Conductive yarn is made of a certain proportion of stainless steel fibers or other conductive fibers blended with ordinary fibers.
Conductive yarn can make the static electricity accumulated on the human body disappear quickly. In the past, it was mostly used to make anti-static one-piece suits. Conductive yarns vary widely in performance due to the different materials used.
The popular conductive yarns today are silver-plated conductive yarns and conductive yarns. In the beginning, conductive yarn was mainly used for military purposes such as high-precision processing and nuclear radiation protection. After the end of the Cold War, conductive yarn gradually turned to civilian use, but even today conductive yarn is still an indispensable part of military equipment. For example, the British Army's new smart clothing in 2012 will be woven directly from conductive yarns, replacing the bulky batteries it used to carry. The fibers of the new smart clothing are not afraid of breaking and can re-establish a connection even after being damaged. New fibers are incorporated into vests, shirts, backpacks, gloves, and even helmets. Wearing conductive yarn on the body provides soldiers with a single, centralized power source for device charging. This smart conductive fiber military uniform is expected to be available by the end of this year.
In recent years, with the popularity of capacitive touch screen electronic products, the touch screen glove industry has also emerged. A capacitive touch screen is a transparent special metal conductive material pasted on the glass surface. When the finger touches the metal layer, the capacitance of the contact will change, so that the frequency of the oscillator connected to it will change. By measuring the frequency change, the touch position can be determined to obtain information. Touch screen gloves use the anti-static effect of conductive yarn to release the static electricity on the hand to simulate the operation of real fingers on the touch screen. And the conductive yarn is an important material for making touch screen gloves. Touch family conductive yarn is very popular in the field of touch screen gloves due to its effects of removing electricity, deodorizing, storing heat, absorbing electromagnetic waves, and intelligently heating. The once-popular silver-plated conductive yarn is gradually being phased out in the touch screen glove industry.
