Crabyon

• totally biodegredable
  Crabyon, being of natural origin, is no burden to the environment but totally biodegredable.
   
• effective antibaterial function for a long time
  Antibacterial function stays unchanged for a long time because chitosan is a built-in part of Crabyon.
   
• widely variable ratio of chitosan (chitin) 
  Depending on your requirements of the fiber, ratio of chitosan can vary in the wide range of 1-99%. Blended spinning can be done with other fibers such as wool, cotton etc.
   
• excellent for weak & sensitive skin
  Crabyon keeps skin from drying out due to its moisture keeping property, which is compared to other cellulosic fibers more than excellent. At the same time, Crabyon has a velvet touch and does not irritate the skin. Crabyon is safe and comfortable - even for people with with or sensitive skin like babies or aged people.
   
• similar to a rayon fiber
  Physical properties of Crabyon, such as tenacity or elongation, are very similar to those of regular rayon fiber.
   
• excellent dyeability
  Crabyon can be excellently dyed with reaction dyed as well as direct dyes. Dyed Crabyon shows excellent touch and hue.
   
• conserving the biosystem
  Chitosan is a natural organic resource essential to conservation of earth's biosystem. Accordingly, Crabyon has been developed with the idea of making the most use of this natural resource.
   
• a lot of consideration to the environment
  OMIKENSHI is making the most use of crab shells, the waste from crab meat processings factories, by using it for the production of Crabyon. 

The idea behind the development of Crabyon is the fact that chemical structure of chitosan is quite similar to the one of cellulose. Crabyon, composite fiber of chitosan  and cellulose, is manufactured by uniformly blending chitosan and cellulose viscsoe moleclues and extruding the blended viscose into the spin-bath. This process has been patented in various counties including the U.S. A. and Japan.

Please contact us if you would need the Safety Data Sheet for Crabyon or the Technical Data Sheet.