【Protective clothing】 Development status of foreign thermal protective textiles

Thermal protective textiles are protective fabrics that prevent themselves from being ignited or that can slow down and stop burning after contact with a flame or a hot object. The core of the protective fabric is a high-performance flame-retardant fiber.

There is a big gap in the level of flame-retardant fiber technology in various countries. High-tech is mainly concentrated in developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, and various types of heat-resistant flame-retardant fibers have been researched and developed.

Japan: It has been successful in the industrialization of flame-retardant textile materials, especially in the fields of carbon fiber, aramid fiber, PBO fiber, PPS, etc. Japan has controlled more than 70% of the world's carbon fiber production capacity, monopolizing the world's high-tech The development and market of fiber materials, the production of flame-retardant fibers are mainly concentrated in Kuraray, Uniqek, Mitsubishi Rayon, Teijin, Toray, Toyobo and other companies.

The United States: As early as 1753, it first obtained a patent for flame-retardant blends used in textiles. Its flame-retardant fiber has always been a world leader. For example, DuPont's Nomex series fibers are widely used in fire fighting clothing.

Europe: French Kermel company and Austrian Lenzing company.