Tencel Fabric: Green Textile Star
In today's world where fashion and environmental protection are equally important, a fabric called Tencel is gradually becoming a shining star in the textile industry with its unique charm and environmental protection characteristics. Tencel Fabric, a regenerated cellulose fiber that originated from the British Acordis company's decade-long research and development, has won the favor of global consumers with its outstanding performance and environmental protection concept since its commercial application in the 1990s.
The raw materials of Tencel Fabric are taken from renewable wood. Through a series of physical changes, such as making wood pulp and dissolving it in ammonium oxide solvent for direct spinning, Tencel fiber is finally formed. This process is non-toxic and pollution-free, and the ammonium oxide solvent can be recycled with a recovery rate of more than 99%. What is even more amazing is that Tencel products can be biodegraded after use, which is friendly and harmless to the environment. For this reason, Tencel Fabric is known as the "green fiber of the 21st century" and has won the international green environmental protection certificate, becoming a model of green and environmentally friendly fibers.
Tencel Fabric not only inherits the hygroscopicity, smoothness and comfort of ordinary viscose fiber, but also significantly improves its low strength, especially its strength in wet state, which is almost comparable to polyester. Tencel Fabric also has physical and chemical properties, including white appearance, round fiber cross section and moderate specific gravity. Its moisture regain is 11%, melting point is zero, and ignition point is about 400 degrees. After the toxicity test stipulated by relevant European regulations, it is confirmed that it is not a harmful item.
Tencel Fabric has high dry and wet strength, with a dry and wet strength ratio of up to 85%, showing tensile strength. At the same time, it also has significant swelling, with a volume ratio of 1:1.4 in dry and wet states, reflecting good moisture absorption and swelling ability. These characteristics make Tencel Fabric have extremely high application value in the field of clothing, and can meet consumers' dual needs for comfort and durability.
Tencel Fabric has a very wide range of applications and can be applied to almost every market segment in the textile field. Whether it is cotton, wool, silk, linen products, or knitted or woven products, Tencel can help create high-quality and high-end products. In the textile field, Tencel is not only used alone, but also often blended with other fibers to create a variety of unique products.
Tencel/Silk and Tencel/Spun Silk Series: Use high-count yarns, such as Tencel A100 60s and above, and Tencel and silk blended yarns to create soft, comfortable, and extremely glossy textiles.
Tencel/Linen Products: Combining the softness and comfort of Tencel with the natural environmental protection of linen, there are both blended and interwoven products, such as Tencel 14s×14s (linen) interwoven fabrics and Tencel 45/linen 55 blended fabrics, showing wearing performance.
Tencel Denim: Mainly using medium-count yarns of about 16s, weaving medium and light-weight denim, which not only maintains the durability of denim, but also adds softness and comfort.
Tencel Cotton Woven and Knitted Products: Combining the softness and comfort of Tencel with the moisture absorption and breathability of cotton, we create practical and environmentally friendly textiles, meeting consumers' pursuit of high-quality life.
The comfort of Tencel Fabric is one of its most notable features. This fabric is extremely soft and smooth to the touch, and you will hardly feel any irritation when wearing it next to your skin. Its fiber structure makes the fabric have good moisture absorption and breathability, which can quickly absorb moisture from the skin surface and evaporate it quickly to keep the body dry. This feature makes Tencel Fabric especially popular in hot summer. Compared with traditional cotton or linen fabrics, Tencel Fabric has better wrinkle resistance, and clothes can remain flat even after long-term wear or travel, without the need for frequent ironing.