What are the characteristics of oil-absorbing felt?

　　 Oil-absorbing felt Made from oleophilic ultrafine fiber nonwoven fabric, it can rapidly absorb oil amounts dozens of times its own weight. Moreover, it does not absorb water. It features low specific gravity, light weight, buoyancy on water, resistance to deformation, stability, no loosening after oil absorption, unaffected by temperature changes, acid- and alkali-resistant, non-corrosive, and easy to store.

　　Oil-absorbing felt is widely used in industries such as mechanical manufacturing, aerospace, and petrochemicals for cleaning oil contamination: removing floating oil from water surfaces, eliminating large amounts of oil contamination from batteries, ship hulls, and other areas, recovering and treating oil spills on sea surfaces, and preventing oil leakage and spread from fuel tanks in oil trucks and ships.

　　 Oil-absorbing felt It is one of the key pieces of equipment used for oil spill cleanup. In emergency responses to oil spills on water surfaces, the conventional approach involves using mechanical devices to recover most of the spilled oil, followed by the use of oil-absorbing felts to absorb and capture any remaining small amounts of oil floating on the water’s surface. Oil-absorbing felts are typically employed to clean up oil spills in areas that mechanical equipment cannot reach, as well as in waters where the use of oil dispersants is impractical due to concerns about secondary pollution.

　　The characteristics of oil-absorbing felt are as follows:

　　1. It has a very low specific gravity and can float on the surface of water.

　　2. It has multiple gaps and is oil-loving, with strong oil-absorbing performance but poor water absorption. When absorbing oil, the oil-absorbing felt will release water.

　　3. Acid-resistant, alkali-resistant, and chemically corrosion-resistant, with minimal release of harmful gases upon combustion.

　　4. The oil-absorbing felt has excellent oil-retention properties and is reusable.

　　5. Oil-absorbing felt is suitable for absorbing light oils and most chemical liquids with a relatively low specific gravity.

　　6. Suitable for adsorbing high-viscosity oils.

　　Oil-absorbing felt is suitable for cleaning up, containing, and preventing oil and chemical leaks that may occur in industries such as manufacturing, transportation, petrochemicals, offshore emergency rescue, ports, aviation, fire protection, healthcare, and energy & power. It is also ideal for sites—such as those overseen by environmental protection agencies, the military, and food processing facilities—that require the removal of spills.

　　Oil-absorbing felt is suitable for industrial manufacturing and can be used in any location where liquid leaks or the storage and distribution of petroleum and chemicals may occur—such as warehouse areas, around machinery and pipelines, near oil tanks and equipment, under trains and trucks, close to valves, beneath aircraft, and on workbenches, among other places.

　　Oil-absorbing felt is suitable for automotive, aerospace, and railway manufacturing plants, plastic factories, injection molding plants, mold-making facilities, steel mills, mining operations, machinery factories, metal processing plants, refineries, petroleum companies, shipyards, chemical plants, food processing facilities, paper mills, fiber-optic cable plants, cable manufacturers, oil and chemical storage companies, oil refineries, oil depots, environmental cleaning companies, spill containment contractors, fire departments, and energy and power utilities.

　　 Oil-absorbing felt Other service industries—both public and private—are also major users of absorbent cotton. These include power supply departments, industrial and military institutions, municipal water treatment plants, public transportation systems, airport and aviation service providers, and automotive repair shops.