BRAD & PITT - The suble difference



	Brad and Pitt

A simple reinforcing tape with suitable technical characteristics can make a decisive contribution to improving the quality of footwear and above all to lowering production costs by avoiding rejects. Serafini are known worldwide and now offer new tapes like Brad, Pitt and Stopper, in fact the company specializes in materials and fabrics for reinforcing shoe uppers and some parts of leather goods. Brad and Pitt taping is applicable on automated machinery being designed to strengthen necklines or the shoe´s most stressed parts such as sandal straps. The standard product is Brad of which Pitt is the cheaper version. Their main characteristics are: high breaking point, sufficient elasticity to enable uppers to keep their shape and ensure that the neckline does not break during lasting, high flexiibility guaranteeing that the tape follows the curves of uppers, minimum thicknesses. Brad: % polyester braid which as well as being thermosealed has a structure of chain woven fabric. It is supplied by width which varies from 1 to 7 mm, on spools of different lenghts. Pitt: structure of thermosealed yarns on 100% polyester base, available on spools of 2,000 mt, being 1 mm wide, also available on spools 1,5oo mt in lenght and 1.5 mm width. Finally Stopper which is designed for use in shoe lasting, its function being to prevent lengthening of uppers with an elastic which on completion of the operation is easily removed using the scissors.