SwicoSilver HiCon yarns are a part of the Plasma Metal Coated Yarns programme. Coating a filament yarn by the plasma coating method gives much better wear, a perfect level coating and little to no conductivity fluctuation compared to usual techniques of coating yarn with metal. SwicoSilver HiCon yarns are easy to process in the textile chain and products on the fashion side have a wonderful noble appearance. Furthermore, they are easy to adapt to customer's requirements such as count, conducivity or base yarn material.


SwicoSilver HiCon yarns are the only ones in the world that provide flexiblity, extraordinarily high conductivity and longevity thanks to its new production process, the Plasma Metal Coating, where no chemo-galvanical methods are used. 
This is a huge advantage for demanding applications. The final product is easy care. The big problems that all other silver coated yarns have - brittleness and low adhesion - is inexistent for SwicoSilver HiCon. 

• highly conductive
  SwicoSilver HiCon yarns meet high conductivty levels of up to abt. 0.06 ohm/cm.
   
• textile touch
  Despite being coated with silver, SwicoSilver HiCon feels like a normal textile yarn and are just as versatile.
   
• exceptional adhesion
  The silver coating holds perfectly onto the yarn. Due to the plasma coating production process, the silver is not brittle and will not crumble off the yarn.
   
• very regular coating along the yarn
  Ideal for automation applications, where uniform conducitvity is important to keep performance at a steady level and reaction margins extremely narrow.
   
• coated with silver only
  There is no layer of any other metal or adhesive substance underneath like it is with other metalization processes. Yet, SwicoSilver HiCon provides excellent adhesion of the metal on the yarn - much better than traditional methods.  
   
• tailored upon your requirements
  Additional to the standard programme, SwicoSilver HiCon can also be made with the properties you need. This includes conducitivity values, base yarn material counts or twist. We do everything so that the yarns are easy to process for you.

 

Furthermore, thanks to the coating with pure silver, SwicoSilver HiCon yarns also comprise the characteristics of silver, which are:

 

• antimicrobial
• antifungal
• static dissipation
• shielding from radiation
• shielding from electromagnetic force

 

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Not only concerning the count but also in reference to what materials / substrates can be coated - SwicoSilver HiCon is very flexible.

So far, the following materials have been used for this process:
 

• Polyester (PET)
• Polyamide 6.6
• Polyamide 6
• UHMWPE
• Viscose (CV)
• Silk
• Meta-/ Paraaramide
• Vectran

 

 

Please use the below plasma coated yarn checklist (.docx file - attention, not the same checklist as for other Swicofil products) and send it completely filled in to us by email.