About umbrella Fabric:

• Umbrella fabric is a medium weight, plain weave taffeta fabric used for manufacturing Umbrellas.
• Umbrellas are used primarily in rainy seasons.
• They are also used for protection against Sun however such usage is majorly in regions which encounter extreme sunshine especially the regions close to the equator.
• Earlier umbrellas were manufactured using cotton fabric coated with waterproofing agent.
• Umbrella fabric used these days is polyester and nylon taffeta fabric.

Product characteristics:

• Umbrella fabric is manufactured of polyester filament yarn or nylon filament yarn in varying proportion i.e. 150T, 160T and 190T where T indicates the thread density.
• The umbrella fabric is expected to be water-proof for the rainy season, should maintain physical form during extreme ultraviolet exposure in the summer season, and should have high tear resistance and high abrasion resistance.
• The GSM of umbrella fabric typically ranges from 110 to 280 based on type of umbrella.

Raw-materials:

• Taffeta fabric used as umbrella fabric is manufactured on shuttle looms as well as shuttle less looms.
• The basic raw material used is Nylon or Polyester filament yarn generally 70 denier

Technology used:

Weaving