Specialty Fabrics are woven fabrics with high technical functionality in terms of tensile strength, elongation, weight, thickness and different finishing options. The variety of specialty fabrics is enormous. The technical scope can differ from very light and flexible textiles to heavy and ultra-high tensile strenghts – always depanding on the type of application and its specific requirements.

The fabric treatments include dry finishes such as:

• heat-setting
• tumbling
• calendaring
• doubling

Fabric treatments with wet finishes enable to achieve the following properties:

• rubber-adhesive
• oil / water-repellent
• bitumen-friendly
• flame / heat-resistant
• antistatic
• UV-resistant
• coloring

Fabric coating includes coating with:

• PVC dispersion and paste (polyvinyl chloride)
• NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber)
• CR (chloroprene rubber)
• SBR latex (styrene-butadiene rubber)
• PVA (polyvinyl alcohol)
• PVAC (polyvinyl acetate)
• PU (polyurethane)
• Silicone and acrylate blends

We produce untreated fabrics with a width of up to 5,40 cm (212″), dip-coated fabrics up to 5,20 m (204″) and treated fabrics up to 2,95 m (116″).

Specialty Fabrics are used in versatile markets and applications like:

• filters
• hoses
• handrails
• ballistic protection vests
• flat roofs
• awnings
• swimming pools
• scrims
• meshes
• geotextiles

In the mobility sector, specialty fabrics are used in the following applications:

• timing belts
• brake diaphragms
• air bag covers
• battery covers for electric cars
• air filters or composites reinfoced with fabrics like for car interior as dashboards, car bodies or seat frames

More details:
https://www.mehler-ep.com/products/engineered-fabrics/