Revolve by Texwipe

Polyester cleanroom wipes have traditionally been made from virgin polyester. The Revolve™ product line uses upcycled post-consumer water bottles instead and features cleanliness, sorption rate and capacity, and particles, fibers, ions and non-volatile residues comparable to products made from virgin polyester, while boasting the same level of performance.

Several steps in the manufacturing process ensure Revolve™ products are clean. The collected bottles are sorted, ground, washed at 90°C (194°F), repolymerized, and extruded at 288°C (550°F) into yarn. The temperature exposure during these steps ensures that all possible microbes are killed. During Texwipe's manufacturing process, the fabric is further processed to remove any remaining contaminants. For the most critical applications, Revolve™ offers a range of sterile products that are gamma-irradiated and validated to a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10^-6 according to AAMI guidelines.

Every bag of Revolve™ product indicates the number of bottles needed to make it. For example, 47 water bottles are required to make one bag of TX1709 wipers. The number of water bottles may seem large but that is because there is not much polyester in a bottle to be made into yarn and Texwipe does not add any other types of yarn into the fabric.