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MODAL

The generic term man made fibers which today in German language comprises both synthetic and cellulosic man made fibres unfortunately creates a classification which distinguishes between viscose and modal fibres with their natural properties and natural fibres in an insufficient manner.

Modal is a Cellulose regenerated fiber of the high wet modulus type. The fiber is manufactured according to a special viscose spinning process from high quality wood pulp. Fibers made of Modal display a silky gloss, which produces a shine similar to mercerization when blended with cotton, a pleasant soft touch and drape and excellent wear properties.

Properties:

  • Very Soft handle

  • Excellent Comfort

  • Friendly to skin / Contamination free

  • High degree of brilliance / whiteness

  • Excellent choice for sports/ladies wear

  • More comfortable than cotton

  • Very Easy to wash

  • Softer and smoother, after repeated wash

  • Cellulose fiber Soft, smooth and silky

  • Ideal fiber for softness and comfort in all woven and knitted garments.

  • Lenzing Modal® absorbs up to 50% more humidity than cotton.

  • Super-soft and delicate against the skin

  • A feeling like a second skin.

  • Ideal for lingerie and night wear.

Specification of Modal Fibres

Sapphire is using the Modal Fibres having the following properties:

  • COLOUR                                         Bright (bright,dull, natural white)

  • WHITENESS (CIE whiteness)          72.0

  • STAPLE LENGTH                           38 mm

  • D.Tex                                                1.3

  • TYPE OF DELUSTRANT                N/A

  • CRIMP TYPE (normal, super)           Normal

  • SPINNING (Ring,, Rotor)                 Ring

  • TWIST                                              3.1 TM

Comparing with Viscose, Modal Fibre has:
   

  • Higher Wet and dry Strength

  • Higher Wet Modulus

  • Lower Water retention Capacity

  • Lower level of swelling

  • Greater resistance to alkaline
   

Super-soft and delicate against the skin

Soft supple materials to make you feel good.
A feeling like a second skin. Lenzing Modal® and Lenzing Modal® MICRO - ideal for lingerie and night wear.

 

Active and close-fitting

Top-quality knitted fabrics from Lenzing Modal blended with cotton, synthetics and Elastane for sportswear. High performance, breathable, pleasant against the skin and always on top form.

 

   

Snuggly-soft comfort in the bathroom

Fluffy hand towels and soft bathrobes of Lenzing Modal - the ultimate feel-good factor for bath time.

Cross Section of Modal Fiber
Wonderful Softness

After 25 washing cycles:
With Micro modal, your favorite garments remain pleasantly soft and smooth. Even after many washing cycles.
A feeling like "skin on skin". Because Micro modal is especially smooth and natural. Ten thousand meters of this micro fiber weigh only one single gram. Micro modal is substantially more delicate than cotton, wool and even silk.
The smooth surface of Micro modal prevents any deposits of lime and detergents. This is why fabrics remain brilliant in their colors and smooth - as they were on the very first day.

        100% cotton                                 100% Modal® MICRO
Your Skin Can Breathe Freely

  • Lenzing Modal absorbs up to 50% more humidity than cotton. And it does so much faster.

  • This keeps the skin dry. It can breathe.

  • This is why Modal is the ideal partner for clothing that is worn close to the skin: underwear and nightwear, sports and active wear, denim.

  • but also skin-friendly home textiles like bed linen and terry cloth.

Brilliant Results Do you like colors?

Then you have found your dream partner: no matter whether bright and rich colors or pastel shades. Lenzing Modal® absorbs dyes fast, with a deep and sustainable penetration, so that your colors can shine.
Fabrics fall smoothly and with a flow. The smooth surface of the fiber creates a silky, brilliant luster on garments made of Lenzing Modal® or blends with Modal a luster which even surpasses the visual effect of mercerized cotton. Even silk becomes still more valuable.

Recommendations for Modal and blends with Modal

Modal Usage in Textile

  • As a fabric for shirts, blouses and dresses
  • For ladies', men's and children's clothing
  • As sportswear and leisure-wear
  • For T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and sweaters
  • As day and night lingerie, including lace
  • As soft denim for blouses, jackets and jeans
  • For table cloths and bed linen
  • For towels and bathrobes
  • For socks and stockings, as well as in technical applications, such as tire cord, abrasive ground fabric, rubber cloths and other coating supports

Dyeing of Modal

“lowest level of tension and stretching in all pre-treatment, dyeing, drying, and finishing processes.”

Lenzing Modal® LOFT

Softer & retain Bulkiness under load

Modal® LOFT, improves both the softness and bulking force of towels. It can retain the bulking force under loads of 1 kg in the long-term

 

Enhanced strength & absorbency

Lenzing Modal® LOFT fiber, with upgrading of all the properties typical for terry toweling goods and the loop strength. Faster and more even absorbency of moisture which translates into more well-being for the skin.
   

Brilliant colors to last a life time

Unbeatable softness and brilliant colors of Lenzing Modal® LOFT i. e. bright in color and even after 20 washes the brightness and softness.
Graying, which occurs in towels of cotton, is not in Modal® LOFT which is pure luxury.

Eco-friendly botanic alternative

Lenzing Modal® LOFT comes directly from Nature (By the principle of photosynthesis).

 

Micro Modal® AIR

  • An innovation & reinforcement in Modal lingerie sector.

  • Most finer yarn counts are now possible ( up to 225 NM.)

  • Modernization in finer knitwear making it more luxurious.

  • More Tender Soft & Cozy & Pleasant wear next to skin

  • Made from beech wood and are manufactured using an eco friendly technologies.

Brief History: Modal

Of the different possibilities to dissolve and spin cellulose the method developed by English men Cross bad Bevan became most popular and was the method adopted by Lenzing. During the first World War with shortage of raw material viscose manufacturer discovered that it was possible not only to produce filament fibers but also by cutting the fibers into short staples, to create a substitution product for cotton. The viscose staple fibers continued to be recognized substitute for cotton until the second World War. Considerable improvements to the fibre , which Lenzing make boosted fibre prestige leading to its classification as a distinct species.

Manufacturing-Modal

Sodium hydroxide is added in the pulp. This is called steeping process, in which, impurities are removed, extra liquor is pressed off and shredding follows. Shreds are shifted to pre-aging vessel, in next stage called xanthation carbon disulfide , dissolving liquor and dissolving water is added, a strong dissolution is done by high power mixer, when there is complete dissolution solution is filtered and store for ripening to get a certain level of viscosity. De-aeration of solution insures homogeneity of solution. Solution is passed through a spinneret to get filaments.


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