proven to reduce heat-stress

摘要

A highly breathable fabric developed by Toray Industries for the production of disposable personal protective clothing has been proven in testing to reduce the chance of its wearer suffering from heat-stress in comparison with conventional fabrics. Livmoa 3000 comprises an electrostatically charged nonwoven (called TorayMicron) meltblown from fine polypropylene (PP) fibres, which is sandwiched between two layers of spunbond fabric. Under supervision from Associate Professor of Advanced Textile and Kansei Engineering at Shinshu University (in Nagano Prefecture, Japan), Tomonori Sakoi, Toray of Tokyo, Japan, conducted evaporative thermal-resistance testing on Livmoa 3000.