Nylon monofilament is a single extruded fiber of synthetic nylon material. Manufactured by melting Nylon Polymers and squeezing them through a die, or hole, to create a desired filament thickness. The Monofilament is then treated, it’s final thickness is adjusted through several rolling drums, and brought to resting temperature.

Recycled content remains one of the most popular, yet complex, forms of improving sustainability. Recycling uses a global infrastructure and a universal numbering system to manage product sorting and processing, and the result is a supply of different polymers that may be re-introduced into the plastics supply chain, if applications can be found that would accommodate the modifications of performance and safety of a plastic that is re-processed from a prior consumer or industrial use.

NYCOA offers several grades suitable for hook and loop applications. In our experience, the most successful nylon chemistries for this engineered finished part are those with a greater flexibility than a standard nylon-6 (our NYCOSIX product family), but which still benefit from either the barrier performance or the finished part strength and abrasion resistance of shorter nylon polymer backbone. As a result, our engineered copolymers (NYCOADAPT) and highly-flexible PEBA (Ny-Flex) product families have been the most effective for this application, whether it be a food-safe use, an apparel application, or an industrial hook and loop fabrication that serves to provide a heavier-intensity closure, but still offers better speed and ergonomics than zippers or the permanent construction and assembly of metal fasteners.