PGI's Miratec fabric is the most innovative development of spunlace nonwovens both in concept and in performance. Time will tell people whether Miratec fabrics can create a broad market in the durable textiles they target, and price may be the main factor worth considering.
The limited samples displayed by PGI are different from any nonwoven industrial products. In fact, the term non-woven fabric is not used to describe this product, which has innovative ways of forming and finishing the web. Prior to PGI’s Chicobi, J&J researched and applied for a patent in 1996, that is, "processing the support of a fabric forming device with a divergent laser drilling process."
There is reason to believe that it is this technology that makes the shape of Miratec products almost replicate the pattern structure of most three-dimensional textiles. This patent tells people that by moving the laser beam at a certain fixed point of the forming drum according to the preset scanning image, the laser beam can engrave patterns on the forming drum, including multiple peaks, valleys, and perforations.
