Project Description
Reflective Fabric Introduction
Reflective fabric for clothing is made of the substrate, composite glue, reflective layer, and glass beads, widely used for outdoor safety reflective products, such as safety equipment, safety uniforms, work clothing, sanitation clothing. and these reflective safety products’ application benefits from the reflective effect of the reflective fabric tape.
So XW Reflective transfers the microbeads to the cloth base through the aluminized plant film to achieve the reflective effect of reflective fabric tape. Moreover, whether day or night, Reflective fabric always express excellent retroreflective feature, can reflect the direct light from a long distance back to the luminous place.
As we all know, there are kinds of reflective material in the market, the most common reflective fabric materials are reflective chemical fiber cloth and reflective T / C cloth. XW Reflective is one of a leading reflective fabric supplier in China, mainly manufacture and provide glossy reflective clothing, high gloss reflective fabric, reflective hear transfer film, reflective fireproof fabric, reflective tape, reflective glass bead tape, elastic reflective fabric, reflective lattice belt and so on. All of these reflective products have different features & application, with different reflection value and parameters, already passed TUV testing and American ANSI certification, top quality exceeding European (EN471) standards.
XW10004B Fluorescent Yellow And Silver Flame Retardant Reflective Tape
XW10004B is composed of micro-glass beads bonded to a 100% arimd fabric backing with fire resistantable and heat resistency. The fluorescent color is enhancing the visibility during daytime and nighttime. It reflects light directly to the original light source and enhances the visibility of anyone who wears it.
The reflective coefficient (R, in cd/lux/m ) of XW10004B can meet the requirements in international standards like EN ISO 20471, ANSI/ISEA 107, CSA-Z96- 15, AS/NEZ 1906.
Technical Data
- Attachment type: Sew On
- Daytime color: Fluorescent yellow / Siver / Fluorescent yellow fireproof Reflective Tape
- Backing fabric: 100% Aramid
- Reflectivity: R>420 CD/LUX typical Reflectivity, 330 CD/LUX for minimum reflectivity
- Home wash cycles: 50 cycles for home wash and dry cleaning
- Width: up to140 CM, can be customized
- Certification: EN ISO 20471, ANSI/ISEA 107, CSA-Z96-15, AS/NZS 1906.
- Application: Suitable for reflective clothing, reflective shirts, reflective fashion shirts, reflective vest, glow in the dark tape, security vest, reflective triangles, reflective jacket
Features of Reflective Fabric Material
Reflective material categories into reflective sheeting and reflective fabric, reflective fabric tape apply for personal safety and fashion application. Reflective fabric always shows in our daily life as we all know, such as reflective clothing, safety vest, reflective hat, reflective bag, etc. And reflective material has 4 points features as below:
Material of Reflective Fabric
Reflective fabric is one of the essential materials for personal safety, now days, this reflective material also gets more popular in the fashion industry. Reflective tape is composed of lens glass beads with different backing fabric, the most common materials are polyester, T/C, spandex. For fashion garments, we also supply reflective heat transfer vinyl, rainbow reflective fabric, and reflective printing fabric.
Diversity of reflective material
In order to match the characteristics and uses of other products, reflective material is manufactured as different reflectivity, backing fabric, washing cycles reflective tape for daily necessaries application, usually divide into reflective cloth, reflective thermosensitive film, reflective yarn, reflective logo and other products for various style of application.
Washing cycles of reflective fabric
Reflective fabric generally requires to pass the washing cycles, normally we are talking about domestic washing cycles for most of reflective fabric. Domestic washing ISO 6330, 6n, at 60℃ for 25 washing cycles, the reflective fabric remains the minimum coefficient of retro-reflection after domestic washing cycles, rainfall, and cold temperature. Moreover, some specific reflective fabric is required to qualify for industrial wash, these reflective materials are applied for reflective garments for oil, petrol, or mining application.
Reflectivity of reflective material tape
Reflective material tape can reflect original light under the lighting of headlamp light or road light. I think many drivers know that when you are driving on the highway. As the name suggests, reflectivity is one of the most important characteristics of reflective materials.
It is precisely because of the reflective nature that reflective materials can provide the most effective and reliable personal safety guarantee at night or in poor sight environments.
Wide-angle of reflective material
Reflective material usually has a better wide-angle, so that reflective fabric also can keep a good reflective effect, reflect light directly even there is a wide-angle between reflective film and lighting.
This wide-angle feature of reflective fabric material is applied to the production of reflective work clothes like uniforms of traffic police, which can well improve personal safety in the dark situation, such as roadway, construction work zone, etc.
Service life of reflective fabric
Generally speaking, the service life of reflective fabric is different from reflective sheeting, reflective fabric applies for garments, vests, shoes, hats, etc, thus washing cycles for either domestic wash or industrial wash is more essential. For example, XW2606-2B polyester reflective fabric tape has 25 domestic washing cycles, whereas, XW2720-6 TC reflective fabric meets 100 domestic washing cycles.
Standards of reflective fabric tape.
The grade of reflective fabric can usually be followed by polyester, T/C, and aramid other categories.
Of course, the raw reflective material using and selling price of reflective tape is different due to the different requirements of reflection value and service life. For example, the aramid flame resistant reflective tape has a feature of flame and heat resistant, this is important material for fireman garments. In a word, you can choose a different standards of reflective tape according to your needs.
Storage of reflective material
Reflective fabric is 50cm height a roll, you can package them in a hard carton in order, reflective fabric rolls are easy to package and storage. When you order reflective fabric from XW Reflective manufacturer or another reflective material supplier, they will package your reflective fabric products well, therefore, you don’t worry more about extrusion deformation.
Application of reflective fabric
Reflective fabric has different backing fabric materials, such as polyester, T/C, aramid, BPU, PES, etc. different materials have different processes. For example, elastic reflective tape XW2606-8XW with backing material polyester and spandex, the process is sewing on different garments; whereas, reflective heat transfer vinyl XW8006, it is BPU backing, thus the process is hot pressing. All reflective fabric can apply for reflective clothing, reflective shirts, reflective fashion shirts, reflective vest, glow in the dark tape, security vest, reflective triangles, reflective jacket
The operating temperature of the reflective fabric
We strongly recommend handling the reflective fabric with protected gloves and keep them in the environment of below 26.7℃ and 30 -50 % relative humidity.
Leading Time of Fireproof Reflecitve Fabric Product
- We have regular stock of reflective fabric products for sale in the warehouse, if not, it will take 7-10 days to arrange reflective fabric production & shipment after deposits receive. Thus, please confirm with XW Reflective maufacturer before ordering our reflective tape material.
OEM & ODM Available
- Customized reflective fabric width available( Can’t over the Maximum width).
- Customized reflective tape fabric package mark service.
- For any client’s who want printing LOGO on retro refelctive fabric, please contact with our staff and it request a high quantity.
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 fire resistant reflective tape
- Inner packing: ( Plastic seal )+ Plastic bag
- Outer packing: Export carton box
- *Please contact our staff for customized products.
- *The data does not include the pallet size, we recommended increasing the pallet to protect the goods.
- Loading Port：Ningbo/Shanghai or other China port
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
- Reflective material download
- Certificate
Related product
| Model | Fabric backing | Reflectivity | Reflective side | Home Wash cycles | Standard
( EN20471, ANSI107 ) |
Width | Color |
| XW10002B | Cotton | R>420 | Single | >50 | √ | Up to 140cm, customized | Silver |
| XW10002C | Cotton | R>420 | Single | >50 | √ | Up to 135cm, customized | Orange-Sliver-Orange |
| XW10002D | Cotton | R>10 | Single | NA | Up to 140cm, customized | Fluorescent Yellow | |
| XW10004A | Aramid | R>420 | Single | >50 | √ | Up to 135cm, customized | Silver |
