Suntech shares with you the hot new fibers for the textile industry
As people are now more aware of environmental protection, new fibers are developing in the direction of diversification, novelty, and environmental protection to meet diversified production needs.
The application of new fiber materials has given life to the traditional textile industry, which, together with the advancement of textile electromechanical integration, intelligence, and new production processes, has enabled the traditional textile industry to come to life and regain its luster. The continuous development and use of new natural fibers not only save energy such as oil but also reduces environmental pollution, natural fibers have a certain affinity for the human body, some natural fibers also have health care and other effects, with people's pursuit of nature, back to nature continues to grow, the future, natural fibers will have a broad market prospect.
What are the new fibers currently available?
1. Metal fiber
Metal fibers have good mechanical properties, not only fracture than the strength and tensile modulus is high, and can resist bending, good toughness; has good electrical conductivity, anti-static, such as tungsten fibers used as incandescent bulbs filament, it is also an important material to prevent electromagnetic radiation and conductive and electrical signal transmission; with high-temperature resistance; stainless steel fibers, gold fibers, nickel fibers, etc. with good chemical corrosion resistance It is not easy to oxidize in the air and other properties.
Application areas.
(1) in intelligent clothing as a power transmission and electrical signal transmission of the wire.
(2) can be used as anti-static materials in general functional clothing, under the characteristic conditions, can eliminate friction and induction static electricity, can be applied in oil, gas fields, and flammable and explosive products production enterprises, petroleum, natural hot gas, and other flammable and explosive materials in the transportation process, electrical safety operation places.
(3) Metal fiber embedded in the fabric can make it achieve a good electromagnetic wave shielding effect. The military, aviation, communications, and confidential shielding environment, etc., has a wide range of applications.
(4)It can be used as chemical agents, processing materials, filters for wastewater and wastewater filtration, and materials requiring high strength, wear-resistance, and conductive transportation belts.
(5) Reinforcing materials in metal composites, such as explosion-proof tires, connecting rods of automobile engines, etc.
(6) Other special materials, such as the production of conductive paper, incandescent light bulb filament, etc.
2. Glass fiber
Fiberglass is an inorganic non-metallic material with excellent performance, a wide variety of good insulation, heat resistance, corrosion resistance, high mechanical strength, but brittle, wear resistance is poor. It is made of chlorite, quartz sand, limestone, dolomite, boron calcium stone, boromagnesite six kinds of ores as raw materials through high-temperature melting, drawing, yarn winding, weaving, and other processes, its monofilament diameter of a few microns to more than 20 microns, equivalent to a hair of 1/20-1/5, each bundle of fiber filaments are composed of hundreds or even thousands of monofilaments.
Application areas.
Glass fiber is a very good alternative to metal materials, becoming an essential raw material for construction, transportation, electronics, electrical, chemical, metallurgical, environmental protection, national defense, and other industries. Glass fiber can be applied to composite materials in reinforcing materials, electrical insulation materials, and insulation materials, circuit substrates, etc.
Glass fiber can well prevent circuit short circuits, overheating and burning, etc. It is a good protection material for the circuit and can cooperate with the circuit to form a complex circuit diagram to realize intelligent life in many aspects of life.
3. Basalt fiber
Basalt fiber is a continuous fiber drawn from natural basalt, which is a continuous fiber made from basalt stone molten at 1450℃～1500℃ and drawn at high speed through a platinum-rhodium alloy drawing funnel. It is a new type of inorganic environmental protection green high-performance fiber material, which is composed of oxides such as silica, alumina, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and titanium dioxide.
Basalt continuous fiber not only has high strength but also has many excellent properties such as electrical insulation, corrosion resistance, and high-temperature resistance. In addition, the production process of basalt fiber decides to produce less waste and less pollution to the environment, and the product can be directly degraded in the environment after disposal without any harm, so it is a veritable green and environmental protection material.
Application fields.
China has listed basalt fiber as one of the four major fibers (carbon fiber, aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, basalt fiber) to be developed and industrialized. Basalt continuous fiber has been widely used in fiber-reinforced composites, friction materials, shipbuilding materials, heat insulation materials, automotive industry, high-temperature filter fabrics, and protective fields.
4. Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber is a high-strength, high-modulus fiber with carbon content above 90%. With acrylic and viscose fibers as raw materials, carbonized by high-temperature oxidation, high-temperature resistance is the first of all chemical fibers, is the manufacture of aerospace and other high-tech equipment, excellent materials.
Carbon fiber has the characteristics of high-temperature resistance, anti-friction, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance, etc. It is fibrous in shape, soft and can be processed into various fabrics, and has high strength and modulus along the fiber axis due to its graphite microcrystalline structure with merit orientation.
Application areas.
It can be applied to reinforce materials with resin, metal, ceramic, and carbon to make advanced composite materials, carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites, whose specific strength and specific modulus are the highest among existing engineering materials.
5. Yasser fiber
Yasser is a new strong bio-based fiber product, made of 100% pure wood pulp, with the advantageous features of high strength, low elongation, and super softness. Yasser is made from purely natural wood pulp, which is 100% degradable and has a small load on the natural environment.
The product has top fiber strength, and its dry breaking strength and wet state modulus are about 40% higher than those of ordinary bio-based staple fibers, which can optimize the durability of textiles and reduce the probability of linting and pilling. The products have lower elongation than conventional products, reducing fabric deformation and providing superior dimensional stability.
Yasser also has a higher dyeing rate, better dye uniformity, and more advantageous color fastness of the finished product. The colorfastness to water staining of Yasser blended with cotton, polyester, and other fibers can reach 4-5 grades.
Application areas.
Yasser is widely used in garment, denim, underwear, home textile, medicine, and health fields.
6. Copper ammonia fiber
Copper ammonia fiber is a kind of regenerated cellulose fiber, the cross-section is round, has no skin core structure, the fiber can withstand a high degree of stretch, the monofilament is made of fine, so the fabric feels soft, soft luster, silk sense. The moisture absorption of copper ammonia fiber is close to that of viscose fiber, and its nominal moisture return rate is 11%, and the moisture return rate can reach 12% - 13% under general atmospheric conditions. Under the same dyeing conditions, the dyeing affinity of copper ammonia fiber is greater than that of viscose fiber, and the coloring is darker.
Copper ammonia fiber is more expensive and has four major functions of breathing, refreshing, anti-static, and good drapability. Its most attractive feature is that it has moisture absorption and moisture release, and is a breathing and refreshing fiber. The use of copper ammonia fiber and viscose fibers, but copper ammonia fiber monofilament than viscose fibers, its products have excellent performance, performance similar to silk, very drape. Together with its good anti-static function, it still has a good touch even in dry areas and can avoid the uncomfortable feeling of stuffiness, which is an important reason why it has become a popular underwear lining.
Application areas.
At present, copper ammonia fiber has been pushed from lining to fabric, becoming the best material for senior suits, soft hand, soft luster, in line with the trend of environmental protection clothing, commonly used as a senior fabric raw materials, especially suitable for blending with wool, synthetic fibers or pure spinning, to do high-end knitted fabrics, such as knitted and woven underwear, women's socks, and silk satin women's shirts, windbreakers, pants, jackets, etc.
Among them, Yasser fiber, copper ammonia fiber is mainly used to make all kinds of clothing fabrics, compared with the past fiber has more superiority, metal fiber, glass fiber, basalt fiber, carbon fiber belongs to the special fiber, can make special fabrics, not only used in the field of textiles but also can be widely used in other industries.
These new fibers will become the future development trend of the textile industry, and more and more products will be made of them, but the new fibers are picky about the production equipment, and not all production equipment can spin the new fibers. At present, Suntech 808 ultrafast start rapier loom can be applied to the production of metal fiber, glass fiber, basalt fiber, and other special fibers, at the same time, Suntech also has a special glass fiber rapier loom for glass fiber and carbon fiber cloth rapier loom for carbon fiber, welcome to ask for more information.
