Many suppliers or factories will use functional fabrics to market customers







"Japanese machine knitted functional fabric"







"Permanent antibacterial"







"Functional fabric of original yarn"







"Anti-static, fast drying, uv resistant"







We should copy will often see these words, especially some Taobao shop, will put the ordinary weaving and dyeing technology said very cow B, beyond the sky, it is outrageous, really bully consumers do not understand.







In fact, functional fabrics are not so complicated, but it is indeed the emerging trend of the whole textile industry.







The process of fabric weaving and dyeing







Masterbatch - slice - fiber - yarn - weaving and dyeing - finishing - finished fabric







Functional fabrics fall into two main categories







Modified fiber functional fabrics and woven and dyed whole functional fabrics







Modified fiber is in the masterbatch, slicing, fiber link to change the fiber characteristics to achieve the functional fabric;







After weaving and dyeing the whole class is to add chemical additives or other ingredients in the process of weaving and dyeing and finishing to achieve the functionality of the fabric.







At present, most functional fabrics in China, such as antibacterial, waterproof, uv and so on, are achieved by adding additives or other ingredients in the whole process.







However, many foreign fabric developers tend to develop new masterbatch and fiber to realize the functionality of fabric.







Gore-tex, an American outdoor fabric company, Archaeopteryx, Nike, Adidas, Prada and many others use their fabrics. That's the beauty of technology.







Because we cooperated with Kolon and Agao in the order before, now they are also launching white label fabrics with less functionality, but more affordable price and more suitable for leisure style. The quality is not to be said, but there is only one shortcoming: expensive.







I do not need to tell you that the new fiber research and development technology threshold is high, but more environmentally friendly, healthy and more durable, while adding additives is easy to produce pollution, has potential harm to the body, and the function is not lasting.







An example might be better understood: cool fabrics







Spring and summer short sleeves we should be very familiar with, cool sense of technology fabrics.







There are two main technology routes on the market:







Add cool fiber:







In simple terms, it is a process by which mineral powder such as mica, jade and pearl powder is prepared into cool fiber by spinning process, and xylitol is also added to the fiber.







Are the use of some heat conduction, moisture conductivity good material to prepare cool fiber.







Cool feeling auxiliary finishing:







In simple terms, after the fabric is woven, the use of immersion, coating, dip rolling and other processes will be integrated into the cool agent fabric, forming a layer of film, so as to achieve the cool effect.







I believe that after this example you should be clear about the difference between the two types of technical methods







Other antibacterial, anti-ultraviolet and other functional fabrics are basically produced by these two processes.







For example, antistatic: it is to add conductive fiber or do late hydrophilic finishing







For example, antibacterial deodorant: mainly add antibacterial agents, silver ions and so on to the fabric







For example, quick drying: by adding activated carbon to the fiber or adding moisture absorption and sweat additives in the finish







For example, breathable and waterproof: by improving the textile process, a structural film with a hole diameter smaller than the raindrop is formed on the fabric surface, so that rain water can not pass through, while steam and sweat can pass through.







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Don't be fooled by the people in the factory.







So like other industries, technology is always the first driving force.







But not like other industries







The technology of the garment industry is derived in part from the ability to design styles







On the other hand, it comes from the ability of fabric research and development







So the costume is hard to dry!







And the domestic just in these two aspects still have a lot of room for progress, my generation when self-improvement.