SilicaPro

1000D at around 200 grams per square metre for cut resistant garments, gloves and flexible clothing where mobility matters. 1500D at around 300 for protective apparel, firefighter gear and industrial safety fabrics. 3000D at around 480 for ballistic panels, industrial reinforcement and high impact protection.

The practical dividing line is whether the fabric is worn or built into something. Anything worn for a full shift should be as light as the hazard allows, because comfortable protective equipment gets worn correctly and heavy equipment gets adjusted or left off.

Twill for anything worn or anything that must conform around a curved shape, because it drapes better and has a smoother surface. Plain for flat work, composite layup on simple geometry and applications where dimensional stability matters most.

The mechanical performance is comparable between the two. This is a handling decision rather than a strength decision, which is the opposite of what most buyers assume when they first ask.

That is the natural undyed colour of para-aramid fibre. It is not a pigment and not a choice we made.

Para-aramid is difficult to dye because the tightly ordered molecular structure that gives the fibre its strength also resists dye penetration. Products that need a different appearance normally use an outer shell fabric over the aramid layer rather than attempting to dye the aramid itself.

No, and neither can any other fabric supplier. Ballistic performance is a property of the finished panel construction, not of the raw fabric. Layer count, stitching or lamination, backing materials, panel geometry and total areal density all affect the result, and the same fabric produces very different outcomes in different designs.

Certification to NIJ, VPAM or a national equivalent is performed on the completed product by an accredited laboratory. We supply fabric suitable for use in ballistic construction. Testing your finished design is a step you have to plan for, and a supplier claiming to certify the fabric alone is describing something that is not how the process works.

They solve different problems. High silica cloth works continuously at 1000 degrees Celsius, which para-aramid cannot approach. Para-aramid has high tensile strength, cut resistance and impact energy absorption, none of which high silica offers meaningfully.

Choose on what the material has to do. Sustained heat points to silica. Mechanical protection points to para-aramid. Where both are required, the answer is usually a layered assembly using both, and we can supply either side of it.

No, and this is a meaningful advantage over chemically treated flame retardant fabrics. Para-aramid is inherently flame resistant by molecular structure, so there is no treatment present to wash out or degrade.

What does change over a garment's life is mechanical performance from abrasion and wear, and some strength loss from prolonged UV exposure. The fire behaviour at end of life is the same as when new.

It chars rather than melts. The fibre carbonises and retains its physical structure instead of turning liquid, which is the behaviour that makes it suitable for protective clothing in the first place.

The distinction is not academic. A thermoplastic fibre that melts onto skin causes an injury considerably worse than the flame alone would have, because the molten polymer adheres and continues transferring heat. A charred aramid garment keeps its shape and keeps acting as a barrier.

For most protective applications, several light layers outperform a single heavy one at the same total weight. Layers move independently, which makes the assembly far more flexible, and in impact applications the interfaces between layers contribute to energy dissipation.

Tell us the total areal weight you are targeting rather than asking for a specific denier, and we can discuss how to reach it. This is one of the most common places where a first design gets improved.

Standard is 1000 mm wide in 50 metre rolls across all three deniers. Non standard widths and roll lengths are produced to order.

This is worth raising early if your cutting operation is configured for a particular width. A mismatch between roll width and cutting layout wastes material on every single roll, and over a production run that adds up to considerably more than the cost of a custom width.

Yes. We supply para-aramid yarn in fire proof grade and para-aramid short staple fibre alongside the woven fabric.

If you weave or spin your own material, or if your product uses aramid in more than one form, buying across the range from one supplier keeps the fibre consistent between components. Details are on the respective product pages.

Yes. Samples of standard specifications are normally available, and for protective fabric we strongly recommend testing rather than relying on a specification sheet.

Tell us the application and whether you need plain or twill when you request one. Handling differs noticeably between weave constructions and between deniers, and a sample matched to your actual design tells you far more than a generic swatch.

Payment is normally by T/T, structured as a deposit with the balance settled before shipment. We confirm the exact split with your quotation.

EXW, FOB, CIF and DAP terms are all available. Note that protective and ballistic materials face export control requirements in some jurisdictions, so tell us the destination country at inquiry stage and we will confirm what applies before quoting.