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What is fire retardant fabric? Briefly explain about it.

March 24, 2020 attiqurrehman Fabric, Garments, Products Development, Wet Processing

Fire retardant fabrics

These fabrics are fireproof clothing materials that are made from organic compounds. Flame retardant textiles are a safety fabric that is used in a number of different objects and professions. Like most organic compounds the fabric does burn at a given point. These fabrics may burn at a point but in comparison to other fabrics, these fabrics burn slower. Fabric can be classified as a fire retardant on the time it takes to burn. This is tested out in laboratories by scientists through various testing methods. If the fabric meets the safety standards they are declared and labeled as safe to use. This standard helps the buyer to know if they are buying a good quality product or not. If the fabric is not up to standards, it can cause the life of a worker. People in their workplaces depend on this fabric to protect their life from dangerous hazards.

The metal industry is one of the harshest environments to work in. Hot metal surfaces and molten metal can be found everywhere. In order to be safe from these hazardous environments, every worker should be provided with a fire retardant fabric overall.

Fire retardant fabric

Fire retardant fabrics are used to protect the wearer against fire. Air force pilots, tents and parachute fabrics, etc. are various applications. Such fabrics can be used in industrial wear for the work of firefighters, advanced motor racing apparels etc. Most of their uses are indoor products such as curtains in hotels, hospitals and theatres. Products like Twaron are used in fabrics such as firefighting to avoid high temperatures in an emergency situation. Materials such as aluminum hydroxide are often used as a fire retardant since it offers protection. It discharges water to absorb heat and cools the substance and surface of the aluminum and forms a protective layer. It then emits water vapors.

Inherent Fire Retardant Fabric

The flame resistance of the Inherently Flame Retardant fabric is permanent and indissoluble and always remains flame retardant, even with a scrap of the cloth. The substance no longer exists in the usable form if the flame retardation is stripped from the inherent material. For chemically treated fabrics this is not necessarily true. Both pieces and portions of the fabric remain flame retardant to natural FR fabrics. It would still be flame immune even if it’s buried and dug up 100 years from now. Fire retardant textiles that are naturally flame retardant will not lose flame retardation if washed or worn out, although proper care is always encouraged. Using chlorine bleach with an inherent FR fabric, for example, can fade the appearance and decrease strength, but the fabric remains flame resistant.

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Inherent fire retardant textiles do not contain any chemical coating so they last longer if washed compared to chemically treated fabrics. Inherent fireproof fabrics are typically materials with a resistance to flame built into their chemical structures. Fire retardant fabric suppliers make like Kevlar and Nomex that are flame retardant fabrics. The internal fiber structure itself cannot be inflamed. The defense is embedded in the fiber itself for intrinsically flammable resistant fibers and never removed or washed away. In Nomex, the aramid fiber is swelled and thickened when exposed to flame and provides a protective barrier between the heat source and the skin. The shielding barrier stays flexible until it cools, which helps the user to avoid critical extra seconds of defense.

Treated Fire Retardant Fabric

The treated fire-retardant textiles start with flammable cotton fiber. It is often blended with nylon or polyester to make it more durable and cheaper, a synthetic fabric that can be heat resistant, and it can melt into the skin of the wearer if exposed to flash fires. So undergarment should be worn under the fabric. Such blends also come from the word “88/12” and are packed with 88 percent cotton and 12 percent nylon or polyester.

When the cotton or cotton mixture is made, the flammable material is treated in flames with a chemical flame retardant. It may not be a permanent chemical additive. Most chemically formulated textiles claim the protection lasts with due care for the life of the garment. If handled with care these garments can last a lifetime.

home ingredients

Some ingredients commonly found at home laundry. such as, chlorine bleach and hydrogen peroxide additives booster may impair the flame retardant treatment’s fire-extinguishing properties. A study of over 800 employees has shown that less than a third of the workers. used a washing machine to clean and maintain FR garments correctly. The other employees washed their FR clothes at home or at work. For situations where chlorine bleach is used in cotton or cotton-blend fabrics for non-compliant detergent or the wrong temperature, the invisible chemical safety could be compromised without the consumer ever noticing it. This jeopardizes the clothing.

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How product’s development works in garment factory.

September 5, 2019 Engr. Md. Mustak Ahmed Business, CAD, Products Development

Let’s get back to the initial time of product’s development, manufacturing process, customer choice, color variation and fashion trends. There were not much varieties of clothing in general people’s. But Day after day with growing civilization clothing habit changed consistently as per fashion trends.
Hence, the products development department in garment factory always working to get exact outcome of the goods as customer asked. This is how it’s increased its necessary in garments manufacturing factory.

There too many methods followed by different organizations and factories. But the goal is same to “develop the products”. As per my own experience I would like to share with few words in easy manner.

This mission starts with tech pack, spec, measurement chart with physical Sample or sample’s photo. which is arranged and shared with product’s development department by marketing department. marketing department also known as merchandising department in garment factory. They collect tech pack from directly buyers or from their sources.

Most of the time the documents contain essential information which used to make exact products sample. But before makes any Sample. Technicians makes a mock up with any available Fabric to check the outcome of the garments as per measurement chart or tech pack.

An inspection team inspect each and every important criteria in mock up to justify with documents. If the mock up is ready to proceed than the merchandising department asked for Sample with actual Fabric and standard quality. With this Sample and pattern; the CAD department calculate the costing of garments. Some time this costing makes by merchandiser but it doesn’t accurate like CAD.

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They send product Sample and costing to sourcing office or direct buyer to see the Sample along with proposed price. If the buyer like the Sample and price than they ask for fit Sample. Sometime customer go for negotiations to reduce costing as per the Sample. It’s important to mark the point that is the Sample and the price could be remake and recalculate many time during development stage.

Product’s development department makes the Sample and CAD department calculated the price to submit to the buyer for review. Before go for contract seal Sample the physical Sample need to send the brand’s headquarter like M&S for London.

In a single sentence; before get the production order from buyer’s all of those garments(Sample) makes in products development department. So this department also widely called as Sample department.