131Finishing of Industrial Textiles
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earthquake. He developed a safer fabric membrane ceiling using PVC-coated
glass ber fabric that is lightweight, exible, and noncombustible.
Most of the automotive fabric are coated or laminated or in the form of
composite materials, that is, seat covers, door panels, headliner modules,
hoses and belts, tires, etc. The main durability requirement of car seat cov-
ering material, that is, resistance to abrasion, light, and UV radiation, must
be met. Car seat fabric is almost invariably in the form of a trilaminate: face
fabric/PU foam/scrim backing. This trilaminate car seat fabric is produced to
impart a soft touch to the fabric surface and to prevent creases or “bagging” ...