The basic concept employed in making a nonwoven fabric is to transform fiber based materials into two-dimensional sheet structures with fabric-like properties such as flexibility, porosity, and mechanical integrity.

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The nonwoven manufacturing process can be basically consist of web laying and web bonding. Among the web bonding methods needle punching is a very exciting and diverse trade involving technology for natural, synthetic fibres and their blends.

This paper give a broad outlook about the needle punching process, parameters influencing the process, different needle structure, advances in technology and application of the needle punched product in various field.