What Is Spandex Fabric? And it’s Uses?

 

Spandex Market
Spandex Market

Spandex is a supple synthetic fabric known for its flexibility. Contrary to common misconception, "spandex" is not a brand name; rather, it is a generic term for polyether-polyurea copolymer fabrics created using a number of manufacturing procedures. Spandex, Lycra, and elastane are all interchangeable names.

Spandex is a fabric made of polymers that can stretch up to 600 percent of its original length without losing its quality. Diapers, home furnishings, sporting, casual apparel, compression stockings and hoses, and bandages are all sectors where spandex is used. Solution dry spinning, reaction spinning, melt extrusion, and solution wet spinning are the four basic techniques used to make it.

According to Coherent Market Insights the global spandex market is was accounted for US$ 7,150.4 Mn in terms of value by the end of 2019, witnessing a CAGR of 10.3% during the forecast period (2020 to 2027).

This fabric is often used in form-fitting consumer apparel since it can stretch up to 5-8 times its original size. Small amounts of spandex are woven into other synthetic, semi-synthetic, or organic fibres in most circumstances, rather than using pure spandex in clothes.

Polyurethane is the basic material for spandex, and it was invented by IG Farben in Germany in 1937. Hundreds of top German scientists moved to the United States after WWII, and many of IG Farben's textile engineers went to the DuPont Corporation, which was the undisputed leader in synthetic textile development at the time.

Spandex is a synthetic material that is used to manufacture stretchy apparel, such as athletic wear. Polyurethane, a long-chain polymer created by reacting a polyester with a diisocyanate, is used to make it. A dry spinning technique is used to turn the polymer into a fibre.

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