Tuesday, April 13, 2010

What is an Auxetic Fabric?

Wikepedia and other sources enumerates several types of fabric the industry is using right now. The types are divided into three kinds; 1) Natural, 2) Synthetic, and 3) Combination of the two. Natural fabrics are made from natural raw materials like cotton and wool. Synthetically made fabrics include the polar fleece, polyester, and nylon. Thus, a combination of the say cotton and polyester makes up the 3rd kind.

Auxetic fabrics are included in the line of synthetically prepared fabric as it is particularly made from aramid fibres that too are synthetically made through weaving of a liquid material.

Fibre2fashion.com defines auxetic fabrics as: "Materials that exhibit counter-intuitive property are known as auxetics. Auxetic fabrics are warp knitted with high and low stiffness yarns." Simply put, Auxetics exhibits an expanding property when stretched.

Auxetic textiles are not just useful in making quality workwear uniforms but also great to several applications like for aerospace, engineering, military, and transportation.

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