Personal protective equipment (PPE) is some of the most important supplies provided by distributors to laboratories, medical facilities, and food production plants. More than just a safety precaution, these essential supplies can mean the difference between health and sickness for employees and end users alike. That’s why the professionals at Total Source Manufacturing have taken a look at what PPE means to each industry we serve.
Today’s manufacturing technology has created new kinds of nonwoven fabrics for cleanroom, healthcare, and industrial usage, such as the spunbond and meltblown materials. Combined together into one strong fabric, spunbonded-meltblown-spunbonded (SMS) material makes up the majority of isolation gowns and lab coats. But what exactly is SMS fabric?