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Personalize the outcome of your fabric
At Concordia Textiles Group you can personalize the outcome of your fabric complex, from fabric to membrane to backing. Thanks to our vertically integrated production facilities, you get to choose the specifications you wish.
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Let’s get started
Start by picking the base material you wish: Polyester or Polyamide, or a Stretch. Then choose the second layer. This can be a membrane, coating or a bonding. If your second layer is a membrane or coating, you can opt for a third layer. In case your second layer is a fabric, no third layer can be added*.
FACE FABRIC • PES • PA • Stretch PES/PA
BACK FABRIC
COATING
Base material
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Fashionlook Handfeel acrylic, silicons Waterbased and solvents Performance (non)-breathable PU Functional Antibacterial, quickdry, downproof • Colored coating • GREEN sustainable coating
2-2.5 layer
(Recycled possible) • Fabric • Fleece • Knit
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3-3.5 layer
MEMBRANE
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PU TPU ePTFE Graphene Recycled Membrane Colored Membrane
BACK FABRIC* (Recycled possible) • Fabric • Fleece • Knit
Finishing techniques Coating Process Power unwinding
Coating technique •
Coating process start
One or more layers of PU based coating are applied to the
Coating head Cooling
backside or frontside of a material •
Power winding
Different techniques for different results: sustainability,
Preheating
handfeel, performance, ...
Coating process with oven
DOT Lamination technique
Coating process end
B Power unwinding
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Fabric and membrane are laminated using dots of hotmelt as adhesive
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Need to find the good balance for adhesion/breathability/hydrostatic head
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Different membranes: hydrophylic (T)PU, PES, ...
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Different gravure rollers
Power unwinding
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Coating unit
Lamination unit
Power winding
AB
Digital speed Control
Performance
The breathability and hydrostatic head depends on the type of membrane or coating. The finishing technique also plays an important role in performance. In the graphic below you can see which type of membrane or coating has a high or low breathability and hydrostatic head performance.
High
ePTFE
PU hydrophilic
Coating PU hydrophilic
HYDROSTATIC HEAD
Lamination
TPU
PU microporeus
Low
Acrylic Low
BREATHABILITY
High
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