Wet and dry process

11.5

Description

The materials consisting of polyurethane (PU) resin, solvent (Dimethylformamide, DMF), activator, color and surfactants are mixed and the textile is passed through the solution to make the resin enter into the textile. Afterwards passed through a coagulation bath that exchanges DMF and water followed by rollers to press out the water. The product enters a drying process.Polyurethane (PU) resin, solvent (Dimethylformamide, DMF), activator, color and surfactants are mixed, coated on release paper, and dried. The texture of the release paper is mirrored on the laminate layer and ends up on the final product. This laminate is coated onto the prepared non-woven textile and passed through oven to bond to textile. Mechanical treatment is giving the surface a final look, e.g. suede surface.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 4.2
Eutrophication 1.5
Water Scarcity 0.5
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 5.4
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Data submitted by thinkstep.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: GaBi 2014 Database, Service Pack 28, thinkstep AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
Polyurethane (PU) synthetic leather
43
Synthetic Leather

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Fair The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes 3
Average 2.5