After weaving many of the Colan Safety & Protective fabrics may be further treated. These treatments with various dyes and finishing products will alter or improve the fabric performance properties. Features such as wearers comfort, handle and service ability can be enhanced. This can be done by means of dyeing and or finishing such as coating for shower proofing, water repellence, flame retardant and moisture and oil resistance.
Similarly, the Colan Thermal & Insulation range includes a number of performance-added treated fabrics. These fabrics treated by impregnation (weave set, silicone and mineral binder), lamination (Aluminium and Mylar) and caramelising (heat treating). At Colan all further processing are subcontracted to the Quality System accredited dyers and finishes to meet customer’s specific finishing requirements.

The principal finishes currently used by Colan are:

FINISHES/COATINGS
• Heat Set
• Weaveset (low smoke acrylic/polyurethane)
• Elastomers (Silicone Rubber, & fire retardant rubbers)
• Mineral Binder T-1000c
• Laminates (Aluminium foil, PET)
• Graphite/Silicon Oil
• Rewettable Adhesive
• PTFE (Fluorocarbon)
• Coloured

Multi Axial (Non Crimp) Fabrics.
At Colan Australia all of our Composite multi axial (non crimp) fabrics are manufactured using the latest weaving technology from the German based company Liba Machinery. These styles of fabric include Uni-Directional (either 0 or 90), Double Bias (+/-45), Biaxial (0 & 90), Triaxial (0 +/-45 or 90 +/-45) and Quadraxial (0 -/+ 45 & 90). These fabrics can be made in custom widths from 100 mm to 1270 for all styles except Biaxial. Biaxial fabrics can be produced in widths from 58 mm to 3300 mm. Colan offers an extensive range of the weight ratios from 260 g/m2 to 1600 g/m2 with or without chopped mat or tissue attached. These products manufactured at Colan Australia are certified with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) approval.
These fabrics comprise of one or more layers of fibres, chopped strands and fabrics with varying orientation that are stitched together with a lightweight thread to make up a fabric with the required properties for the application. Multi axial fabric can also be made using hybrid combinations. Chopped fibreglass strands or chopped strand mat can be added to some of the above multi-axial fabrics. Other fabrics can be manufactured using up to seven layers that provide lamination benefits to the final customer.

The principal styles currently produced in Multi Axial E-glass are:

Unidirectional: 0 or 90
Biaxial: 0 & 90
Double Bias: +/-45
Triaxial: 0 +/-45
Quadraxial: 0 -/+ 45 & 90