Where is microfiber produced

This is important because it allows us to bring you the highest quality microfiber at the lowest possible price. In Korea, the raw bulk yarn is spun, twisted and pulled then it is split with German engineered machines. The splitting process is what makes microfiber cleaning products so effective. This is where the Korean know how comes into play. The splitting process adds surface area to the fiber which is what gives it its ability to absorb so much liquid as well as its ability to pick up and hold dust and dirt.

Just like in the USA, all of the factory workers live locally and go home every night. FAQ's Find answers to our most frequently asked questions. How To Videos Watch how to efficiently and effectively use your microfiber.

Articles Articles and tech tips on how to best use and care for your microfiber. Interviews Learn the best microfiber cleaning techniques from practiced professionals. Checkmark icon Added to your cart:. Cart subtotal. Close icon. Chevron down icon Chevron down icon. Each pie shape contains eight segments of polyester and eight segments of polyamide with trace amounts of oil separating the two polymers so they do not mix.

See figure 1. The seventy-two pie shapes combine to create one filament. During the extrusion process, air moves through the molding plates to cool the liquid polymers into fibers. Gravity allows the fibers or microfiber yarn to form in continuous filaments. See figure 2. Once the fibers are collected, they can be woven or knitted into fabric. The next step, and one of the most crucial in the process, involves submerging the woven or knitted fabric in a dye or bleach bath with an alkaline solution.

This is also known as the splitting process, in which the polyester is corroded by a controlled chemical process that splits the microfibers to create cavernous openings in the fiber. Whereas unsplit microfibers perform in the same way as normal synthetic yarns, split microfibers give the fabric enhanced absorbing and dirt-trapping capabilities. The final stage of microfiber production, cutting and sewing, is the same as that of products made with more traditional yarns and manufacturing methods.

Microfiber products have characteristics and properties e. If yes, bundles corresponding to the sell unit pack quantity are prepared, if not the individual piece is removed from the line and its sew in label cut off, a clear indication that the product is not suitable for retail as new.

Depending on the type of defect, some of these products end up in bags of rags, when the efficacy of the product is not compromised and only a visual defect was observed. We have very strict procedures during the manufacturing process to ensure that no foreign object can end up in the final consumer product.

Occasionally a needle could break in weaving or during sewing. When this occurs, the line is stopped and we reconstitute the original needle by reassembling all fragments found before replacing the needle and starting the equipment again. Should a fragment not have been found, it will be detected in the final pack by an ultra sensitive metal detector through which all of our products had to pass. In case of a detection, the conveyor belt reverses and the product is taken out of the line for further inspection.

Depending on the product, the sell unit could be packed in a clear polybag, a polybag with graphics, a clam shell, a cardboard box, a sleeve, the combinations are endless. A group of sell units is then placed into master cases to protect the product as well as to facilitate the transportation process. How Does Microfiber Work? Why go ultrasonic? Shopping Cart. My Account. Welcome to Eurow! Login Create Account. Bags of polyester pellets PET Close up on polyester pellets.

Blower creates vacuum to lift pellets Foam insulation to conserve heat. The heaters are electric to provide a better ability to control temperature. The temperature control throughout the process is very important and variability of more than half a degree makes a difference on the finished product.

Energy can be conserved by limiting the heat dissipation on the equipment, which explain the heavy foam insulation seen on the picture above. The stirring process, temperature, diaphragms diameter and free gravity flow all contribute to the thickness of the individual filaments of microfiber, and have to be perfectly adjusted.

Very precise temperature control Filaments flowing through a line. The filaments are then grouped and spun on bobbins, ready to be stored. We are running several lines in parallel, specializing lines to run specific yarns. On the picture below right is an example of a doped dyed yarn where we added yellow pigments during the extrusion process. Many lines running in parallel Spinning of microfiber extruded yarn.

The bottom floor of the extrusion building is where the process ends with the spinning of the yarn on bobbins. Each line of 8 yarns terminates on one axle with 8 bobbins. In the video below a doped dyed yarn is spun for the Detailers Preference towels.

Only a fraction of the yarn produced is utilized in the Eurow microfiber towels production, the rest is sold to the garment industry. The Eurow microfiber manufacturing process is fully vertically integrated. At one end of the factory bags of polyester and polyamide are received, at the other end finished and packaged microfiber towels are shipped.

We even manufacture our own bobbins. This in itself is an interesting process to watch from the cardboard being glued and rolled to form a tube on which we apply a colored layer, to the cutting of tube sections then individual bobbins.

The colored layer is a color coding system that we developed to identify which day of the week the yarn is being produced.