Darlexx, a product of the Shawmut Corporation, is a warp knit fabric laminated to a monolithic film. It is a sports performance fabric used in gloves, boots, wet suits, ski apparel, clean rooms, and in medical applications. It was designed to keep a person "warm when the environment is cold and cool when the environment is hot" and is breathable, windproof, and waterproof. It is also useful in applications in specialty orthopedic garments and clothing along with coverings for different seating and positioning systems on

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Types

There are two variations of Darlexx: *Darlexx Superskin, a two-ply

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and Lycra mix that provides less drag, and thus is used for competition swimming, skiing and running apparel. *Darlexx Thermalastic, a three-ply Lycra with thermoplastic film and

microfiber Microfiber (or microfibre) is synthetic fiber finer than one denier or decitex/thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers. A strand of silk is about one denier and about a fifth of the diameter of a human hair. The most common ty ...

fleece that has all-directional stretch and insulation, and is used in watersports and skiing apparel.

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