Freudenberg to show new crimping material at Lineapelle
February 17, 2020 - Germany
Freudenberg will be presenting an innovation that meets the demands of manufacturers and consumers alike in the footwear market, at Lineapelle show, from February, 19-21, 2020, in hall 9, booth F1/F3. Made from nonwoven fabric, the innovative crimping material combines high permanent mouldability and shape retention with flexibility and suppleness.
The unique crimping material enables manufacturers to reduce their production costs while consumers benefit from increased comfort. The world’s leading supplier of innovative technical textiles will present the innovation for the first time at the Milan Lineapelle trade show, the company said in a press release.
Consumers are increasingly looking for ever softer, more flexible and at the same time fashionable shoes. This in turn places greater demands on shoe manufacturers in terms of production technology. Freudenberg’s innovative nonwoven-based crimping material succeeds in reconciling the demands of consumers with the associated technical challenges for manufacturers.
In contrast to knitted linings, the material’s multi-directional stretching properties enable uniform longitudinal and transverse stretching over the entire vamp area. The direction-independent pattern grading this enables results in up to 10 per cent less cut waste.
Compared to conventional knitted fabric-based crimping materials, faster thermoplastic mouldability means shorter production times and thus significantly reduced manufacturing costs. The crimping material offers better shaping, last-true vamp mould retention and optimum shape and stability. Even after more than 72 hours of wear, the moulded vamp still retains 100 percent of its true lasted shape.
The material’s extremely fine fibres allow shoes to be designed that are very soft in character and provide optimum comfort. At the same time, the exceptionally high cutting-edge stability increases the range of creative design possibilities. The significantly lower weight-to-area ratio of the nonwoven-based crimping material reduces the weight of the shoe while at the same time ensuring better shape retention.
The unique crimping material enables manufacturers to reduce their production costs while consumers benefit from increased comfort. The world’s leading supplier of innovative technical textiles will present the innovation for the first time at the Milan Lineapelle trade show, the company said in a press release.
Consumers are increasingly looking for ever softer, more flexible and at the same time fashionable shoes. This in turn places greater demands on shoe manufacturers in terms of production technology. Freudenberg’s innovative nonwoven-based crimping material succeeds in reconciling the demands of consumers with the associated technical challenges for manufacturers.
In contrast to knitted linings, the material’s multi-directional stretching properties enable uniform longitudinal and transverse stretching over the entire vamp area. The direction-independent pattern grading this enables results in up to 10 per cent less cut waste.
Compared to conventional knitted fabric-based crimping materials, faster thermoplastic mouldability means shorter production times and thus significantly reduced manufacturing costs. The crimping material offers better shaping, last-true vamp mould retention and optimum shape and stability. Even after more than 72 hours of wear, the moulded vamp still retains 100 percent of its true lasted shape.
The material’s extremely fine fibres allow shoes to be designed that are very soft in character and provide optimum comfort. At the same time, the exceptionally high cutting-edge stability increases the range of creative design possibilities. The significantly lower weight-to-area ratio of the nonwoven-based crimping material reduces the weight of the shoe while at the same time ensuring better shape retention.