Abstract
Laminates of fabrics, and fabrics with other substrates, are a recent development in the long history of fibers, textiles and fabrics. Woven cloth has been known since antiquity; fabric laminations have become widely used only in the past forty years—with the development of syn thetic fibers and the adhesives needed to provide functional bonding.
End uses range from the purely decorative, as in a variety of fashion applications, to the highly functional as, for example, in the fabric/film composite increasingly used for industrial, agricultural and marine coverings. The range of substrates and the diversification of end uses grows constantly. Because of this diversity, an appreciation of the substrates, the adhesives available, and the processes used to com bine them becomes of increasing importance for converters intent on obtaining optimum properties through lamination.
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