Fabric welding

This uses different heating techniques to melt fabrics together. Fabrics with a PVC, PP, PE, TPO or PU coating are suitable. Also, nonwoven polyesters, thermoplastic rubber fabrics and weldable webbings can be used.

• Ultrasonic welding is a technique in which high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations are locally applied to fabrics being held together under pressure to create a solid-state weld.
• Radio-frequency welding uses high-frequency (13 to 100 MHz) electromagnetic energy to fuse the materials. RF welding is the most durable process for heavily coated fabrics.
• Thermal welding is a combination of the heat-generating properties of fusion welding and the stirring properties of friction stir welding. Thermal welding is used when the weld is complex. A thermal weld is easier to perform consistently, for example with thickness variations of the material and tight, small corners.
• Ultrasonic Seam Taping is a similar technique to ultrasonic welding. Instead of welding two fabrics together, a tape is welded to the fabric’s seam with high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations.
• Plastic welding is a process of uniting flexible plastic materials, with heat and pressure. This technique is used for making water and airtight seams. For example, to make healthcare products for incontinent patients, tents and covers or inflatable products.

Contact us to learn more about the possibilities of welded seams for your project.

To enable fast switching from a design to production, we follow a set step-by-step plan. Each step in this process is needed to develop a high-quality textile product that can be easily scaled up in production.