Products Description
Cellulose acetate tow is a manufactured fiber made from cellulose acetate flake, primarily used in cigarette filters. It's a renewable, biodegradable alternative to traditional oil-based fibers. The tow is characterized by a continuous band of crimped fibers, used as a key component in filter production.
Cellulose acetate tow refers to a fibrous substance made from cellulose acetate, a thermoplastic compound created by acetylating cellulose. The manufacturing process generally involves dissolving cellulose acetate in an appropriate solvent, extruding the solution, and then processing it to form continuous filaments or tow.
Featuring fine fiber structure, strong tensile strength, and flexibility, this material is widely used in different industries. It is particularly important in the production of cigarette filters, where its porous nature and adsorption capacity help capture particulate matter. Besides, it can be applied in other fields that need lightweight, durable, and chemically stable fibrous materials, such as specific textile or industrial products.
Properties
Cellulose acetate tow is a fibrous material made from cellulose acetate. It features fine fibers, high strength, and flexibility, with good chemical stability and adsorption ability. Widely used in cigarette filters for its filtration efficiency, it's also lightweight, easy to process, and environmentally friendly as a biodegradable material.
● Hydrophilicity: It's hydrophilic, meaning it readily absorbs water and has good liquid transport and absorption.
● Textile applications: In textiles, it provides comfort and absorbency.
● Solubility: It's soluble in many common solvents, including acetone and other organic solvents, and can be modified to be soluble in water.
Application
Cellulose use for cigarette filters.
Core Application: More than 90% of cellulose acetate tow is used for manufacturing cigarette filters, serving as the most mainstream filtration material currently.
Advantages:
High-efficiency Filtration: With a loose and porous fiber structure, it can effectively intercept particulate matters such as tar and nicotine in smoke (interception rate up to 30%-40%), while maintaining appropriate air permeability to balance taste and filtration efficiency.
Safety: It features stable chemical properties, does not react with smoke, releases no harmful substances when burned, and complies with food contact material standards.
Biodegradability: Compared with traditional cellulose acetate (which requires specific conditions to degrade), some modified tows can gradually decompose in the natural environment, reducing environmental pollution.
Process Characteristics: By adjusting the denier (a unit of fiber fineness) and bulkiness of the tow, filter tips with different filtration efficiencies can be customized (such as regular filters, menthol filters, etc.).
Packing and shipping
FAQ
Q1: Can I get samples?
A: Yes, we can supply free sample, you pay for the freight charge only.
Q2: How to pay?
A: PI will be sent firstly after our aligned products specification. Payment by T/T, LC.
Q3: How is your MOQ?
A: Normally speaking, our MOQ is 1kg. But we can also accept less quantity such as 100g on the condition that sample charge is100% paid.
Q4: How can you guarantee the quality of your products?
1. Our staff are all experienced in chemical products or related major background, they are well trained before quotation.
2. Free sample or pre-shipment sample are available for our new cooperation before you place commercial order. We are sure the same specification commercial products as sample to customers
3. Third Party Inspection like SGS can be arranged according to your requirement before shipping.
Our address
Hebei Province,Shijiazhuang City
Phone Number
+86 17503221172
sales03@cnplastics.cn
