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What Is Artificial Leather Made Of?

2022-08-18
Artificial leather is made of fabric as the base, coated with synthetic resin and various plastics.

Classification of artificial leather:
1. Classification by material

A class of plastic products that look and feel like leather (see leather) and can be used instead of it. It is usually based on a fabric and coated with a compound made of synthetic resin plus various plastic additives (see plastisol processing). In my country, people are accustomed to calling the artificial leather produced from PVC resin as Pvc Artificial Leather (referred to as artificial leather); the artificial leather produced from PU resin as raw material is called PU artificial leather (referred to as Pu Leather ): using PU resin and non-woven fabric as raw materials The artificial leather produced is called Pu Synthetic Leather (referred to as Synthetic Leather).

Artificial leather

Our products also have PU Leather , the chemical Chinese name is "polyurethane". PU leather is the epidermis of polyurethane components; there are Artificial leather, which are made of various formulas of PVC and PU foam or lamination on the basis of textile cloth or non-woven fabric; and PVC Leather, Generally refers to pvc soft leather. Soft-covered leather refers to a wall decoration method that is packaged with flexible materials on the surface of indoor walls; there is also PU paper , which is a kind of artificial leather, usually with a cloth base (or knitted cloth base) on the back, which is closer to a leather fabric; There is also Book binding paper, in the process of publishing the book, the paper format and printing binding method of the book; there are also materials used for packaging, all kinds of Packaging material are available, and can also be customized and so on. If you want to know more, welcome to consult us, we will serve you wholeheartedly!

Artificial leather
2. Classification by use
A plastic product similar to leather. Usually a fabric is used as the base, and a layer of resin mixture is coated or pasted on it, then heated to plasticize it, and rolled flat or embossed to obtain a product. Similar to Natural Leather, it has the characteristics of softness and wear resistance. Depending on the type of cover, there are artificial leather for shoes, artificial leather for bags, etc. according to the application.
Artificial leather
In the early 20th century, nitrocellulose varnishes made by coating fabrics with nitrocellulose sol were the pioneers of artificial leather. In the 1930s, the industrial production of polyvinyl chloride opened up new raw material resources for artificial leather and promoted the development of artificial leather production. The paste made of polyvinyl chloride by adding plasticizers, stabilizers, etc. is easy to color. After the coating is gelled, it can be printed, embossed or embossed and printed to make a variety of products similar in appearance to leather. . Although its air permeability and moisture permeability are not as good as natural leather, it has certain strength and wear resistance, especially simple production, rich raw materials, uniform product quality, easy to cut and use, light weight, water resistance, and low cost, so it is widely used in production. Clothing, shoes and hats, luggage, furniture, decorations and various industrial accessories.
Artificial leather
With the development of plastic varieties and processing technology, artificial leather has formed a variety of series products. In addition to polyvinyl chloride, the raw materials of the coating layer are polyamide, polyurethane, polyolefin, etc. There are also many varieties of base fabrics, such as plain cloth, canvas, knitted cloth, fleece cloth, non-woven fabric and so on. The production of artificial leather of different varieties and colors is also different from the coating and gelation method of the base fabric surface layer, as well as the finishing process, such as the sequence of embossing, printing, surface treatment, etc. and the composition of surface treatment agents.

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