Project Description
Fire Retardant Thread is a kind of thread, with flame retardant features, used to sew as fireman clothing. When the fabric or fabric material is burnt, it can be self-extinguished, and does not damage the person’s health; It does not dissolve in water and burn like a normal cotton thread. The fire resistance level is 130 times of regular natural cotton threads. So it can be stitched as uniforms for firefighters and professional athletes who are so hot that they will not be easily burned.
Material of flame retardant Thread
Generally, the fire retardant thread is made of 100% viscose-rayon fiber; but now we can also make it with nylon or polyester fiber or a blend of different fibers.
The rayon fire retardant thread has good color fastness. The nylon or polyester fire retardant thread has poor color fastness; they are easy to fade after long time of exposure to sunlight or washing, so they are unsuitable for making durable products like army uniforms.
In addition, in order to improve the color fastness of nylon or polyester fire retardant thread, they can be dyed into different colors or coated before sewing on the machine, which means that we need to improve some processes during manufacturing; this will greatly increase production cost.
How can Fire Retardant Thread protect us?
Fire retardant thread is a special thread, with flame retardant features, used to sew as fireman clothing.
When the fire retardant thread is exposed to the flame and temperature above 500℃, it will char quickly and form a protective layer to isolate the internal fiber from burning by stopping heat transfer.
The protective layer will not shed off when heated; it can keep stable under high temperatures for a long time.
Application of FR Thread
There are many situations where we need flame-retardant products, such as fireman clothing, military in combat, and others.
Leading Time of Reflecitve Fabric Product
- We have regular stock of the FR thread products for sale in the warehouse, if not, it will take 7-20 days to arrange the production & shipment after deposits receive. Thus, please confirm with XW Reflective team before order placing.
OEM & ODM Available
- Customized FR thread color with your samples or Pantone color.
- Customized FR thread cone marking & package marking service.
- For more options, please contact with our team.
Quality Control for Reflective Fabric
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Raw reflective material inspection
XW Reflective has a strict quality control for reflective fabric material production, from face film to release paper, all the maufcturing material of reflective taple vinyl will be strictly inspected before putting into production.
XW Reflective always check reflective manufacturing materials, and must ensure these raw reflective fabric is in line with standard of reflective stickers production, then take away the disqualified raw reflective material, finally, XW Reflective will arrange reflective sheets manufacturing by the leftover reflective initial material.
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Reflective material check during production
QC department will cut reflective production samples, bring it to our own lab then inspect brightness, stretch, thickness, etc.，also they will bring Brightness detector to production line and check for brightness.
XW Reflective arrange 3 technical staff to inspect reflective fabric tape manufacturing in every reflective material production line, they can take measures quickly and adjust reflective sheets production once reflective pinstripe tape production occurs some quality problem, in addition, they will paste poor quality signs on these problem reflective products, deliver them to QC lab for a quality analysis.
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Final inspection of reflective fabrics
When Rolling the final product, workers will check and remove the poor quality sheeting and mark the joint. Each joint we arrange extra reflective sheeting for clients. If the joints out of allowable range, we label the roll as B grade.
We will sample test the final product, and also do inspection under client’s requested.
After Sales
XW Reflective try our best to reduce the quality problem for our reflective glow in the dark heat transfer vinyl, but if you still find quality problem in our heat reflective fabric, please don’t hesitate to contact us for best after sale service, and XW Reflective will provide best after service until you are satisfied with our service.
If you find your product has poor quality reflective fabric – whatever how many they are. Take a picture or video for it, show us, and our team will reply within 24 hours.
Package of FR Thread
- Inner packing: thread rolled up on cones, and with plastic sealed.
- Normally 200g/cone, 50 cones/carton or 100 cones/carton
- Shipping mark is available for customized.
- Loading Port: Shanghai/Ningbo regularly.
Care and Maintenance
- Actual life of reflective pattern printing fabric depends on cleaning method and wear conditions.
- Do not presoak, Machine wash warm 40℃ ( 105℉ ). You may use a mild detergent, but No Bleach or Fabric Softener!
- Try to avoid wash the reflective products with your work jeans or any clothing with rough fabric or edges. The microscopic glass beads on the reflective fabric can be worn off by rough texture.
- Try to line dry your reflective products. If you choose to machine dry, try to remove the product immediately. The added heat can damage the reflective fabric.
- Most of our reflective fabric contains aluminum layer, and sweat /oil/ water stains may occur if the surface of the product has direct contact with hands during application and is then exposed to hot and humid conditions. Even though these blemishes won’t affect performance of the product, we strongly recommend handling the reflective fabric with gloves and keeping them in the environment of below 26.7 °C (80 °F) and lowering than 70% relative humidity
Resources
- FAQ of XW Reflective
- Reflective product catalog
- Certificate
Related product
| Model | Color | Reflectivity | Reflective side | Home Wash cycles | Standard
( EN20471, ANSI107 ) |
Width | Feature |
| XW8006 | Silver | R>420 | Single | >50 | √ | 2cm, 5cm, can be customized | Non-stretchable |
| XW8006E | Silver | R>420 | Single | >50 | √ | 2cm, 5cm, can be customized | stretchable |
| XW8004 | Grey | R>260 | Single | >15 | U2cm, 5cm, can be customized | Non-stretchable | |
| XW8004GD | Grey | R>260 | Single | >15 | Up to 135cm, customized | Thicker film carrier (0.1mm) |
