Characteristics And Properties Of Kapok Fiber

What is kapok fiber?

It is the fruit fiber of several plants of the genus kapok, Kone, belonging to unicellular fibers, the same as cotton fibers.

Tell you what characteristics of kapok fiber: kapok fiber is the finest, lightest, hollowed and warmest fiber material in natural ecological fiber.

Its fineness is only 1/2 of cotton fiber, and its hollow rate is more than 86%, which is 2-3 times that of ordinary cotton fiber.

It has the characteristics of smooth, antibacterial, moth proof, mildew proof, light and soft, no entanglement, impervious to water, no heat conduction, ecology, warmth retention, moisture absorption and moisture conduction.

Tell you the advantages and disadvantages of kapok fiber: light, soft, smooth, bright, antistatic, no entanglement, moisture absorption and moisture conduction, no mold, no moth, acid and alkali at normal temperature, green and natural environmental protection.

The length of kapok fiber is much smaller than that of cotton fiber, and its linear density is smaller than that of fine staple cotton. There is no natural curl of cotton fiber, poor cohesion, poor orientation and low crystallinity, and the breaking strength and elongation at break of fibers are obviously smaller than those of cotton fibers.

Tell you about kapok fiber.

Middle and high grade bedding, stuffing, pillow, cushion and so on.

In the past, kapok fibers failed to be widely used in these fields due to the fact that kapok fiber is too thin, bending stiffness is low, compression elasticity is poor, and the filling material is easily flattened and felt. With the passing of time, the softness, comfort and warmth retention of products are fading rapidly.

Medium and high grade clothing home textiles, kapok fiber spinnability is poor, generally difficult to pure spinning.

It can be used to blend fabrics with cotton, viscose or other cellulose fibers, and can make fabrics with good gloss and good feel.

If the Japanese textile company launched the kapok and cotton blended fabric in 2003, the kapok content is 30% to 50%, and the blended yarn has 73 tex, 58.3 tex and 29 tex three kinds.

The company also developed a mixture of polyester filament and nylon filament for warp, kapok and cotton blended yarns.

These cotton fabrics are mainly used for making women's lightweight short coat, shirts and dresses, and men's tops.

For tourism and entertainment products, kapok fiber is the best buoyancy material. The bedding made of it is light and easy to carry. Tourists at the seaside lakeside can float on the kapok mattress and bathe in the sun. Because kapok fiber does not absorb water, it can be used for camping at night after a little drying of the kapok mattress after going ashore.

As a buoyancy material for life jackets, it is not easy to age and damage compared with life jackets filled with PVC and PE foam plastics.

Thermal insulation and sound absorption materials.

Kapok fibers can be used for insulation and sound-absorbing layers of houses.

In 1998, the Dresden Technology University in Germany developed kapok 10 Fen composite thermal insulation building materials, which proved to be better endothermic and thermal retention than single wool fiber insulation materials.

As a natural cellulose fiber, kapok fiber has a unique structure of thin wall and large hollow. Its vacancy rate is much higher than that of other existing fibers. It is excellent insulation, sound insulation, thermal insulation and buoyancy materials. Its gloss, hygroscopicity and warmth retention are natural materials used for clothing fabrics. Although the strength of yarns after mixing with kapok will decrease, it can reduce costs and improve the environmental hygiene performance of products, and provide new products to cope with international "special safeguard" barriers.

At present, the blending content and spinning number of kapok fiber are relatively low, and the spinning process and equipment need to be further studied.

The above gives you a description of kapok fiber and kapok fiber.

And application scope.

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