Bamboo-fiber

Bamboo fiber made its impact felt in a big way in the 2000’s however the earliest patents involving these materials go back to 1864 by Philipp Lichtenstadt. His original idea was to create a "new and useful process for disintegrating the fiber of bamboo so that it may be used in manufacturing cordage, cloth, mats, or pulp for paper."

The first modern example of turning bamboo into usable cloth happened at Beijing University. They released their results in the early 2000s, but it should be mentioned that there were a lot of people and organizations working to manufacture cloth from bamboo at the time, and many of them could have produced something similar, such as a new processing technology that was patented in 2003 by a group of chemists with the HebeiJigao Chemical Fibre Co. in Shijiazhuang, China.

Bamboo fabrics are made from pure bamboo fiber yarns which have excellent wet permeability, moisture vapor transmission property, soft hand, better drape, easy dying and splendid colors. It is a newly founded, great prospective green fabric

Bamboo fiber is made from the starchy pulp of bamboo plants. This textile fiber is fabricated from natural bamboo and other additives. It looks like cotton in its un-spun form. Bamboo fiber is thinner as compared to hair and has a round and smooth surface that makes it abrasion proof.

Bamboo fabric feels softer than the most refined cotton. It has a smooth, soft and Luxurious Feel. Bamboo fiber can be softer than silk fiber when spun into yarn. It has a basic round surface which makes it very smooth and to sit perfectly next to the skin

Bamboo fabric tests as well as every other material for color fastness when washing and wear over time.

• Good Absorption Ability: Bamboo fiber absorbs and evaporates sweat very quickly. Its ultimate breathability keeps the wearer comfortable and dry for a very longer period. It is 3-4 times more absorbent than cotton fabrics. Due to its good absorbability and it being anti-bacterial, the fabric remains odorless and is finding wide application in socks and under garments.
• Temperature Adaptability: Fabrics made from bamboo fiber are highly breathable in hot weather and also keeps the wearer warmer in cold season because of its microstructure which traps warm air close to the skin.
• Antibacterial: Bamboo is naturally antibacterial, antifungal and anti-static and has a unique anti-bacteria and bacteriostatic bio-agent named "bamboo kun". Several tests conducted show that over 70% death rate after bacteria were incubated on bamboo fiber fabric.Tests by the Japanese Textile Inspection Association shows that, even after fifty washes, bamboo fabric still possessed these properties.

Not only can bamboo mature in 60 to 180 days but also bamboo minimizes CO2 gases and generates up to 35% more oxygen than equivalent stand of trees. Some more advantages of this amazing plant.

• Bamboo helps reduce water pollution due to its high nitrogen consumption.
• Bamboo has a widespread root system as well as an enveloping canopy which makes it a great water barrier to control soil erosion.
• Bamboo can help combat climate change because the use of bamboo as a building material saves more hardwood trees from logging.
• Bamboo needs less water and chemicals for irrigation and keeping the plants healthy respectively
• A harvest of a single bamboo stand can yield over 200 poles in 5 years, so there’s no scarcity added to its abundance which keeps prices low, making itvery affordable
• Bamboo products are bio – degradable.