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Friction Apparel

Whether you are playing golf in the rain, or crushing an opponent on the tennis court, or crashing down the mountain on your fat tire bike, you need a good strong grip in wet, sweaty and oily conditions. We sweat when we work hard, and Setex’s products can be incorporated into sporting goods to give users a unique advantage in their field of play! Regardless if you need to increase apparel’s grip to skin or to equipment, Setex’s high friction materials can provide a non-tacky, high-performance solution.

High Grip Gloves

Golfers, soccer goalies, football players, etc. are always looking for a competitive edge—especially when it comes to ways to control the ball. Current dry friction or gripping materials are often limited in flexibility, profile or comfort, and sticky solutions are typically against the rules. Setex products could provide a new, non-tacky gripping solution for sports gloves, improving ball control—and the opportunity to win!

THE TECH

Setex’s high friction surfaces consists of gecko-inspired microstructures that can be incorporated onto gloves by heat pressing or stitching, and in some cases can be cast directly onto textiles. The microfiber surface typically retains around 60-70% of their original friction in wet and oily conditions. Competing materials with flat surfaces can lose 90% of their friction when exposed to wet/oily conditions, making Setex’s surface the ideal solution for difficult conditions to grip in, such as rain.
Coefficient of Friction to Leather
Leather Surface Condition

Racquets and Golf Clubs

It’s pouring rain on the golf course, and your club is slipping in your hands. Wouldn’t you love to have golf grips that give you almost three times more grip on wet days?

THE TECH

Setex’s patented high friction microfiber surface can be incorporated into injection molded parts like golf grips to enhance the friction of the surface.

Setex will treat the molding tool’s surface so that the resulting molded part is produced with high friction gecko-inspired microfibers on the surface, directly integrated and made out of the same material as the part. These molded parts, using customer plastics, gain a significant increase in the coefficient of friction, typically over 200% to skin in wet and oily conditions.

Coefficient of Friction to Synthetic Skin

Sportswear and Socks

It’s pouring rain on the golf course, and your club is slipping in your hands. Wouldn’t you love to have golf grips that give you almost three times more grip on wet days?

THE TECH

Setex’s patented high friction microfiber surface can be incorporated into injection molded parts like golf grips to enhance the friction of the surface.

Setex will treat the molding tool’s surface so that the resulting molded part is produced with high friction gecko-inspired microfibers on the surface, directly integrated and made out of the same material as the part. These molded parts, using customer plastics, gain a significant increase in the coefficient of friction, typically over 200% to skin in wet and oily conditions.