Technical Textiles
Silicones are suitable for coating almost any kind of fabric. The art of formulation requires a great deal of experience and creativity, and a wealth of knowledge about relevant chemical and processing relationships. This is an area in which WACKER’s technical service excels: we will help you with the often tricky task of matching product, coating system and substrate to obtain the best results.
Applications:
- Expansion joints
- Multifunctional conveyor belts
- Protective hose (fabric and braided hose)
- Fire curtains
- Textile heat shields
- Textile-reinforced bellows
Benefits:
- Resistance to extreme temperatures (-50 to 200 °C) and chemicals
- Radiation, weathering and aging resistance
- Outstanding chemical and mechanical strength
- Flame-retardant
- No evolution of toxic gases in event of fire
- Electrically conducting or isolating
- Suitable for food contact
- Outstanding adhesion to textile material
- Sterilizable
- Anti-slip properties
Applications:
- Sport & leisure apparel
- Sails
- Tenting
- Paragliders
- Parachutes
- Hot-air balloons
Benefits:
- UV and weathering resistance
- High flexibility
- Resistance to extreme temperatures (-50 to 200 °C)
- Hydrophobic and waterproof
- Anti-slip properties
- Washability
- Easy to clean
- Translucency and pigmentability
- Flame-retardant
Applications:
- Flameproof textiles, welding suits
- Fire/heat suits
- Fire department and police apparel
- Safety gloves
Benefits:
- High flexibility
- Resistance to extreme temperatures (-50 to 200 °C, specialty grades tolerate brief exposure to 300 °C)
- Chemical resistance
- Radiation, weathering and aging resistance
- Outstanding chemical and mechanical strength
- Flame-retardant
- No evolution of toxic gases in event of fire
- Outstanding adhesion to textile material
- Translucency and pigmentability
- Electrically conducting or isolating
Applications:
- Protection against light & weathering
- Flame-resistant treatment and louver blinds
- Siliconized textile membranes
- Textile wall coverings
Benefits:
- Excellent weathering and aging resistance
- UV resistance
- Resistance to extreme temperatures (-50 to 200 °C)
- Outstanding chemical and mechanical strength
- Flame-retardant
- High translucency
- No evolution of toxic gases in event of fire
- Effective dirt and water repellency
- Easy to clean
Benefits:
- Permanent flexibility, even in extreme temperature ranges (-50 to 200 °C); specialty grades tolerate exposure to 300 °C
- Heat-resistant
- Flame-retardant
- No evolution of toxic gases in event of fire
- Translucent or pigmentable
Applications:
- Fabric interior furnishings for motor vehicles and trains
- Concertina-type bellows for airplane gangways and for joining sections of trains and buses
- Fire curtains and louver blinds
- Protective and work apparel for fire departments and the police, fire suits (heat-resistant suits) and welding suits
