Retardant protective clothing trends

(A) First, the development of textile flammability standards currently has the following three aspects: internationalization and serialization, performance requirements and standards of comprehensiveness and multiplicity of the number and type of increase.
 Country and most of the world textile flame retardant fabric performance test methods are to international standards (ISO) * close, either directly using, some same or equivalent; in product standards is to develop in the direction of internationalization and serialization. Has been one step ahead of the fire department, fire protective clothing - Performance requirements and test methods, fire insulation services, fire avoid the fire service and fire chemical suits four series of products formed industry standards. Performance requirements in terms of comprehensiveness and multiple, flame retardant textile products in addition to the standard requirements, has applicability aspects of development, such as clothing fabrics are strong, breathable (wet), stiffness, shrinkage, color and toxicity requirements . In addition, depending on the use of the environment but also add special protective performance requirements, Welding clothing against molten metal droplets to increase the impact of the requirements of fire service to increase the resistance to radiation and water resistance requirements, petrochemical and coal use to increase antistatic protective clothing requirements.
 China has a flame retardant fabrics and products more than 100 enterprises, with an annual ten thousand meters retardant fabric thousands and millions of sets of clothing, applications have included metallurgy, chemical industry, petroleum, forestry, fire, electricity, coal, construction and transportation and other industries. In 1997, amendments to the three test methods and two product standards, along with standardized production to ensure product quality and the need for development of new products, textile flame retardant standard will rapidly increase in number and type.
(Two) flame retardant protective clothing developed strategies
1, starting from the fiber, improve performance, reduce costs

Using blended method. High-performance flame-retardant fiber and a variety of low prices flame retardant fibers or fiber composition, although the prices are still relatively high, but can to some extent compensate for the price of some high-performance fiber defects, after all, a cost reduction an effective way.
The molecular structure and the spinning process to make improvements. Use more common in developed countries, high-performance flame-retardant fiber fabrics, such as Nomex, PBI, than other flame-retardant fabric performance, but the price is expensive, difficult to a large area in the country to promote the use, if you can process improvement, cost reduction , it can be a good solution to this problem.
2, the full use of domestic conditions, the development of fire-retardant finishing process
 Focus on the development of sound and flame retardant finishing process improvements is to improve the performance of an important means of flame retardant textiles. Another focus of high-tech applications such as development of nano materials in recent years, new technologies have domestic the nanoparticles can be stably distributed in the polyester or other synthetic fiber spinning solution, and then spun having antibacterial, anti-UV , deodorant, deodorant, far infrared reflection absorption infrared function or synthetic fiber. In the dyeing and finishing is concerned, the use of coating, padding or exhaustion and other methods to make natural fibers or ordinary fiber also has a special feature. Through nanotechnology applied to textile finishing features, while maintaining the original texture and appearance of clothing, because of the application of nanomaterials to make a more uniform treatment of textiles and lasting effect.
3, to strengthen the structure of the fabric
A fabric's performance is closely tied to its structure. Retardant fabric structure (organization, density, yarn conditions, etc.) can affect many properties, in addition retardant, insulation, but also with tensile properties, flexural properties, crease flexibility, drape, rigid, moisture absorption, permeability and so on. Therefore, strengthening the structure of the fabric is comfortable flame retardant functional fabric developed an effective way. Northwest Institute of Textile Science developed as double retardant fabric, the fabric is to use changes in the structure, the outer layer of high strength, wear resistance, good flexibility flame retardant polyester, can guarantee the fabric stiff and does not wrinkle, beautiful appearance, durable and the inner select hygroscopic, put wet fast, soft and good cotton as raw material, and with organizational changes, both to meet the protective performance of flame-retardant protective clothing and wearability, comfort and can better meet their sex.

4, to strengthen cooperation in development:
 As technology advances, asking people at work and have good coordination ability of the flame-retardant protective clothing, it also requires cooperation, from the comfort retardant fiber research, fabric development, garment design and production and test work completed, is an integral continuous process, any one part of a problem or not well done, will affect the final quality of the product. For example, a flame retardant protective clothing fabrics, comfort is very good, but the costume design is unreasonable, this garment can not achieve the comfort of movement, resulting in action after firefighters put inconvenient, results in reduced efficiency of the firefighters, so retardant clothing can not be called is a good protective clothing, therefore, coordination and cooperation between the various departments to work together is necessary.

(Three) as a green design concepts into clothing began in the 1980s, and in February 1997, in Germany, the latest clothing exhibition, showcasing the first environmentally friendly clothing. According to expert analysis, environmental clothing specific meaning is through toxicology tests and have the appropriate logo apparel. These flags on the clothing of toxic and hazardous substances range limits is very wide, and very strict, from pH, color fastness, formaldehyde residues, carcinogenic dyes, toxic metals, halogenated dyeing carrier, a special smell and cause other chemical stimuli disease factors to flame retardant requirements, security, and other aspects of physical stimulation requirements. Therefore, the rational, conscious choice harmless to human health, chemicals, pigments, and the control of harmful substances in order to achieve natural and human, technical virtuous circle.