What is electrostatic flocking?
Electrostatic flocking is one of the important applications of electrostatic technology in the textile industry. The earliest electrostatic flocking began in Germany in the 1920s. Since then, Japan began to study in the early 1950s. China began to rise in the 1970s. Electrostatic flocking is a kind of processing technology that utilizes ionization and physical phenomena to flock the surfaces of objects. It is widely used in many industries because of its advantages such as high production efficiency, low cost, variety of flower colors, and wide application area. Nowadays, from the original fabrics used in the footwear industry and construction industry, we have entered into many industries such as clothing, upholstery, automotive interiors, stationery, toys, packaging, and decoration.
According to the different flocking products, choose the appropriate flocking method, generally divided into three types:
Flocking machine line flocking:
The flocking assembly line can realize the complete automatic completion of the gluing, flocking, drying and floating pile cleaning of articles, such as: flocking cloth, leather, paper, non-woven fabric, PVC, plastic sheet, sponge, each Crafts, toys, automotive plastic parts, storage boxes, car seals, trims, blister boxes, cardboard, calendars, couplets, New Year pictures, packaging flocking printing of gift boxes.
Box flocking:
According to the size and shape of the flocked product, the flocking box is made, the pile is placed in the box, and the power is turned on. Thus, a high-voltage electric field is formed in the flocking box, and the flocked product is sent into the box from one end of the flocking box. After three to five seconds, after the flocking is completed, it is removed from the other end of the box and dried or dried.
Sprinkler type flocking:
Connected to the power supply, tens of thousands of volts of static electricity generated by the flocking machine are output to the industrial sprayer. The fluff in the sprayer head is negatively charged. Then the surface of the plant body is sprayed with adhesive to move the sprayer near the flocked object. The pile flies up from the showerhead to the surface of the flocked object under the action of the high voltage electric field, and is vertically planted on the surface of the object coated with the adhesive.
Flocking fabric features
Strong sense of three-dimensional, bright colors, soft touch, luxurious and noble, gorgeous warm, vivid image, non-toxic and tasteless, insulation moisture, friction resistance, smooth without gap.
Application of flocking in the apparel industry
Flocking fabric
Electrostatic flocking fabric is an ideal jacket fabric because of its soft texture, beautiful appearance and even wrinkling. Imitation cashmere flocking fabric is a kind of high-grade fabrics with irregular corrugated horizontal ridges. The product is elegant, flexible, comfortable to wear, and its unique style is determined mainly by the shrinkage properties of the base fabric. An important reason for the shrinkage of the backing fabric is that the electrostatic lapping process is performed to make the surface covered with a layer of full and uniform fluff, to prevent a large amount of electrostatic flocking adhesive from penetrating into the backing fabric and affecting the shrinkage performance of the backing fabric. At the same time, the fluff is following the bottom. The shrinkage of the cloth and the clustering can promote the electrostatic flocking surface to bulge and sink, creating a horizontal ridge.
Flocking printing
With the rapid development of electronics, fibers, chemicals, machinery and other industries, the quality of flocking fabrics has been continuously improved, and its use has been expanding. From the original industrial cloth, decorative cloth gradually developed into the field of clothing cloth. In recent years, the development has been particularly rapid, and more and more new varieties have been developed. Many printing and dyeing methods have been applied to flocking cloths, such as paint printing, hot stamping, flocking of printing cloths, and direct printing on flocking cloths. Discharge printing. The use of these means makes the products of flocking cloth more abundant and adds a beautiful landscape to the apparel industry.
Application of flocking in home textile
Electrostatic flocking has a particularly large market for home textile products. Flocked sofa fabrics are unique in pattern, rich in color, soft and breathable, and even warmer and more comfortable in winter than leather sofas. The electrostatic flocking cloth bed cover has three-dimensional sense, nice appearance, rich features and more ornamental quality. Electrostatic flocking curtains are rich in color, thick in texture, soft, warm, and shade-free. Flocked carpets are also an important product of electrostatic flocking and currently rank first in electrostatic flocking products in foreign countries. This kind of ground ornament has the characteristics of being mobile, easy to clean, pollution resistance, noise reduction, thermal insulation, wear resistance and durability.
