Velvet Fabric Types and Usage Areas Velvet Fabric Types and Usage Areas

Velvet Fabric Types and Usage Areas

09.03.2021 - Textile - Reşat H.

Velvet Fabrics could be diversifying by fields of usage and production techniques.

At this point we can start with production techniques as weaved and knitted velvet Fabrics.

Weaved Fabrics, separates from knitted Fabrics by loom structure and weaving techniques. Weaved Fabrics are weaved by warp and weft system but knitted Fabrics are knitted by knotting system.

Knitted Fabrics: Acrylic yarns in flat knitting machines, cotton yarns in circular knitting machines, synthetic yarns are used more in warp knitting machines. Knitted yarns are generally soft, less twisted, friction resistant yarns.

Weaved Fabrics: It is possible to use all kinds of yarn in various weaving machine types in the production of woven fabric. The yarns used are twisted, soit is harder in warp than knitting, and almost the same character as knitting in weft.

Production Speed

Knitted Fabrics: Knitted fabric production is faster than weaving. In particular, warp knitted fabric production is the fastest fabric production technique known.

Woven Fabrics: Very high weft insertion speeds have been achieved in woven fabrics with new technologies and computer support. However, knitted fabric production is more.

Fabric Structures

Knitted Fabrics: In its production, a single yarn or a group of warp yarns are brought into loop form with the help of knitting elements. These loops are connected with each other to form knitted fabric.

Woven Fabrics: It is formed by the connection of warp and weft threads according to a certain order.

Velvet Fabric Types As Content

Velvet fabrics; It is generally manufactured with yarns containing polyester, cotton and viscose. Sometimes, in the production of plain and jacquard (patterned) velvet, velvet is produced with mixtures of these yarns according to the demand and area of ​​use; Like Polyester-Cotton or Cotton-Viscose blends.

It is also possible to classify with the visual structure of velvet. Our products can be classified as matte, glossy and semi-matte in order to fully adapt to the tastes of our customers and the area to be used. This process arises from the yarn used and the finishing process after dyeing.

Velvet Fabric Types According to Usage Areas

Luks Velvet also manufactures home textiles and fashion textiles to serve its customers. We continue our activities in 3 main production branches: upholstery, drapery and clothing.

We offer our upholstery fabrics, which have high strength, minimized pile loss, and their sewing and tearing strengths are well above the standards, to the world's leading brands in furniture production, both plain and jacquard.

In the curtain product group, we also produce our jacquard and flat products in accordance with world standards in strength, rubbing-light fastness and other tests.

In this group, we have FR coated or Black-out velvet production for demand.

Clothing velvet products are our fabric types that we produce with cotton yarn, which is on the rise from time to time but never loses its validity. At this point, we cooperate with many world giant ready-to-wear brands.


09.03.2021 - Textile - Reşat H.