Corduroy is a protrusion stripes cotton fabric, because the protruding portion is as before in the kerosene lamp wick, so called corduroy. Also called corduroy corduroy. Look comfortable, soft, warm and strong. At the same time, also has the cotton and type is not good, poor elasticity, light is not strong.

Corduroy is the use of double weft weave woven by cutting, finishing, surface a wick-like cashmere fabric, it is in a piece of cloth on the cloth strips, so it is also called corduroy.

Corduroy materials general mainly to cotton, polyester, acrylic, and also has such as spandex fiber blended or interwoven. Corduroy using a wide range of warp yarn, commonly used 18-48tex ( 32-12 a ) single yarn, or 10Tex * 2-28tex * 2 ( 60 / 2-21 / 2 British teams ) strand; weft used 14.5-36tex ( 40-16 British branch) single yarn. The organization adopts two groups of weft yarns and a set of warp yarns are interwoven with the double-weft organization, organization of plain weave, twill, weft equality. Ground weft interlacing with the warp yarns form cloth, velvet weft woven with the warp yarns to form a column by Terry, Terry Velour will cut through the brush, after finishing, the fabric surface is formed above the corduroy velvet. Corduroy belongs to high density fabric, warp tension of 35%-65%, 110%-200% weft tightness. Ground weft and velvet weft arrangement ratio of 1: 2, 1: 3.

There are many kinds of corduroy. According to the different thickness cashmere, divided into ultra-fine ( more than 19 / 2.54cm ), or ( 15-19 / 2.54cm ), in ( 9-14 / 2.54cm ), crude ( 6-8 / 2.54cm ), wide ( 6 following / 2.54cm ), as well as the strip ( and corduroy, thickness ) general wide-wale corduroy with strands of meridional, zonal single yarn; mid-wale corduroy Jingwei to use single yarn; corduroy available single yarn can also be strands.

According to the different yarn structure, divided into yarn corduroy, half line, line of corduroy corduroy; according to different processing technology, divided into corduroy dyeing, printing corduroy, yarn-dyed corduroy, jacquard corduroy ( jacquard corduroy local fluff, form various patterns ).

Corduroy velvet plump, down wear, thick in texture, soft, warm and good. Mainly to do with male, female, old, young clothing, shoes and hats, also should do upholstered furniture, handicrafts, toys and so on.

Corduroy washing do not scrub, not with a stiff brush to scrub with a soft brush, to shun villi direction gently brushing, not ironing, when collecting, not weight, to maintain the plentiful fluff, stands.

The types of corduroy:

Elastic corduroy corduroy: in some and added in the bottom weft elastic fibers, can be obtained by and weft elastic corduroy. Spandex silk join, improved wearing comfort, can be made to fit tight clothing; is conducive to the bottom fabric structure closely, prevent corduroy Diaomao; can improve the clothing shape retention, improved the traditional cotton's arch, arch knee elbow phenomenon.

Viscose corduroy: viscose to do a pile warp, can improve the traditional corduroy fabric draping, light and soft, viscose corduroy drapability increase, shiny, bright color, smooth to the touch, such as velvet effect.

Terylene corduroy: as people life rhythm accelerate, clothing, easy maintenance, wash and wear performance more attention. The raw material for polyester polyester corduroy is the indispensable product in a branching, it not only bright color, wash and wear performance is good, and the clothing of security and good, suitable for casual jacket.

Cotton corduroy: to adapt to the needs of environmental protection, the new environmental protection materials used in Corduroy will also make its coruscate gives new vitality. Such as natural colored cotton as raw materials ( or main raw material ) into thin corduroy do personal wearing shirts for men and women, especially children's spring and autumn shirt, the human body and the environment have a protective effect.

Yarn dyed corduroy: traditional corduroy with piece dyeing, printing, if the processing condition of textile products, can be designed into a plush, different color (which can be a strong contrast ), villous mixed color, fluff color gradient effects, yarn-dyed and printed can also cooperate with each other. Even though dyeing, printing, yarn-dyed low cost cost is slightly higher, but the color is rich, will give corduroy bring inexhaustible vitality.

Corduroy Gerong is the most important after finishing of corduroy fleece, is the necessary means. The traditional corduroy Gerong is immutable and frozen, which restricted the development of important reasons.

Coarse and fine corduroy: the fabric is taken bias cut way, so that the normal pile weave fabric formation thickness with learning lines, because of villus length, thickness of cashmere or combination with rank, rich fabrics visual effects.

Intermittent cutting corduroy corduroy are: usually floats through cut, if take intermittent cutting, then the weft floats spaced was cut, forming a nap erect convex, and flush alignment of woof floating length of depression, the effect is raised, three-dimensional sense of strong, the appearance of novel. Pile and pile concave-convex form changeable, lattices and other geometric patterns.

Hair: the style of corduroy corduroy Gerong process and need to weave together, forming a more abundant visual effects. Normal corduroy villi are roots of V type or W type unity, in the need to form in the phenomenon of Shi will its organization fixed nodes removed, so that the fleece woof floating length through the pile warp across two organizational cycle, in cutting, the two guide pin intermediate section of velvet weft is ends are cut, by the suction pile device to absorb, thus forming a more intense relief effect. If match on raw material, organization of long,, thin and transparent, can form a burnt-out velvet effect.

Frosted corduroy: in conventional corduroy finishing process on the basis of washing process, increase, add a small amount of lotion bleaching agent, to pile in the process of washing, natural, free to fade, forming a distressed whiten, frosted effect.