Athletics have a significant representation among American manufacturers who produce outdoor equipment for recreation and sports. Football is one pastime that has a particularly high economic impact with its scope of interest from pee-wee flag football leagues, to high schools playing under Friday night lights, to the NFL broadcasted to millions each week. In addition to the many areas you’ll find industrial yarn and thread in a football stadium, the manufacturing of outdoor athletic equipment that supports the game such as nets, tarps and mats are an important aspect to the proficiency and safety of players and fans.

The critical reason for using waterblocking fiber in wire and cable manufacturing is to prevent access and dissipation of water and moisture throughout the cable. In fact, water is the most likely cause of premature failure for cable and electrical equipment. There are two common ways water and moisture finds its way into a cable: 

Recreational, collegiate and professional football organizations make a tremendous economic and social impact on American culture. The position that manufacturers of sporting goods play may surprise you.

Manufacturers of wire and cable understand the importance of preventing moisture from making contact with fiber optics. Conducting a water wicking test for yarn and thread used in the manufacturing process can help with product evaluation, as well as save time and money in the long term.

PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) is a thermoplastic polymer with a very low coefficient of friction along with excellent chemical, temperature, and environmental resistant properties.  Commonly known by its brand names of Teflon™ , Yeumiflon® , or Profilen® , PTFE can be manufactured as a specialty fiber or thread for a broad range of applications including filtration, outdoor fabrics, electrical cables, and protective garments.

Which is the more effective method when installing synthetic turf fields: sewing or gluing?  Truthfully, both methods are effective and we wanted to highlight the advantages of each:

PVA, or Polyvinyl Alcohol, is a water-soluble synthetic polymer that lends itself to a variety of adaptions. PVA can be made into threads of fibers, liquids, coatings, beads, lubricants, and many other forms. As a filament yarn, PVA has valuable properties:

As a primary supplier to both the thermoplastic hose and wire and cable manufacturing industries, Service Thread has worked with many companies using reinforcement yarns and protective textile threads with their braiding equipment. From what we see in the industry, we’ve created this quick reference list of some of the best yarn braiding machinery manufacturers: