According to statistics, in recent years, among the textiles and clothing exported to Europe and the United States from all over the world, the vast majority of products that have been notified due to unqualified flame retardant properties are produced in China. Unqualified flame retardant properties have seriously hindered the development of my country’s textiles. exit.
Unqualified flame retardancy hinders the export of fabrics
Flame retardant performance is one of the main indicators that affects the quality of textiles and clothing. European and American flame retardant safety regulations set three combustion levels for textiles. Level 1 is for general burning properties; level 2 is for moderate burning properties; level 3 is for rapid and violent burning properties. Such textiles are considered dangerous flammable materials. Because Level 3 textiles are prone to rapid and violent combustion, posing a fire risk, they are not suitable for use in clothing, especially children’s clothing.
Industry insiders said that there are two main reasons for the unqualified flame retardant performance of textiles and clothing: First, some clothing processing companies do not have strong risk awareness, use too light and thin textile raw materials in the production process, and do not promptly monitor The flame retardant performance of the final product was tested, and some companies’ products also had defects in clothing design; secondly, some clothing accessories were decorated with feathers, making such clothing extremely easy to burn.
Pay attention to the production of flame-retardant fibers
In order to prevent the decline in exports of my country’s textile fabric accessories due to unqualified flame retardancy, more and more textile export companies are paying more and more attention to the production of flame retardant fabrics.
It is understood that Shandong Yinying Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. determined the positioning and production implementation plan for flame-retardant fiber products a few years ago, and successfully conducted trial production that year. The company has determined the research and development plan for silicon-nitrogen flame-retardant fiber for textiles with a price-performance ratio between silicon-based and phosphorus-based flame retardants, and has successfully found a suitable new silicon-nitrogen flame retardant type and preparation method. In order to improve the stability and spinnability of flame-retardant fibers, the company has built a complete pre-spinning injection system and successfully completed large-scale stable production of new silicon-nitrogen flame-retardant viscose fibers.
According to relevant experts, in the future, the preparation technology of flame-retardant viscose fiber will all be converted to blending and additive production, and silicon-nitrogen-based flame-retardant viscose fiber with a mid-to-high cost performance will be increasingly favored by the market. . Silicon-nitrogen flame-retardant viscose fiber will shine in mid-end textile flame-retardant fibers, high-end nonwovens, flame-retardant fillers and other fields, thereby filling the gap between the current phosphorus-based flame-retardant viscose fiber and silicon-based flame retardant viscose. The market gaps caused by fibers’ respective defects.
In addition, industry insiders pointed out that textile fabric export companies should also avoid flame retardant risks from three aspects. The first is to master domestic and foreign technical regulations. Export clothing manufacturers should keep abreast of the regulatory trends on the flame retardant properties of textiles and clothing in importing countries, and organize production in strict accordance with relevant requirements in the textile production process. Secondly, enterprises must control the procurement of raw materials. When companies select raw material suppliers, they require the suppliers to provide flame retardant performance test reports of the raw materials. Thirdly, the company conducts risk prediction and review of the first sample design and strictly controls the product development process to avoid loss of quality due to design errors.
