Garments that are used in special purposes, to protect

human body from risky environment.

Special garments are specially designed to protect human
body from the hazards, i.e., chemicals, flame, water, gas,
temperature, air pressure etc.

Types of special garments

Heat and flame resistant clothing
Protective clothing from radiant heat
Fire fighters clothing
Armed forces clothing
Protective clothing for space shuttle
Clothing for coal miners
Chemical resistant clothing

Types of special garments

Dust clothing
Electrical protective clothing
Insulation for Engines
Truck Covers
Clean room garments
Diapers
Gloves
High Visibility clothing
Surgical Gowns

Special Textiles
Air Bags
Artificial tuft
Climbing ropes
Car tire cord
Cigarette filter
Conveyer belting
Sleeping bags
Sports nets
Quilts
Parachutes, etc.

Heat and flame resistant clothing

Workers of steel mill, moulding factory, welding

factory, glass item manufacturing factory requires heat

and flame resistant clothing
These factories produces enough heat and flame
Human body feels burning effects at 45C and burning
occurs at 72C

Heat and flame resistant shirt

Heat and flame resistant clothing

Heat and flame resistant headgear

Gloves

Heat and flame resistant clothing

This work wear gives some time to save life/injury.
If working condition requires high temperature for

longer time, clothing should be very compactly woven

and thickness should be higher
higher the still air, higher the heat resistant
If fabric density is very low when it cannot retain air,
shows lower heat resistant.

Heat and flame resistant clothing

Working at higher temperature for short time requires

thicker fabric with more weights as it shows better

heat resistant property.
For example, gloves made of jersey wool having pile
fibers shows good thermal resistance at 270C.

 If molten iron, aluminium and magnesium

Heat
anddrops
flame
resistant
clothing
splinters
on clothing,
work
wear should be

made of very heavy and thick woolen fabrics.

This type of fabric that is 540 GSM can protect
human body of 350 ml molten metal.
270 -350 GSM fabric can protect splinters of metals
Knitted fabric structure shows better performance
than woven.

Heat and flame resistant clothing

Zirpro woolen fabric and caliban finished fabric can

protect human body from molten splinters of

aluminium.
As per protection length of time, following fabrics are
listed as per merit
1. Zirpro wool, 2. 85/15 zirpro/glass
3. Aramid fiber 3. FR Cotton

Heat and flame resistant clothing

Two ply zirpro wool shows better performance, ideally

290 GSM twill as outer and 230 GSM rib as inner.

Two ply shows better result of same thickness of one
ply.
To increase flame retardency on woolen fiber, mix
compound of titanium and zirconium is used for
finishing wool fabric, is called zirpro finish.

Dust clothing

Clean room garments