According to the durability of the garment into the durability and non-durable (one-time) categories. Currently, non-woven fabrics in clothing applications are mainly concentrated in the non-durable apparel, clothing durability applications are rarely reported.

    In the non-durable non-woven clothing application has been very popular, such as spunlace medical protective clothing, PP spunbond disposable protective clothing and SMS medical protective clothing. At present, the development of new products in this area include two aspects: First, the new expansion of existing materials in clothing applications; the second is the development of new non-woven fabric.

　Non-durable non-woven fabric

　SMS nonwoven spunbond and meltblown composite products, with high strength, good filtration performance, non-adhesive, non-toxic, etc., have been in the field of medical and industrial filter material plays an important role, recent applications use SMS breathable, does not produce fiber dust, prevent the body with the outside world is characterized by the exchange of particles, which for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, photonics processing, electrical components and chips require highly clean production environment. Continuous filament spunbond nonwoven fabric is made of high-strength construction, disposable protective clothing market account for a large proportion of the latest developments after adding special additives or in spunbond nonwoven production process finishing, making Products with flame retardant, anti-static, anti-radiation, hydrophobic moisture, anti-bacterial, thermal and other functions.

    In the development of new fiber, water-soluble non-woven is an environmentally friendly product, is gradually expanding its scope of application. Using water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol fiber spunlace production is to produce radiation, pollution good clothing materials. In order to increase the protective effect, but also with a water-soluble film composite, increasing the barrier properties of protective clothing. In addition, the use of new fibers, the foreign has also developed a super-absorbent fibers in nonwovens join the production process (SAF) technology. This non-woven fabric containing SAF has a particularly good soft feel and absorbency used as lingerie can be quickly absorbed through the body's sweat, increase microenvironment between clothing and human comfort.

　On the development of new composite nonwoven material, the United States developed a new non-woven cotton fiber composite, the surface layer of cotton and polypropylene fibers for thermal bonded nonwoven spunbond fabric composed of two or three layers of composite material product feel and cotton knitted fabric similar, with good strength and elongation, water absorption and retention, wicking speed performance benefits from the small ball, after finishing, elastic elongation of 50% instant reply rate can reach 83% ~ 93%, suitable for the production of medical isolation clothing and disposable underwear. In addition, the US military to develop a new generation of chemical and biological protective suits, make full use of woven, knitted and nonwoven advantage of three fabric outer protective clothing is tear nylon / cotton poplin, after refusing treatment; lining for the band activated carbon nonwoven fabric; innermost layer is a tricot fabric. Compared with the existing protective clothing, such clothing to provide special military anti-chemical protection, while also increasing the portability of clothing, and reduce costs, can withstand at least three washes.

　Durable non-woven fabric

　Because of non-woven fabric drape, elasticity, strength and elongation, opacity and pilling fabric and other aspects of the requirements of a gap, and the lack of a certain artistic sense in appearance, durability and thus applied to the field of clothing has considerable difficulty. However, non-woven fabric with a loose side and not easy to slip, can be directly involved in the design selvage, does not require ironing clothes sewn edges and seam characteristics that distinguish it from woven and knitted fabrics. Non-woven garment sewing is optimistic about the advantages of simple technology, many researchers and companies the courage to face the risk of product development. The focus of research in recent years focused on how to improve the non-woven fabric drape, abrasion resistance, flexibility and elastic recovery capability and other properties, making it suitable for the durability of the fabric requirements.

BBAFiberweb and DowChemical joint venture to develop a new type of elastic spunbond non-woven, fibrous sheath-core bicomponent fiber, the core of an elastomer, the cortex is a polymer with good extension, by adjusting the skin-core Different proportions of the two components, so that the resulting spunbonded nonwoven fabric having a very good flexibility, low elastic modulus and high strength and dimensional stability, which is a spunbonded nonwoven fabric to make durable clothing offers the possibility.

　Japanese Kuraray and domestic companies are jointly developed microfiber nonwoven spunbond, using Ex Juan cevaltm soluble resin with PP or PE, PA and other composite spinning, a group divided into PP (or PE, PA), another a combination that is Excevaltm. Exce Juan valtm soluble in water below 90 ℃, but also biodegradable, and capable of absorbing water, and is hydrophilic, and PP (or PE, PA) after the composite has a hot tack, very easy to form a network processing. This spunbond nonwoven spunbond water absorption is much better than the average, despite its small surface density, and strength and still quite traditional spunbond fabric is a good selection of durable clothing.

Spunlace non-woven fabric has a soft, bulky, high moisture, fiber raw material widely used features, is one of the most suitable non-woven clothing, therefore, the most durable of its application in terms of clothing. US Patent reported a durable spunlace, has good wear resistance and drape, easy to play the ball, good color fastness, when the cross machine direction of elongation of 50%, the response rate can reach 90 %, and after at least 25 washes. The nonwoven fabric has good flexibility, suitable for making shirts and outerwear worn daily, both personal comfort, good mechanical strength and aesthetics in one, is the ideal clothing and garment materials.