Raffia and slit tape are applications used to provide strength to woven fabrics. Products such as carpet backing, geotextiles, artificial grass and rope benefit from their robustness.
The sheet process, used to produce raffia and slit tape applications, is a strenuous extrusion method that involves the heating of tapes as they are stretched – a technique that requires an equally tough resin.
Our Moplen and Pro-Fax polypropylene homopolymers and copolymers provide high tensile strength and elongation at break, combined with high dimensional stability – characteristics key to the production of raffia and slit tape.
Customers that produce woven fabrics, knitted nets, ropes and monofilaments find that LyondellBasell’s Hostalen high density polyethylene resins are high performers. In combination with our Adflex resins, softer and more flexible textile products can be achieved.
Technical Information
More information about our wide range of products available for tapes and raffia processes/applications can be found on our polymers site, where you may register as a new customer or login to access MSDS and RAPIDS documents. From our polymers site, you also may access the e-commerce platforms, Connect and Marketplace.
Moplen, Hostalen, Adflex and Pro-fax are trademarks owned or used by LyondellBasell group companies. Trademarks Moplen, Hostalen, Adflex and Pro-fax are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.