VELCRO® Brand Hook & Loop Products
Swiss engineered hook and loop fasteners proven throughout the world, available from Reid & Twiname.
Do you know who invented VELCRO® Brand hook and loop?
The Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral discovered that cocklebur flowers stuck to the fabric of his trousers and the fur of his dog. Inspired by the burr, de Mestral created the world’s first hook-and-loop fastener. George spent almost a decade of research and development to mechanise the process of reproducing this type of engagement with synthetic fibers.
De Mestral originally envisioned VELCRO® Brand hook and loop as a fastener for clothing. Today it is being utilised across a wide range of industries, from healthcare to your garden shed to the military. While each VELCRO® Brand product is built for a specific task, the principal mechanics remain the same. Just think: the VELCRO® Brand solutions that keep your tablet device mounted to the wall are based on the same principles as the ones that NASA uses to keep their dinner plates from floating in zero gravity space.
Textile Hook and Loop Tapes
Hook - Woven hook tapes consist of minute, flexible hooks or mushrooms which engage with a mating woven, knitted or nonwoven loop tape comprised of small, soft loops or yarns.
Loop - A diversity of woven, knitted or nonwoven loop tapes are available to meet different performance characteristics when combined with woven or plastic hook tapes.
Types of Adhesives
Pressure sensitive adhesives are popular because of their ease of application - simply remove the release liner and press the tape in place.
Heat and solvent activated adhesives provide the strongest bond to the tape itself and can be made ready for instant bonding by many methods of application.
VELCRO® Brand adhesive tapes are recognised by the industry for their superior strength and durability.
The release liners are wider than the tapes, making them easier for the user to remove.
