About elastic narrow fabrics:

• Elastic narrow fabrics are an important input to the undergarment industry.
• They are also used in other garments i.e. shorts, jackets and skirts, moulded luggage, baby diapers, sports goods, medical goods, etc.

Product characteristics:

• Elastic narrow fabrics are made from an elastomeric yarn and yarns made from cotton, polyester and nylon.
• More than 3000 different varieties of elastic fabrics are manufactured however, based on manufacturing technology they can be classified as woven and knitted.
• The fabric is expected to have the following properties:-
• Stretch ability
• Shrink resistance
• Durability to regular wash
• Soft feel
• Knitted elastic tapes are generally available in widths 8 mm, 12 mm, 20 mm and 25 mm.
• Woven elastic tapes range in widths 25 mm, 32 mm and 38 mm.
• These elastic tapes are primarily used for undergarments.
• The narrow fabric is made with or without logo along the length depending on customer‘s requirement.

Raw-materials:

• Elastic narrow fabrics are made from heat resistant latex thread generally referred to as Rubber thread or heat resistance spandex yarn.
• This yarn is woven or knitted along with yarns of polyester, nylon or cotton.
• Polyester yarn of 150 deniers and nylon yarn of 210 denier are used for the purpose.

Technology used:

• Weaving
• Knitting