ContinuousColor
Category
Carpet Fiber
Description
BOLYU
ContinuousColor
BOLYU’s Continuous Color™ is a pioneering accomplishment in patented fiber cabling and heat-set process that allows products to achieve a space dyed appearance with 100% solution dyed fibers. ContinuousColor is inspired by the contribution a space-dyed fiber can bring to the character and visual dimensions of textiles. Once a revered preference to textile fabrication, designers are recognizing the environmental impact of these fibers in manufacturing processes and costs. The ability to duplicate the space-dyed fiber with a solution dyed option has been elusive and ultimately a compromise to design. Many of the great visuals from high end carpet manufacturers have made the transition to new tufting technology, but these options have increased the average face weight, creating a new environmental conundrum.
ContinuousColor™ entangles two or more strands of 100% solution-dyed nylon fiber in varying color combinations together in accordance with a pre-selected and changeable pattern so that the finished yarn has a variable coring pattern which may be reproducible and changeable. By cabling strands of 100% solution dyed fiber in a tight or lose entanglement you achieve a short or long space-dye effect. Designers can now have pin-dot placement of color or large pools of color specifically placed or randomly designed in a 100% solution-dyed textile floor. The achievements from this breakthrough in cabling, and heat setting has resulted in even greater design flexibility, meaningful sustainable benefits and true cost savings:
Saves 0.5 gallons of water per pound (750 gallons/1,000 yards)
Color changes with no additional cost
Cost reduction per pound of yarn (less energy)
Merge with other solution-dyed fibers (higher design flexibility)
Exact matches to other solution-dyed flooring (greater coordination)
Complex and elevated designs in lower face-weights (less resources)
Winner Status
- Silver Award