Roll goods producers make the fabric and wind it into mother or slit rolls to the converter's width, length and core spec. Converters then cut, laminate, fold and assemble it into diapers, wipes, masks or filters. Roll goods pricing and quality agreements center on weight, width, strength and defects per roll.
We sell roll goods only, so the wipe packer decides the fold, the lotion and the count.
Also heard as
- rollgoods
- nonwoven rolls
Related terms
Nonwoven
Fabric made directly from fibers or filaments locked together by needles, water jets, heat or binder instead of woven or knitted yarn.
Slitting
Cutting a wide nonwoven roll lengthwise into narrower rolls on a slitter-rewinder.
Mother roll
Full-width roll wound at the end of the production line, before it is slit into customer rolls.
Core
Tube, usually paperboard, on which nonwoven fabric is wound to make a roll.