Everyone knows that fiber is healthy and an important part of our daily diet. But what is fiber and why is it healthy? Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of. Leaves, stems, ...

“The project with Lenzing has shown that efficient processing of cellulose fibers on knitting machines is possible by using the right fibers and the right spinning process. We are currently working on ...

The new technique uses counter-rotating vortices of heated compressed air to dry the nanofibers from a wet cellulose slurry mixture. The innovation of producing these mini tornadoes to dry cellulose ...

About 180 billion tons of celluloses are produced by the world's vegetation annually, making this polysaccharide the most abundant biological macromolecule on earth. It is produced predominantly by ...

Polyplastics has developed a series of new Duracon polyacetal (POM) grades that are reinforced with short cellulose fiber to lower the environmental impact while maintaining performance requirements.

Aptly called the Kyoto Process after the Kyoto University laboratory in Japan where the research is taking place, the process aims to reduce the cost of producing vehicles while making them lighter ...