Fast coloring of textile products with spun dyed polyester filament yarns

Solving product ideas with color fast textile polyester filament yarns (DECORA)

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Would your product benefit if it was colored with excellent light fastness properties? We have the solutions.

Spundyed yarns (dope dyed) in continuous textile polyester filament for car interiors, furnishing fabrics, decoration fabrics and many new end uses and technical applications. 

Automotive Decora colours - please click for bigger picture 

	Decora polyester spundyed for furnishing fabrics	Decora polyester spundyed in metallic shades
These shades are shown in flat, friction textured and air textured - noticeable how the color changes.

Normal textile Decora colours - please click for bigger picture 

These shades are on flat fully drawn yarn basis

Please note that the color tongues are divided into 3 sections:

1. flat yarn to demonstrate the POY shade

2. same shade in friction textured

3. same shade in taslan (air textured)

The idea of this online shade card is to give you a first idea about the standard shades. With this tool you may choose the nearest color tongue as an initial color tongue sample. The color may be different from PC to PC because of the monitor settings (color warmth, color depth, lightness and contrast).

The assets of polyester filament yarn are undisputed throughout the world: its tenacity, crease resistance, good thermo plasticity for all texturizing processes, a pleasant hand and excellent blending properties with animal and vegetable staple fibres 

DECORA is Setila’s international registered trademark for spun-dyed textile Polyester filament yarns. Jet- or spin dyeing of polyester filament is a speciality of Setila AG. High quality dyestuffs are added to the spinning mass. This results in a number of distinct practical advantages:

• Interesting price/performance ratio plus an environment friendly manufacturing process.
  The additional cost of spun-dyed raw material is significantly lower than the expenditure for subsequent piece-dyeing. Dependent on colour, fabrics made from DECORA are 6 to 10% less expensive than piece-dyed goods. The piece-dyeing of small lots involving high energy and water consumption, often with carrier additives, is not needed with spun-dyed yarns.

• DECORA - a direct and genuine contribution to environmental protection.
  The advantages of spin-dyeing are the: 
  -> Depth of the colour
  -> An unusually wide palette of bright colours
      This was what man-made fibres were unable to give textile designers,
      interior designers and artists until now: woven fabrics, warp knitted, circular
      knitted and other fabrics with the excellent properties of rawwhite polyester
      yarns, but with far more opportunities for colours and colour accuracy. 
  -> Spun-dyed DECORA guarantees maximum colour evenness from lot to lot
      permitting the production of extremely large batches in a uniform colour.
      In fact, up to 60'000 meters of fabric in the very same shade from the first to
      the last meter. This is only possible with spin-dyeing. Additionally, a much
      more precise shade continuity from lot to lot. Colour and spinning mass can
      be precisely adjusted for accurately predictable results. The advantages in
      making up are obvious: 
  -> No more complaints about colour differences - smooth punctual processing
      throughout the entire production process right up to the consumer.
  -> DECORA has excellent color fastness values
      Maximum light fastness results are achieved. Maximum values are recorded
      for washing, for water and for perspiration. 
  -> Unlimited texturizing possibilities, both in air-jet and torsion technology 
      (PU friction disks).
      Enormous thermo plasticity proves itself especially in texturizing, no matter
      what process - in fact, only spin-dyeing made the production of coloured 
      HE (single heater or FT) yarns possible. 
  -> In every finished form, spun-dyed DECORA yarns retain their properties 
      with an absolute minimum of deviations.

• DECORA has a comprehensive range of yarn counts to cater for every possible area of application.
  Apart from various textured yarns, a wide range of yarn counts is available from dtex 30 to 500, either bright or semidull in various cross-sections. An enormous range of applications is possible: twisting, texturizing, weaving, knitting, double plush-Raschel and of course warp knitting for car upholstery, car head liners, side panels, rear parcel shelves, upholstery fabrics and furnishing fabrics. 

• The number of applications is immense and most of them have been examined by Setila AG specialists. Why not get in touch with us? The leading role played by Setila AG in the field of spun-dyed polyester underlines the company’s depth of experience. Samplings can be arranged for every new end use. 

More detailed information on the DECORA program can be found here

For more information on these subjects do not hesitate to contact us 

Long term experience in the field of synthetic and natural yarns and fibers enables us to guide you in the right direction. Knowing well the properties and performance of all the yarns and fibers and after many years of excellent contacts with the synthetic and natural fiber producers we are confident to be able to assist you.

We are not a consulting company and we are not a charity organization - at the end of our common development it is our wish to become your regular supplier for these yarn and fiber specialities.