Coating and Finishing Processes

Dyeing

A distinction is drawn between materials which are dyed by the producer (pigmented,e.g. Nomex Tough®) and raw white materials, which are dyed after weaving (piece dyed).

Pigmented materials show an outstanding lightfastness, on the other hand the piece dyed materials offer a much larger flexibility concerning the colour range. We would be pleased to send you a current catalogue on request.

Finishing

Finishing is an additional process after weaving. In the simplest case this only could mean washing out the processing agents – which are necessary for a smooth production flow- but in the most cases it involves more finishing processes.

• Shearing / Singeing


• Roughening / hardening


• biocide and fungicide finishings


• Fluorocarbon finishing


• Finishing to harden the feel


• Hydrophilic finishing


• Calendering


• Sanforization


• Flame retardant finishing


• Finshing to create a softer feel

Coating / Lamination

Coating means the application of a paste/ foam (or similar) on a textile, to provide it with special properties e.g. water repellency, air permeability, improvement of the bending resistance, improvement of abrasion,etc.

Lamination means to glue a foil on a textile (e.g. aluminum foil, membrane). The range of coatings/laminations is very large and has to be accommodated to each customer´s request. Thus you often can’t resort to standard products.

• Silicone coating


• Polyurethane coating


• Heat reflecting foils (AHV-foil)