How much do you know about functional fabrics?
2022-10-13

  Functional fabric refers to changing the nature of fabric, adding functional materials, adding various agents in the production process or after finishing, so that the fabric itself has a special role and super performance that general clothing fabrics do not have. It is mainly used for windbreaker, cold jacket, down jacket, wading pants, mountain climbing clothes, golf clothes, bicycle clothes and other outdoor professional sportswear.


  These functional fabrics have one or more of the following functions in addition to the basic use function of the fabrics themselves.

  Comfort function: high elasticity, memory, heat preservation, windproof, waterproof, wrinkle-free, moisture absorption and sweat wicking, etc.

  Health function: anti-mildew, anti-bacterial, anti-mite, anti-virus, anti-mosquito, negative ion health care, etc.

  Safety functions: wear-resistant, low temperature resistance, anti-UV, flame retardant, anti-static, etc.

  1 Anti-UV fabrics

  Ultraviolet rays are extremely penetrating to the skin, which can penetrate the surface and dermis of the skin, causing skin relaxation, leading to wrinkles and freckles, such as excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays can also cause skin cancer.

  Anti-UV fabric can block more than 80% of the UV damage to the human body, wearing this fabric clothing do not have to worry about skin sunburn, this fabric has UPF 30 + UV protection function, can better protect the skin from UV damage.


  2 Moisture-wicking and quick-drying fabric

  Moisture-absorbing and quick-drying fabric has good moisture-absorbing performance, and at the same time has fast conduction and moisture-removal function, which is often used in sportswear, mountain climbing clothes, casual clothes and underwear. In the hot summer or strenuous exercise, the human body sweats a lot, at this time, the moisture absorption and quick-drying performance of the fabric can not only keep the clothing dry, but also prevent the human body from wet feeling, so that the human body feels comfortable.


  3 Waterproof, windproof and breathable functional fabrics

  Waterproof, windproof and breathable fabric can waterproof and windproof, and can make the sweat emitted by human body can be conducted to the outside world in the form of water vapor through the fabric, so as to avoid the accumulation of sweat condensation between the body surface and the fabric, in order to maintain the comfort of wearing.