What Are The Characteristics Of Functional Fabrics For Sportswear
1. Fastness resistance
Sports clothing should have good fastness properties, including tensile breaking strength, tear strength, topping strength, abrasion resistance, heat resistance, and light resistance. In many modern sports, people often do large movements, which requires sportswear to have good flexibility and increase the range of joints and muscles. Therefore, modern sportswear often uses knitted fabrics with high elasticity. For example, lycra and tactel fabrics are used in swimming clothing and cycling clothing. The abrasion resistance of sports clothing is also an extremely important indicator. The cordura fiber developed by DuPont is an air-jet deformed high-strength nylon. This product is lightweight, abrasion-resistant and durable, and its wear resistance is the general air-jet deformed nylon The durability is 2 to 7 times that of polyphthalamide, polyester and cotton products.
, Special protective performance
Sports clothing should also have some special protective properties. For example, skydiving sportswear can be coated with a chemical film that can absorb water molecules on the surface of the fabric to form a continuous conductive water film on the surface of the fabric to conduct static electricity and dissipate it to prevent accidental damage to athletes caused by static electricity; outdoor sports Excessive ultraviolet rays in the process will threaten human health and harm the skin. Sportswear with anti-ultraviolet properties are becoming more and more popular. When running and cycling on the road at night, choose clothing with reflective materials to enhance The night vision effect ensures the safety of sports.
For different sports, the design should be based on factors such as specific sports, ergonomics, and sports environment, and design different clothing structures and details. In addition, the correct choice of functional fabrics can not only improve the usability of sports clothing, but also make the wearer feel comfortable and experience the joy of sports.
3. Comfortable performance
After the clothing is worn on the human body, a certain temperature and humidity environment is formed between the human body and the clothing. This environmental index and the physical and chemical properties of the material determine the comfort level of the human body.
(1) Waterproof and breathable
Many modern sports are outdoor sports, which may expose athletes to wind and rain. For example, sportswear, mountaineering, outdoor running, rowing and other sports require sportswear with good waterproof and breathable properties. Waterproof and breathability is the performance of the fabric to prevent liquid water from passing through while allowing gaseous water to pass through. It not only prevents wind and rain but also ensures the dryness of the human body. At present, most of the fabrics in the market are woven from high-count and high-density yarns, and there are also fabrics that use diaphragm technology, such as gore-tex and other fabrics produced by the well-known American Gore Company.
(2) Thermal performance
The good warmth of sports clothing can prevent athletes from getting cold or frostbite in cold conditions, such as skiing, mountaineering and other sports. To improve the warmth of the fabric, use hollow fibers that can prevent cold air from entering, but also exhaust moisture, or use some fabrics with far-infrared fibers. At present, materials such as thinsulate produced by the American 3m company are often used in the market, and the thermal insulation performance is significantly better than that of cotton, down and wool
(3) Moisture absorption and perspiration performance
Moisture absorption and perspiration performance is an important performance index of modern sportswear. After a lot of exercise, if the sweat and heat produced by the human body cannot be absorbed and discharged in time, the human body will experience discomfort and even induce symptoms such as colds. Moisture absorption and perspiration performance is to change the moisture absorption and moisture release properties of the fabric through fabric structure design or fiber modification. It also has water absorption and quick drying properties. The coolmax material produced by INVISTA has a fast-drying speed five times that of pure cotton; the cooldry material produced by Quanzhou Haitian Textile Group has strong wicking capacity and excellent moisture absorption and quick-drying performance.
