Conductive yarns are made by blending a certain proportion of stainless steel fibers or other conductive fibers with ordinary fibers. Conductive yarns can quickly dissipate static electricity accumulated on the human body. In the past, they were used to make anti-static jumpsuits. Conductive yarns vary widely in their properties depending on the material used. The most popular conductive yarns today are silver-plated conductive yarns and Thunderon conductive yarns.
The main livelihood uses of conductive yarns are mainly two aspects, one is touch screen gloves, and the other is hot knitted garments. We will introduce these two uses in detail below.
Touch screen gloves
In recent years, with the popularity of capacitive touch screen electronic products such as iPhone, iPad and Android, the touch screen glove industry has also emerged. A capacitive touch screen is a layer of transparent special metal conductive material attached to the surface of the glass. When the finger touches the metal layer, the capacitance of the contact changes, so that the frequency of the oscillator connected to it changes, and the position of the touch can be determined by measuring the frequency change. The touch screen glove uses the anti-electricity effect of the conductive yarn to release the static electricity on the hand to perfectly simulate the operation of the real finger on the touch screen. Conductive yarns are the most important material for making touch screen gloves. Toucher Thunderon conductive yarns are popular in the field of touch screen gloves due to their effects of static elimination, antibacterial, deodorant, heat storage, electromagnetic wave absorption and intelligent heating. The silver-plated conductive yarn, which was once popular, is gradually being phased out in the touch screen glove industry.
Hot knitwear
With the maturity of conductive yarn technology, conductive yarns are also popular in the civilian apparel industry. In 2012, the electronic heating knitwear was combined with the conductive yarn thread by one-time knitting technology. Under the structure and density of the special knitted fabric, the fabric resistance was calculated by the analytical formula, so that the fabric could be set to emit different temperatures. And can be set at multiple different locations and different areas at the same time. The advantage of this technology is the development of a functional, heated smart sweater that is convenient, comfortable, hygienic and aesthetically pleasing.
