What is Polar Fleece Fabric

Polar fleece is a knitted fabric that is knitted on a large circular machine. The woven grey fabric is first dyed, and then processed through various complex processes such as drawing, combing, shearing, and raising. Hair pills, reverse hair is thin and well-balanced, with excellent volume and elasticity. Its composition is generally polyester, which is soft to the touch.

Contents of the table

Introduction_

Classification

composition

difference

Methods of identifying quality

related question

introduce

Polar fleece is a knitted fabric. It was produced in Taiwan in the early 1990s. It is a small spindle knitting structure woven on a large circular machine. After weaving, the grey fabric is first dyed, and then subjected to various complex finishing processes such as drawing, carding, shearing, and raising. The front of the fabric is piled. The fluff is dense and fluffy, but not prone to shedding or pilling. The back hair is sparse and well-proportioned, with short hair, clear texture and excellent fluffy elasticity. Its composition is generally polyester, which is soft to the touch. It is the first choice for domestic cold protection in the past two years. In addition, polar fleece can also be used with all fabrics for better protection against the cold. For example: polar fleece and polar fleece compound,

Classification

In the mid-1990s, the Quanzhou area of Fujian also began to produce polar fleece, generally with Taiwanese craftsmanship. The price was high at the time. Later, Changshu, Wuxi and Changzhou in Zhejiang and Jiangsu also began to produce polar fleece. Judging from the production level of our domestic polar fleece, the quality of polar fleece in Jiangsu is better, and the price of polar fleece in Zhejiang is better. In addition, polar fleece can be divided into plain and printed. According to individual requirements, plain fleece can be divided into needle drop fleece, embossed fleece, jacquard fleece, etc.

Under normal circumstances, the price of fleece is lower than that of woolen fabrics. Many clothes and scarves are made directly from polyester 150D96F polar fleece. Generally speaking, the quality requirements of polar fleece in clothing are not too high.

main ingredient

Polar Fleece: Typically 100% polyester.

According to the specifications of polyester, it is further subdivided into: filament, staple fiber and micro fleece.

Among them, the superfine quality is the best and the price is the highest! In addition, there is also a Drop-needle polarflece, which also accounts for a large proportion.

There is also polar fleece with spandex in the same place. Since the quality is difficult to master, the technology needs to be further improved.

The polar fleece in Zhejiang is the cheapest, but the quality is hard to say. The polar fleece in Shanghai is of good quality, but the price is high; the price and quality in Suzhou are in the middle of the two.

Polar fleece is divided into long fibers and short fibers:

The price of short-fiber polar fleece is slightly higher than that of long-fiber polar fleece.

Staple fleece is generally woven from 32S polyester yarn. In English (100% polyester polar fleece), hemp gray polar fleece is also a short fiber polar fleece.

Long fiber polar fleece is generally woven from polyester filament, and can be woven into all polyester 150D96F, 150D48F, 150D144F, 150D288F, 75D72F, 75D144F, 100D144F, 100D288F, etc. Its English expression (100% polyester filament polar fleece), in general, the higher the F value, the better the feel of the fabric, and the higher the price of the polar fleece. For example, 100D144F, 150D144F and other polar fleece are already ultra-fine polar fleece.

Long-fiber polar fleece can be divided into low-elasticity polar fleece (DTY) and bright silk (FDY). Their English expression is (100% polyester micro fleece). The width of the door is generally 60 inches and the weight is average. Between 150-450 grams. Generally speaking, long-fiber polar fleece is mostly used to make blankets.

Polar fleece can be made into clothes, and the price ranges from 300-2000 yuan. In addition, the fleece can be used as bedding, rugs, coats, jackets, vests, windbreakers, cheerleaders, fleece gloves, scarves, hats, pillows, cushions, etc.

Most of them are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada and other countries.

the difference

Ordinary fabric polar fleece

It is a small spindle knitting structure woven on a large circular machine. The woven grey fabric is first dyed, and then processed through various complex finishing processes such as brushing, combing, shearing, and polarizing. The front of the fabric is brushed, and the polarized light is dense and fluffy. And it is not easy to shed and pilling, the back is sparse and well-proportioned, the fluff is short, the texture is clear, and the fluffy elasticity is excellent.

It is the first choice for domestic cold protection in the past two years.

Spandex (up to 5%) and T/R polar fleece can be added in the weaving process of polar fleece, and the technology needs to be further improved.

Special treatment for fabrics, such as adding antistatic additives, anti-flame retardant additives, infrared additives, etc. For some special polar fleece, such as adding antistatic fiber to the fabric during the weaving process, the polar fleece of this fiber is still not much in the domestic market.

Polar fleece can also be compounded with various fabrics to make the cold protection effect better. For example: polar fleece and polar fleece compound, polar fleece and denim compound, polar fleece and lamb fleece compound, polar fleece and mesh compound with waterproof and breathable film in the middle.

In addition, polar fleece can be divided into plain and printed. According to individual requirements, plain fleece can be divided into needle drop fleece, embossed fleece, jacquard fleece, etc. According to the different printing paddles, there are more than 200 varieties of printed polar fleece, such as penetration printing, rubber paddle printing, transfer printing color strips, etc. This kind of fabric has novel and unique patterns, bright colors and natural and smooth patterns, which are recognized by people from all walks of life.

From the perspective of the price of polar fleece, in China, the width of polar fleece is generally about 150cm, and some are as wide as 230cm, and the weight ranges from 180g to 450g. The price should consider raw material cost, weaving cost, weaving damage, dyeing, dyeing damage and finishing cost. In terms of fabric prices, the Zhejiang market is the cheapest, but Changshu, Jiangsu is also relatively cheap. Polar fleece fabric is already a popular fabric with low price and high taste.

Composite polar fleece and double-sided polar fleece

Composite polar fleece is made by two kinds of polar fleece of the same or different quality through a composite machine, and then they are laminated together. Double-sided polar fleece is a double-sided polar fleece craft. The price of composite polar fleece is usually relatively high.

But for general blankets, there are more composite polar fleece, but some customers need two kinds of polar fleece of the same quality to be sewn together without composite, but that kind of washing is not very convenient. In addition, there are more polar fleece filaments used in blankets.

Fleece and wool cloth

The feel of polar fleece is relatively soft and has obvious particles. The ingredients of wool generally contain wool, and the feel is generally hard.

Generally good woolen cloth is soft and clean, with a smooth and greasy feeling; it can also be divided into many kinds: for example: pure wool wool and chemical fiber wool, there are obvious differences in appearance: pure wool is soft and shiny, while the gloss of chemical fiber Deeper; pure wool is soft to the touch, and chemical fiber is hard but not soft; pure wool has good elasticity and good recovery, and the chemical fiber has obvious creases after being loosened.

Identify quality methods

First, you have to be clear about its purpose. For example: making blankets, clothes, etc. This requires each client's needs. Most of the long-fiber polar fleece is generally used to make blankets. The price of short-fiber polar fleece is slightly higher than that of long-fiber polar fleece.

Generally speaking, the higher the F value of long-fiber polar fleece, the better the hand feeling of the fabric, and the higher the price of polar fleece. For example, 100D/144F, 150D/144F and other polar fleece are already ultra-fine fleece. Long-fiber polar fleece can be divided into low-elasticity polar fleece (DTY) and bright silk (FDY). Their English expression is (100% polyester micro fleece). In terms of origin, Kunshan, Changzhou and Jiangyin in Shanghai and Jiangsu are of higher quality.

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Q&A

Q: Some people say that fleece can cause asthma, right? On what basis?

A: Actually, it has something to do with whether the individual's skin can accept this kind of fabric, because the main raw material of this kind of fabric is polyester. In my opinion, the choice of clothing materials for such people, wool underwear, duck down vests, animal fur clothing, and chemical fiber clothing such as acrylic and polyester, are likely to cause allergies, urticaria, and asthma attacks. Therefore, the underwear of patients with asthma who may have such a history should be made of pure cotton fabric, the fabric should be smooth, soft and flat, and the clothes should not be too tight. Bedding should use less silk cotton and down products.

Q: Is there pure cotton fleece? Can it be made of pure cotton blankets?

A: There are cotton fleece in China, but there are very few, and it is technically difficult to check, especially when pilling.

Question: Is polar fleece mainly used as lining for clothes?

Answer: Yes, generally the quality requirements for inner fleece are not too high. Many clothes and scarves are made directly from polar fleece. As far as I know, most are made of polyester 150D96F polar fleece. There are also shoes and toys made of wool.

Fleece can be used as clothing. As far as I know, some fleece clothes generally cost more than 300 yuan in specialty stores. Some even reach as high as 2,000 yuan. In addition, the fleece can be used as bedding, rugs, coats, jackets, vests, windbreakers, cheerleaders, fleece gloves, scarves, hats, pillows, cushions, etc.

Domestic fabrics (or processed into clothing) are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada and other countries.

In addition, the common abnormalities of general polar fleece: there are horizontal lines (loom or yarn), shearing machine knife marks or straight lines, indentations caused by long pile pressing, holes (brush machine), left and right yin and yang hair (by spreading Roller), stains (dyeing), water stains (condensation of flashing steam), etc.