Yarn Lubricants

Through the application of a lubricant, yarns are prepared for subsequent processing steps. Lubricants, coning oils, warping oils and bonding agents ensure that the yarns, threads and twists can withstand the high technical demands of the weaving, knitting, sewing or embroidering procedures.

The high production speeds in textile weaving and knitting impose high demands on the yarns. The yarns need to be rapidly unrolled from the cones and must not break during weaving or knitting. In order to achieve these requirements, yarn lubricants must improve the gliding properties of the yarn. Other aspects such as antistatic or softness are also important for smooth processes. In order to avoid breakage, the yarn should show a preferably low and homogeneous friction value. This is essential to avoid the stick-slip-effect. Especially when sewing heavy woven fabrics or leather, the friction between needle and fabric can cause extremely high needle temperatures. This can lead to melting of the sewing thread and thus to breakage of the yarn or the damage of the sewing material. An optimal yarn lubricant provides both excellent lubrication properties, as well as heat protection.

Knitting yarns need good gliding properties, but optical aspects must also be considered. So the chosen yarn lubricant will improve the processability and, at the same time, will not have a negative impact on the brilliance of the yarns.

We offer a broad assortment of auxiliaries which are coordinated with the various yarn, thread and twist application fields:

• PERIFIL – Emulsion-Based Yarn Lubricants
• PERIXEN – Water-Free Yarn Lubricants and Coning Oils
• PERIBOND – Bonding Agents for Sewing Yarns