Velcro name. Inventions that make our lives easier
Today it is difficult to find a person who would not know about Velcro and at least once in his life did not use it. Having replaced the traditional buttons and slightly pushing the zippers, Velcro has confidently occupied its niche. This year the world-famous Velcro is 65 years old.
In this regard, let's remember how it all began.
Today it is difficult to find a person who would not know about Velcro and at least once in his life did not use it. Having replaced the traditional buttons and slightly pushing the Velcro has confidently occupied its niche. This year the world-famous Velcro is 65 years old. In this regard, let's remember how it all began.
A convenient practical Velcro fastener, which is known all over the world as Velcro, was invented in 1951. Its creator, Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral, has been working on the development and improvement of his brainchild for more than ten years.
As with most such cases, the idea arose quite by accident. One day, de Mestral was walking in the woods with his dog. Arriving home, he saw that a large number of burdocks were clinging to the fur of his dog. It took the scientist quite a lot of time and effort to cleanse the animal from adhering plant residues. In the process, he had an idea - why is this burdock sticking to the wool so strongly, why does this happen? Curious, de Mestral took a closer look at the plant. Later, he subjected the detached burdock seeds to a closer examination under a microscope.
As a result, he discovered that burdocks are composed of a large number small hooks, which just provided such a strong connection with the wool, as if sticking to it. This research gave Georges de Mestral the idea to create a fastener in the form of such Velcro. He saw the application for his invention in the production of clothing and other textile accessories.
Being a man of action, the scientist began to implement his plan, and soon received the first samples.
Having moved to the French "capital of fabrics", Lyon de Mestral began to offer his invention to the owners of clothing factories. However, this know-how did not arouse much enthusiasm among entrepreneurs.
The failures did not upset the enterprising Swiss and he continued to work on improving his novelty. He made special emphasis on the material from which the textile Velcro was to be made. After going through several options, de Mestral settled on nylon. After a little processing, this material was the best suited to create a fastener, which was called Velcro. This name was formed from two French words: velours (velvet) and crochet (hook).
In 1951, de Mestral filed an application with the Swiss patent office. But he was able to get the long-awaited patent only four years later. At the same time, textile companies became seriously interested in his novelty. Success from the introduction of a new Velcro fasteners was simply stunning. Not stopping there, de Mestral continued to improve his invention. A few years later, Velcro became one of the most popular fasteners used in textile production in Europe. And soon it was mastered in the USA and Canada. The first samples of Velcro tape were intended mainly for outerwear: jackets, coats, overalls. Later they were used for shoes.
Without a doubt, Velcro is a very useful multifunctional invention. And its scope is almost limitless.
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The contact clasp is contact tape, the Velcro of which is made on the basis of nylon (100%) - polyamide according to GOST 30019.1-93. The test conditions correspond to STB ISO 139-2008. Velcro is approved and recommended by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The principle of operation is to connect two parts, on one of which there are small hooks, and on the second - small loops. Hooks, when in contact, firmly cling to the loops, providing (in comparison with other elements) a more secure fixation.
Velcro production in rolls of 25 meters. Velcro is produced in widths from 16 mm to 100 mm. The color design of textile Velcro can be different - black, red, white, beige, blue, blue, green, brown, yellow, burgundy, khaki, olive, gray, light gray and other colors.
The contact clasp has the following characteristics:
- the possibility of ironing at a temperature not exceeding 180 degrees;
- large operating temperature range. Lower bar - up to -35 degrees;
- high levels of strength. Velcro can connect / disconnect at least 2 thousand times.
As for the advantages, the textile fastener:
- does not need additional care even with regular use, can be washed in a typewriter;
- does not jam, easily and simply opens;
- not affected by rust;
- resistant to rotting processes, attacks of moths and other insects;
- light weight and wide color palette;
- has high-quality grip, regardless of length and width;
- sewn on, fastened with basting, riveting, screwing, nails, etc.
Production: Belarus, city of Mogilev, JSC "Lenta". Representation in Russia: LLC "Vesta", St. Petersburg
Vesta produces a contact tape in sets, that is, both parts - a hook and a loop. Vesta Textile also produces textile fasteners contact separately: loop tape (loop) and hook tape (hook).
Fastener contact 20mm black - characteristics of the contact tape, width 20mm, color: black, price per pair (hook, loop).
Fastener contact 100mm white - characteristics of the contact tape, width 100mm, color: white, price per pair (hook, loop).
Fastener contact hook 50mm olive - characteristics of the hook tape, width 500mm, color: olive, price for half (hook).
We can deliver your order throughout Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Pskov, Petrozavodsk, Kaliningrad, Perm, Samara, Kazan, Stavropol, Crimea, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kirishi, Volkhov, Kingisepp, Luga. Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Lipetsk, Astrakhan, Cheboksary, Murmansk, Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Tula, Tver, Omsk, Tomsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yuzhny, Krasnodar, Sochi. Delivery is carried out to Kazakhstan, Belarus.
Textile closure(velcro, Velcro, Velcro tape, contact tape, contact tape, burdock, fleecy zipper, pile) - these are two textile tapes, one of which contains micro-hooks (such a tape is called a hook tape), on the other - micro-loops (such a tape is called a looped tape). ). When two tapes come into contact, the microhooks cling to the microloops and hold tightly, "stick" one to the other. Thus, there is a "sticking" of one tape to another. Therefore, such a fastener was called "Velcro".
Velcro in English-speaking countries was given the name "hook and loops", in translation - "hooks and loops", and it is also called "touch fastener" (touch fastener).
Is good example biomimetics, because the principle is borrowed from the method of hooking burdock flowers, collected in spherical baskets with hooked wrappers.
The textile fastener is widely used in the clothing and footwear industry, for the manufacture various kinds special products.
The textile fastener should be sewn along the edge of the tape, free from hooks and loops. Crossing the seam of the adhesive surface of the tape reduces its working area.
Velcro tape should be sewn with the "fluffy" side up - from the product, and with the hooks down to the product.
Advantages of a textile fastener
- Velcro is a soft fastener that allows it to be used on curved surfaces and in places subject to bending.
- Velcro tape is a "quick" fastener, its fastening and unfastening takes only a fraction of a second - it can be used in products, the fastening of which must be prompt - on overalls, sportswear, bags and wallets.
- Velcro fastener - a delicate fastener. It is flexible and does not interfere with movement - it can be used on children's and sportswear, on medical bandages. Velcro withstands medium loads, and under heavy loads it comes unfastened.
- Velcro closure - organic closure. It does not oxidize when washing or moistening the product; Velcro tape repeats the bends of the product without deforming it; of all fasteners, Velcro is closest in density to textiles, which minimizes the load at the points of its attachment to the product.
Cons of a textile fastener
- Do not expose the textile fastener to high temperatures, for example, ironing at high temperature, - Tape hooks and loops are usually made of low-melting synthetic materials, and this can damage its quality.
- Do not expose Velcro fasteners to polyester solvents, as this may affect the fastening properties of its hooks and loops.
- Over time, contamination of the surface with hooks leads to a deterioration in fastening
Other names: fleecy zipper, pile, textile fastener, Velcro tape, Velcro tape, contact tape, Velcro. The English version is "Hook & Loop".
A kind of fastener, it is a pair of textile ribbons, one of which has micro-hooks, the other has felt. When two tapes come into contact, the micro-hooks hook onto the felt, and one tape "sticks" to the other, for which the fastener is called "Velcro". The fastener is widely used in the clothing and footwear industry, and for special products.
Velcro is a registered trademark in many countries. The word is derived from fr. vel ours(velvet) + fr. cro chet(hook).
On the International Space Station, Velcro is used to attach items to walls. On the Russian segment, all the walls are pasted over with a fleecy part of the Velcro. And on tools, pencils, and other objects, a hooked part with a special sticky backing is molded.
In Star Trek: Enterprise and Men in Black (film) the invention of Velcro is attributed to aliens.
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