Meaning of Baby Diaper:-

• A soft, absorbent cloth folded and

arranged between the legs and around
the waist of a baby to absorb and
contain excretions.
• A piece of absorbent material with a
waterproof outer layer, having the
same function but intended to be
discarded after a single use in full.
Knowledge for Diaper:-
The Indian market for baby diapers is around Rs 70
crore per annum. Some 24 million babies are born
in India every year.
If we typically calculate that 25% of these infants in the
period between birth and 24 months use at least 28
diapers a week.
The theoretically available market for diapers is 8.7
billion pieces per year.
It is estimated that the diaper market would grow at a
rate of around 5 - 10%.
Diaper Acceptance Criteria:-
There is no Indian Standards (BIS) specification for the
manufacturing of disposable baby diapers.
The average diaper is comprised of:
43% of fluff pulp
27% super absorbent polymer (SAP)
15% to 23% polypropylene/polyethylene (20-25 gsm)
5% adhesive and about
1% elastic.
Features of Baby Diaper:-
1. Diapers shall have high degree of softness.
2. High absorbency while creating little or no irritation to
the skin.
3. No leakage.
4. No re-wetting and skin irritation.
5. Comfortable and good fit.
6. Environment friendly disposable.
7. They shall be made of clean, bacteria-free and highly
absorbent cotton lap, cellulose pulp & tissue paper
and both should not have an unpleasant odour
when wet or dry.
8. Easy to use.
9. Easy to carry.
Details of raw materials:-
• Surgical cotton rolls or cellulose fluff pulp & super-
absorbent polymer* For preparation of absorbent
core.
• Web lint tissue paper/spunlace non- woven The
coverstock or top sheet layer for wrapping the
cotton lap cellulose fluff pulp in lint tissue paper or
non-woven spunlace and pasting.
• Polystyrene sheet/spunbond non-woven.
• Elastic tapes, waist band or hot melt adhesive and
fastening tapes, frontal tapes, pre-laminated tapes,
leg elastic, etc.
• Multicolored poly printed bag for packing.
Making of Baby Diaper:-
1. Preparation of cotton lap/cellulose pad
2. Wrapping the cotton lap in lint tissue paper and
pastings
3. Cutting the lint tissue papered cotton lap required size
say 10.5"
4. Cutting the pieces of polystyrene sheet or
polyethylene sheet or spunbond nonwoven
5. Encannelment of elastic strip on the length sides of
sheet
6. Bonding the elastic empanelled polystyrene piece or
polyethylene piece or spunbond nonwoven piece
with the lint tissue papered cotton lap
7. Finishing
8. Packing
Use of Baby Diaper:-
The lint tissue paper or nonwoven spunbond fabric
portion touches the body of the baby and the liquids
are absorbed by cellulose fluff pulp or cotton
through the lint tissue paper. Its usual dimension
are: length 10.5", width 3.25", thickness 3/8" and
weight 13.5 g. Elastic tapes or panels or hot melt
adhesive and fastening tapes are drawn on the
length sides to keep it close contact with body of
baby which does not allow the liquids to penetrate
out from either sides.
Packing:-
Baby Diapers are available in market in the size of
Small 5’s Pack
Medium 5’s Pack
Large 5’s Pack
in the multicolored poly printed bag.

Master Packing:-
Master Packing of Baby Diapers are available as
Small 36’s Pack
Medium 30’s Pack
Large 24’s Pack
Cost Saving:-
We can substitute Cellulose Fluff Pulp with Airlaid
with SAP Cover.
Which contains features like:-
Easy to carry
Thin
Saves Cost upto _____ per pc.
Easy to keep in pocket.

But, today’s mother is having mentality that if you

diaper is large and thick in size will give the good
result. When we compare the capacity of Cellulose
Fluff Pulp and Airlaid with SAP Cover, results in
positive results for Airlaid with SAP Cover.
because it have the higher capacity of absorbing the
liquid than Cellulose Fluff Pulp. Actually Cellulose
Fluff Pulp is made up of Airlaid.
One of Manufacturing Unit in India replaced the
Cellulose Fluff Pulp with Airlaid and resulted in
loss of sale in baby diaper around 25%.
The firm was having challenge to improve the sale and
earn the profit. Then they issued one pc packing to
distributors for sampling purpose.
Distributors issued the samples to mothers those having
bad mentality against the Airlaid made diapers.
The cost incurred for the sampling was Rs.
1,00,000.00.
The another challenge was to cover the cost of Rs.
1,00,000.00 and get the same market share within
the targeted 6 months.
That firm achieved that extra incurred cost within one
and half month after the sampling took place.

And achieved 16% market share from 14% within 3

months.

ALSO, SAVES FREIGHT AND PACKING MATERAIL

OF BABY DIAPERS. When you make the cartoon
of 200 pcs will be replaced 300 pcs. That can also
save the space in godown for finished goods and
increase the inventory of the raw material.

If you want to increase the SAP capacity of the

airlaid, use the shower of SAP powder (in the
liquid form) at the time of inserting the raw
material (Airlaid) in the production machine.