Knowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications. Knowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications.
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Prototyping

When it comes to fast-track prototyping, Knowlton Technologies goes above and beyond, blending our knowledge, technology and tenacity with our substantial manufacturing facilities and service commitment. We've literally transformed technology into an art form, pioneering the development, design and production of a broad range of innovative composite materials.

Our most important resources however, are the creative minds needed to turn bright ideas into exciting commercial successes that expand your company’s growth and profitability.

Some of the equipment we use to develop, prototype, test and produce nonwovens:

Production Equipment
  • No 1 - 63" inclined wire, stainless steel, computer-controlled paper machine. Product range 30 - 750 gsm ( 18 - 450 pounds / square foot )
  • No 2 - 80" flat wire fourdrinier paper machine. Product range 65 - 1550 gsm (40 - 950 pounds / square foot)
  • Off-line solvent saturator/drier
  • 2x off-line slitting/sheeting lines
  • 100,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space
  • Cold lamination

 

Pilot Machines and Prototyping
With our pilot paper machine, we can test and confirm multiple concepts using as little as 300 pounds/135 kilos to evaluate different design concepts over the course of 10–12 hours. This is a luxury not available on large paper machines, and a unique service to design engineers with particular emphasis on composite media substrates and affiliated businesses.
  • 21" flat wire fourdrinier pilot paper machine
  • Pilot web saturator
  • Hand-sheet laboratory
  • Two SAE #2 dynamometers
  • 1,000 sq. ft. media/composites development laboratory
  • 700 sq. ft. performance test laboratory

 

 
Knowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications.    
 
Knowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications.
Knowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications. nowlton Technology provides design, accelerated proto-typing and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens & filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, & gasket applications.

wet-laid nonwovens and filled composite materials for veil, friction, filtration, absorbent, bibulous, and gasket applications.