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PVC FREE Banners That Work

Several alternatives have been trialled over the years, but a PVC free banner that truly worked for the market could not be found. Until now.

The PVC free banner endures high wind loads due to its very high tear resistance and form stability. And the material’s qualities enable easy processing, and reduced waste disposal costs after use.

It is like traditional PVC banners in terms of texture and printing quality. But using PVC free banner will enable you to continue to provide high-quality products to your clients, and due to its lightweight construction, it will reduce transport costs and thus reduce their carbon footprint.

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Digital printing on fabric

There are lot of benefits for digital printing but following are the main benefits digital printing fabric brings to the textile industry:

    • Print on demand, print as much as you need.
    • Low cost start up.
    • Needs less operational space.
    • Quality of printing: high printing accuracy, sharp printin.
    • Savings on electricity.
    • Reduced water consumption.
    • Lower need of resources enables faster production cycle.
    • Fashion designers can print low quantities, increased number of niche products hence more creativity in apparel industr.

Personalization of home and household fabrics according to consumer requirement.

  • Needs less education as compared to traditional printin.
  • Wide range of Color variety, unlimited color.
  • Cost savings from absence of ongoing need of plates or drum.
  • Print short runs without any preparatio.
  • Short time needed to design a textile print patter.
  • Low inventory levels for fabric, ink, and other chemical.
  • Reduced time to introduce new designs or garments, less Time needed to get the product ready for market (Fast Fashion.
  • Low cost for making a prototype of an apparel.

 

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Many Materials Serve Non PVC Banner Applications

Non PVC banner is a substitute for PVC banner in display products like signs, posters, backdrops and adhesive films. The most common substitutes are PET, PP, PE and polyester, which are types of plastic but better for the environment than PVC.

Vinyl and laminates aren’t measured in GSM but in MC (microns).

PET vinyl

PET vinyl is made from Polyethylene Terephthalate, a highly recyclable plastic used to make block-out and one-way vinyl.

PP vinyl

PP vinyl is made from polypropylene, another highly recyclable plastic used to make high tack, removable and permanent vinyl products.

PE vinyl

PE (polyethene) is used as a coating system for holographic vinyl and to manufacture woven products for short-term use, like posters.

Polyester

Polyester is used to manufacture polyester canvas for banners, with the synthetic woven fabric used outdoors for long-term use.

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Coated Textiles Applications

Also known as technical coated textiles or rubber proofed fabrics, coated textiles grant rubber characteristics to a wide variety of fabrics and materials. We produce these materials specifically for a range of industries from marine and aviation to defence. However, the superior safety properties that coated textiles provide enable you to use them in a variety of applications.

Coated textiles are typically manufactured using either the spread coating or calender coating process.

Also known as knife coating, the spread coating process utilises a precision knife over air and knife over roller technique. The fabric is suspended under tension below the blade, which enables us to easily change the thickness of the coating. This enables us to apply solvent based polymer coatings directly onto the fabric from a variety of weights on a single side or two sides of the material.

Once the solvent has fully evaporated it leaves behind a layer of polymer on the fabric. This is then cured in extreme temperatures in specially crafted ovens to vulcanise the coating and fix its final characteristics. In order to achieve the best results, the weave structure of the fabric must be tight and capable of being held taught.

Calender coating utilises a different set of tools to achieve similar results. The process involves passing fabric through a set of heated rollers. These heated rollers serve an important purpose as they singe off any surface fibres which gives the fabric a superior smoothness.

The rubber coating is applied simultaneously as the fabric passes between the rollers. This reduces production time as it enables us to coat both sides at the same time. The thickness of the coating can be changed by adjusting the width of the nip between the rollers.

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Smart Thermally Actuating 5 Meter Textiles

Soft robots have attracted attention for biomedical and consumer devices. However, most of these robots are pneumatically actuated, requiring a tether and thus limiting wearable applications that require multiple controlled actuators. By pairing liquid-vapor phase change actuation with a 5 meter textile-based laminated manufacturing method, smart thermally actuating 5 meter textiles eliminate the need for a pneumatic tether.

Smart thermally actuating 5 meter textiles are lightweight and unobtrusive for wearable applications and exploit a facile manufacturing approach that supports arbitrary customization of the form factor and easy creation of connected arrays of individual robotic modules.

Through integrated sensing and heating elements, smart thermally actuating 5 meter textiles demonstrate closed-loop feedback that enables dynamic pressure control in the presence of environmental temperature fluctuations.

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Analogue printing – digital printing fabric

Screen printing is an analogue method of digital printing fabric. Screen printing involves pressing the paint through a printing screen (made of a steel frame and a nylon mesh) and thus making a print. This operation can be performed manually (the paint is then squeezed manually through the screen) or with a machine (the paint is automatically pressed by the machine through the screen).

Preparing the screen in screen printing resembles preparation of a template, where individual parts of the grid are covered, and a specific shape is obtained on the digital printing fabric. By means of screen printing, one colour is printed at a time as each colour is a separate layer. For this reason, screen printing is not particularly recommended for multicolour prints – in such cases, digital printing will work much better. Screen printing method can be used both with material beams (in such instance a rotational screen is used) or on ready-made clothing items (T-shirts, bags, accessories).

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Turning textile with recycled yarn waste into valuable yarn

To utilize spinning wastages and convert into a value-added product, different blends of fiber reclaimed from textile with recycled yarn waste and rags/fabric clippers were made with different soft wastages. Theses fibers were converted into open end textile with recycled yarn. Fiber reclaimed from textile with recycled yarn waste had superior properties than fiber from rugs in term of fiber length, uniformity %age and floating fiber %age which are 8% and 8.95% and 12% respectively.

Textile with recycled yarn produced from blended waste textile with recycled yarn sample have less textile with recycled yarn irregularities and better tensile strength properties than of rag waste blended textile with recycled yarn. Among, soft wastages, liker-in waste fiber in textile with recycled yarn showed better results as compared to card fly and ring ac fan. A cost comparison was made which showed that the cost of textile with recycled yarn produced from fibers extracted from rag is cheaper than yarn-waste. Statistical evaluation of fiber and textile with recycled yarn properties was conducted using ANOVA statistical approach.

We provid the level of significance of the relationship between the waste types and the fiber and textile with recycled yarn properties at α value of 0.05. These textile with recycled yarns can be used for manufacturing higher quality textile products like denim, chino cloth for trousers and towel. Cost with recycled content is potentially beneficial in terms of resource depletion and waste minimization strategy.

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Digital Printing Fabric Fact Sheet

WHAT IS DIGITAL PRINTING?

First, let’s look at conventional printing. Conventional screen printing requires the engraving of one screen per color in a design. So a design with 18 colors would require 18 screens. Additionally, 18 separate colors also need to be mixed and matched. With digital printing, there are no screens or colors to mix. Any image you can see on a computer can be reproduced on digital printing fabric in the same way as your desktop printer prints images on paper.

WHAT DIGITAL PRINTING FABRICS CAN BE PRINTED?

Unlike other digital printing operations, our digital printing solution is not limited in regards to any digital printing fabric content. We can print on cotton, polyester/cotton, rayon, silk, linen, nylon, wool, etc., as well as blends with a maximum width of 66”. There are however various reasons why any specific digital printing fabric may not perform well on our printer. Examples of things that can make a digital printing fabric unprintable include: water repellent finishes, softeners, hairy digital printing fabrics, extreme textures, sheer digital printing fabrics, warped selvages, long haired selvages, etc.

ARE THERE ANY DESIGN LIMITATIONS?

The more ink coverage a design has, the more likely the hand feel of a digital printing fabric may be affected. Designs with large solid flat backgrounds or other large flat areas, primarily in darker shades, may not print solidly. Some colors will print more pixelated than others.

WILL YOU PRINT ON MY DIGITAL PRINTING FABRIC?

No. Robert Kaufman Co. is unable to control the quality of a customer’s digital printing fabric and to control potential digital printing fabric losses due to the performance of that digital printing fabric on our printer. For this reason, we will not be accepting a customer’s digital printing fabric for use on the printer.

WHAT KIND OF INKS ARE USED?

Our digital print solution uses a patented pigment ink technology that is water based and absolutely free of heavy metals, formaldehyde and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates (APE), making them non-hazardous, non-toxic and 100% biodegradable. Our inks adhere to the strictest human health and environmental standards and contain no animal by-products and are completely vegan friendly, meeting both the Oeko-Tex 100 and Global Organic Textile (GOTS) standards.

IS THE DIGITAL PRINTING FABRIC WASHABLE AND COLOR FAST?

The printed inks are all washable and meet excellent color fast standards. The below results are, in general, readily achievable, however results may vary depending on the basecloth and how it was finished. We recommend: Machine wash cool or warm, delicate or gentle cycle, Tumble dry low, remove promptly. Best to iron the reverse side. Ultimately, it is buyer’s responsibility to order and test sample yardage to establish any performance standards that they require.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These PVC Free Banner

PVC free banner is an 11.8 mil durable polyester non-woven fabric with a tight weave and semimatte finish.

This lightweight, recyclable material is an environmentally friendly alternative to vinyl banners. Ideal for indoor and short-term outdoor banners, PVC free banner is also a great choice for POP displays, in-store signage and other display graphics.

It’s also a cost-effective alternative to traditional canvas. PVC free banner is compatible with latex, UV curable, solvent, and eco-solvent inks.

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Fashion tops of digital printing fabric

Digital printing fabric has changed the world of fashion. Showing off your identity through what you wear is all the rage and with digital printing fabric personalizing your fashion tops has never been easier. Print one off customized designs or alternatively print your most popular design on-demand.

We have a range of pallets to fit any fashion top size whether for children, women or men. Our technology prints on almost every type of fashion top fabric, from natural cotton and silk, to semi-synthetic viscose, to synthetic polyester. And with our Discharge digital printing fabric solution; now you can print amazing designs with the softest handfeel.

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