Clothing & Seam Sealing

The production of garments is far ahead in terms of individuality and complexity. This makes it all the more important to rely on the right partner who stands for first-class materials and manufacturing processes. With our experience and our own extensive machinery, we support you in the race for functionality and reliability.

Our experience ranges from the seamless welding of textiles ("Seamless Sealing"), to seam sealing ("Seam Sealing"), to the coating of membranes or the production of ready-made aids such as transparent carrier tapes. Through numerous projects we know your problems and ideas from practical experience - no matter where the shoe pinches or the jacket drips! We are happy to discuss your requirements and present you with an effective solution.

Seam sealing

tapes

Performance Apparel, 2-ply

Even the best material becomes leaky when seams pierce the structure of the fabric and thus damage it. By applying a seam sealing tape from the inside on the seam, the textile is reliably and permanently sealed again.

Especially very demanding functional textiles or laminates need a seam sealing tape that is always at least as light and elastic as the textile itself. Our seam sealing tapes from our own development seal even difficult cross seams and remain reliable even after several washes at 60°C or dry cleaning.

3-ply

If the tape is not applied directly to a membrane but to the overlying textile inside, one of our seam sealing tapes with textile backing is the obvious choice. The hot-melt adhesive used here has an optimal viscosity to sufficiently wet the area to be sealed along the seam, which means that moisture simply has no chance of getting into the inside of the garment. Thanks to our own development and production, we can equip almost all of our adhesive systems with individual fabric carriers. For example, by using the inner fabric of the jacket, the seam sealing tapes can be made to appear invisible.

When sealing shoes, multi-layer seam sealing tapes prove their superiority, as the textile backing mitigates mechanical stresses (e.g. due to friction) and protects the user.

Each of our seam sealing tapes can be equipped with a breathable membrane. The main function as a reliable sealing medium is complemented by the same breathability that the base material has. The exchange of moisture in the seam area is not blocked and the jacket or trousers can continue to maintain their function over the entire surface.

In the field of seam sealing of tarpaulins, tents, boats or awnings, we offer various aliphatic seam sealing tapes for outdoor use. The tapes consist of different layers of highly UV and weather-resistant adhesive materials. Use under extreme conditions, even over longer periods of time, is no longer a headache.

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Seamless

Welding

Highly elastic hotmelt tapes

Highly elastic hotmelt tapes are used in functional and intimate apparel where elasticity and resilience are the order of the day. We have also further developed selected products so that they remain UV-stable when used with light-coloured fabrics and do not yellow to prevent the tape from becoming visible. All our hotmelt tapes are washable and retain their typical soft and elastic feel over the long term. Disturbing seams are thus a thing of the past.

Seam reinforcement tape

Seam reinforcement tapes can be welded along the seam, which additionally strengthens the seam in its structure. The garment is not affected in their function, as the tape is at least as soft and elastic as its wearer.

Breathable seam bonding

We use a breathable adhesive system for selected hotmelt tapes. This means that seams can be dispensed with and the adhesive joint also remains elastic and breathable. Different material variations allow the breathability to be flexibly adapted to the original material.

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Textile bonding /

Iron-on labels

Hot-melt adhesive foils for subsequent flocking

Hot-melt adhesive film on silicone paper in wide or narrow fabric serves as an adhesive substrate for the subsequent flocking. The flock fibres anchor themselves optimally in the adhesive bed, enabling a very clean and stable production. Due to the large selection of adhesives and the flexibility in the width of the film web, orientation is possible exclusively on the nature of the flock fibre and the further processing route.

Sublimation printing/transfer printing

For the printing process by means of sublimation or transfer, Gerlinger Industries offers various types of film into which the ink can be vapourised during the process. The film is produced on various carrier materials (e.g. PET) and can be transferred to the textile by means of a thermal transfer press in the transfer printing process.

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Thermoplastic

Membrane coating

Microporous or hydrophilic membranes are equipped with thermoplastic adhesive dots in advance for subsequent bonding with inner or outer layers. The choice of adhesive, the application weight and the dot pattern can be customised. Depending on the further processing, a release paper can be applied on one or both sides. The end user can bond by heating the membrane and reactivating the adhesive dots.

Optical applications

and accessories

TPU films of all colours for optical and functional applications

We have developed various types of film especially for optical-functional applications, which can be easily welded on and retain their shape permanently. In addition, the films can be dyed in numerous colours, which creates an optical advantage. Especially sports and running shoes can be stabilised and upgraded with our foils to guarantee the end customer the highest wearing comfort with low weight and maximum stability.

Straps

Transparent film tapes can be used as carrier systems for intimate or outer garments to detach the usually disturbing fabric straps at the shoulders. The carrier tapes are highly stable and matt, which brings the well-known "skin-touch" effect. Tensile stress, washing cycles and large temperature fluctuations - all critical situations of everyday life - are mastered by highly functional TPU straps! In the process, vulnerable materials such as rubber or caoutchouc are more than equally replaced.

Individual applications

individual foils

Our specialists look forward to hearing from you - we are guaranteed to have empirical values with your or a very similar application!

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