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Cloth

Artist/Maker
Innovatec Microfibre Technology GmbH & Co. KG (manufacturer)

20gsm roll of meltblown fabric. A spun polypropene, non-woven fabric that traps air particles via electrostatic attraction.

Object details

Object type
cloth
Materials and techniques
Plastic pellets (polymers such as polypropylene) are made into non-woven fabrics. Hot-air in addition to a special spinning process is used to create finer fabrics with a different structure which means that the fibres of the polymers are chemically bound together.
Polypropylene
Brief description
20gsm roll of meltblown fabric. A spun polypropene, non-woven fabric that traps air particles via electrostatic attraction.
Gallery label
Electrostatically -charged melt-blown fabric

Melt-blown fabric is a non-woven fabric used in medical-
Grade face masks. It typically forms the middle layer
of a three-ply mask, an item of personal protective
equipment that is an essential tool in the fight
against Covid-19.

Scientists-first developed the process of melt-
Blowing at the US Naval Research Laboratory in 1954
As part of their efforts to monitor nuclear weapons
Testing. Now widely used in industry and healthcare,
Demand for melt-blown rocketed in 2020 as the
Coronavirus pandemic took hold. As a result, this
Life-saving material gained 20 times its value,
Exceeding that of gold, copper, silver and steel.
Credit line
Given by Innovatec Microfibre Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Collection
Design, Architecture and Digital Department
Accession number
CD.34-2021

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Record createdMay 21, 2021
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1625288/cloth-innovatec-microfibre-technology/
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