hycuTEC – technological quantum leap for filter media, is Oerlikon's new technology for charging nonwovens to increase filtration efficiency to more than 99.99% For meltblown nonwovens producers, this can mean material savings of 30% with significantly superior filter performance. Due to its extremely low water and energy consumption, the hycuTEC is also a future-proof, sustainable technology, as the process can be used without any additional drying steps in the case of most applications. The technology was this year's Filtrex Innovation Award winner and will be part of Oerlikon's booth presentation at Filtech in Cologne, Germany in February.
Other developments from Oerlikon include PLA-based medical oronasal masks and spunbond materials to be used both as backing materials for filter media and as the filters themselves.