The historic industry standard for water soluble PVA yarn has been the Solvron® continuous filament produced by Nitivy in Japan. This product is still the most suitable product where fine count yarns with good strength are needed.
Prior to PVA yarns becoming available customers tried to work with yarns based on Alginate (coming from seaweed). There seems to be a lot of work done with alginate on the 1940’s and 1950’s looking at Alginate, especially with regard to applications also in medical textiles. It should be noted that work in alginate yarns continues today again in medical areas.
The spun yarns in water soluble PVA have been developed within the last 20 years as spinning technology and the availability of PVA water soluble fibres has been progressed.
It should also be noted that PVA has many other end uses benefitting from it’s biodegradability and ability to take up many forms. It is used in papers, non-wovens, as a liquid in sizings for beaming yarns. There are also new application in 3D printing where it is dissolved after producing complex shapes in the printing process that suggest a bright future ahead.
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