Adhesive Bonds for Textiles
Adhesive bonds for high-performance textiles are very challenging. High-performance textiles often have little-to-no chemical bonding sites available, and yet many commercial products use high-performance bonded-fiber composites. High-performance textile adhesives must be approached with advanced knowledge of chemistry, physics, engineering, and a broad-based experience with adhesive bonds.
Textile Adhesive Bonding Theories
There are four ways to bond to textiles. In many commercial, textile-containing products, two or more of the adhesion principles may be employed.
Adhesive Selection for Textile Bonding
Several parameters must be considered when engineering an adhesive for textile bonding.
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The capability of the facility - Warwick Mills has the capability to treat textiles with most kinds of adhesives including water borne, solvent borne, and 100% solids.
The wetability of the fabric - In order for the textile and adhesive to make a durable bond, the adhesive must wet the surface. Wetting is governed by the energy difference between the fiber and the adhesive. We have an extensive library of wetting data that is immediately available to assist in adhesive design and selection.
Solubility parameter of the fabric - Solubility parameter is the physical method that describes how adhesive selection can be made with confidence that the adhesive will swell the fiber surface and form a durable bond between the fiber and the adhesive. Solubility parameter values are well known for textile fibers and for general classes of adhesives. |
