The world's first pair of nanofiber gloves came out in Japan

TEIJIN FIBERS (TFJ) has developed the world's first golf polyester nanofiber gloves. Teijin Fiber Products Co., Ltd., located in Tokyo, Japan, announced to the world as early as November 2009 that the world’s first pair of nanometer golf gloves will soon be available. And they commissioned an internet company in Japan to start bidding. This glove is worn when playing golf. According to Teijin Company, the brand name for this glove is “FootJoy” and it belongs to the world’s first pair of golf gloves made of nanofibers. It is made of nanofiber material, which has unsurpassed softness, slip resistance, high water absorption and high heat dissipation.

The thickness of ultra-fine fibers developed by Teijin Fiber Co., Ltd. in Japan is only 700 nanometers, which is 1/7,500 times the fineness of ordinary hair wires. The surface layer is more flexible than ordinary fibers. According to the company's report, such nanofibers have a very strong anti-impact ability, surface friction resistance performance is also unparalleled, and non-slip properties.

The company announced this product soon after, Teijin Fiber Corporation in Osaka, Japan began to officially put into production of such gloves, but also began to use this high-strength material in other fields. Japanese Internet marketing company Acushnet Japan Inc. became the chief agent of Teijin company under the name of FootJoy brand. As of today, almost all golf courses in Japan have used this glove.

The original traditional golf gloves were made of natural fibers or artificial leather. It is water-resistant and has a coating on its surface; however, unlike the recently introduced gloves, it is non-slip, soft, highly absorbent and heat-dissipating. This glove eliminates sweat from golfing. The principle is that its area of ​​contact with the palm of the hand is increased by more than ten times compared with the original traditional glove. And, this kind of nano glove's flexibility is also very magical and opaque.

Teijin is convinced that this material can quickly become popular in other business areas and can be used to develop underwear, sportswear and other industrial materials. They expect Teijin to add 3 billion yuan in revenue over the next three years due to this new product.

The Teijin company was able to develop this high-tech product because of continuous research and development of new materials based on hard work and advanced technology. They are confident that they can make use of existing technologies to make them thinner, stronger, and softer. , lighter and other high-performance products. This is not merely a mere extension of existing technologies. At the same time, new materials and new technologies with major breakthroughs are constantly emerging in the world.

As early as July 2008, "NANOFRONT", a high-strength polyester nanofiber with excellent practical properties, has begun commercial production. In fact, Teijin Textile Co., Ltd. has begun research and development of superfine fibers that can be used in artificial leather and other fields about 40 years ago. The initially developed and commercialized products have a thickness of 1/100 of that of hair. The nanofibers released this time are thinner than the 1/100 of their superfine fibers. As soon as the superfine fiber is put on the market, it has opened up new applications and fields for composite fibers such as artificial leather and wiping cloth. Similarly, we are looking forward to the extent to which this successful development of nanofibers will enable the rapid development of existing technologies.

However, due to the recent surge in expectations for nanomaterials, which stimulates the enthusiasm for R&D, if the success of the fiber unit is reduced to a revolutionary nanometer level, “nano effects” (in terms of attraction/separation/dispersion function, surface area size, etc. can be exploited The emergence of new high performance raw materials implied by space will be of great interest. However, even if nanofibers are successfully developed, there are often problems such as insufficient toughness and the formation of short fiber lengths during mass production, and it has not been possible to achieve commercial production of long fibers. Faced with this situation, TFJ recently developed the "sea-island type composite spinning technology", laying a solid foundation for the successful development of high-strength nano-polyester fiber "NANOFRONT" (long fiber) and commercial production.

Due to the very fine yarn diameter of the nanofibers, nano-sized bumps on the surface of the fibers generate a great deal of friction. At the same time, due to the enhancement of the capillary phenomenon and the adsorption function of the fiber, it has excellent characteristics of water absorption, diffusion, water retention, and large evaporation area, and it can greatly exert its cooling performance. In addition, the softness and the smaller diameter of the fiber than the oil molecules and the fine dust particles double the effect of wiping the stains, and the wiping performance of the products using the conventional microfibers is improved by 30 to 40%. It can be widely used in skin care products and undershirts, and it has certain requirements for water absorption, diffusion and water retention. It is suitable for gloves with non-slip requirements, functional underwear, safety protection clothing, and the use of its minimal damage to the skin. The cooling function sportswear has an unexpected effect. And it can also be applied to wiping fabrics, utilizing its high coefficient of friction to apply to various fields such as precision wipes.