Manufacture of Plastic Zippers

Abstract

The product is a plastic coil slide fastener set into all kinds of clothing, footwear, leatherware, upholstery, camping accessories, protective clothing, sports articles, items used in industry etc. It consists of two elements: the chain and the slider. The chain is a cotton or polyamid tape with a coil made of polyamid monofilament and sewn to the tape. The slider body and pulls are made of zinc alloy. The slide fastener comes either in an open-end or in a closed-end version. It is manufactured in three sizes: 4 mm (closed-end only), 5 mm and 7 mm coil width in open and closed-end versions, in customer ordered lenghts, and in different colours according to the colour chart. The lateral strength of the slide fastener is 30, 40 or 50 daN/lit, depending on the size of the fastener.