What Is Metallic Thread?

Metallic thread is a forged yarn made of gold and silver as the main raw material or a chemical fiber film with gold and silver luster. Traditional metallic thread can be divided into flat gold thread and round gold thread. Glue gold foil on paper and cut into thin strips of about 0.5 mm to form a flat gold thread, and then wrap the flat gold thread around cotton yarn or silk thread to form a round gold thread. Some precious traditional fabrics such as Yunjin still use the traditional metallic thread. After hundreds of years of continuous reform and evolution, the production of gold and silver thread has developed from folk handicraft production to high-tech production in the 21st century. The chemical fiber film metallic thread developed in the 1940s is made of two layers of butyl acetate cellulose film sandwiched by a layer of aluminum foil and then cut into thin strips. The production process is mainly based on polyester film, using vacuum coating technology, after coloring, slitting, twisting, rolling and other processes. Depending on the color of the coating, the gold and silver thread has different colors such as gold, silver, magic color, rainbow, fluorescent, etc. Product application range: woven trademarks, wool yarn, knitted fabrics, warp knitted fabrics, woven fabrics, embroidery, hosiery, accessories, handicrafts, fashion, decorative fabrics, ties, gift packaging, etc. The main specifications of gold and silver thread are: the thickness is generally 12-15pro, the slitting width is generally 0.23-0.36ram (1110″-1/69″), and the direct slitting is generally called M type; the method after twisting is different, Divided into H type and X type. H-type is made of unidirectional twisting of gold and silver thread sheets and polyester, nylon or rayon. There are two kinds of straight pipe and tapered straight pipe. The product is soft and of high grade. It is mainly used for handmade sweater weaving and machine weaving, suitable for various looms such as circular knitting machine and warp knitting machine. And the products are widely used in clothing and decorative fabrics. Nylon double-twisted yarn is widely used in embroidery, hand crochet and so on. Also known as S-type or J-type in recent years, it is a yarn made of filigree slices and polyester or rayon yarn. The product is cylindrical and has good strength. Widely used in computer embroidery, denim and other fabrics, warp knitted fabrics, high-end clothing fabrics, etc.