Enhancing Adhesion Characteristics of Coated and Laminated Textiles with Environmental-friendly Plasma Technology

摘要

Coating and lamination enhance and extend the range of functional performance properties of textiles and the use of these techniques is growing rapidly as the applications for technical textiles become more diverse. A fundamental requirement for any coated or laminated fabric is that the coating shall have strong adhesion and cohesion towards the base fabric and it must not separate throughout the life time of the product. In order to improve the adhesion between the textile substrate and deposited coating or laminate layer, plasma treatment of substrate is an environmental and economical alternative. Plasma accomplishes this through an improved wetting of textile substrate by the coating and enhancing substrate-coating or lamination affinity.