GORE-TEX and GORE-TEX XCR explanation

Our brands in which GORE-TEX is processed:
AKU shoes, Salomon footwear and clothing, North Face Footwear and clothing

GORE-TEX is a breathable, but completely waterproof micropore membrane. Each pore is 700 times larger than a Wasserdampfmolekühl, but 20 000 times smaller than the smallest naturally occurring water drops.
Their chemical and physical properties remain unchanged, making the membrane durable GORE-TEX biocompatible and invulnerable to chemical agents and acids.

GORE-TEX XCR

The structure of the GORE-TEX footwear with XCR guaranteed even during intense physical efforts at high temperatures and an optimal climate comfort in the shoe. The laminates GORE-TEX footwear with XCR consist of extremely breathable and water-repellent materials.

Technology of Gore-Tex material

The GORE-TEX membrane is used as a coating applied to high performance textiles to Gore-Tex laminates to produce and to guarantee an absolute waterproof protection.

- Membrane
- Laminates
- Seam sealing

Membrane:

The properties of GORE-TEX ® membrane at a glance:

- Durable waterproof
- Absolutely windproof
- Very breathable
- Extremely cold resistant
- Enormous buckling
- Extremely durable

According GORE-TEX ® membrane to know each square centimeter to more than 1.4 billions of microscopic pores. These pores are 20,000 times smaller than a water droplet, alerdings 700 times larger than a water vapor molecule. The GORE-TEX ® membrane is therefore completely waterproof from the outside! However, the sweat can escape freely from the inside out.

With a grease-repellent substance from entering the body fat and insect repellent is prevented in the membrane. To all these requirements of various applications' needs, develop diverse WL Gore & Associates GORE-TEX ® membranes.

The result is a completely waterproof, windproof and breathable membrane

A very good animation and illustration of the membrane can be found here:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/what-is-gore-tex/membrane

 
Laminate:

Would you wear the same clothing for snowboarding like cycling? Or motorcycle clothes when you play golf? Probably not. For every sport there is just one specific product - and their own space provided GORE-TEX ® laminates.
To create a GORE-TEX ® laminate, the GORE-TEX ® membrane is incorporated between powerful and highly breathable textiles. These laminates can be used for the manufacture of clothing, boots or gloves in for heavy-duty jobs as reinforcement.

Even here there is a good representation of the GORE-TEX page:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/what-is-gore-tex/laminates

Seam sealing:

Since needle punctures are small indeed, but can still cause leaks.
Whether a cheap or the best product, each waterproof, windproof and breathable product would be wet if the seams were not sealed completely.
In order to guarantee the absolute weather resistance, is used with the GORE-TEX ® products, GORE-SEAM ® tape technology. Even a very small hole in the manufacture of products which sew the seam is sealed came up with this method and made ​​it hard weather.

Of course, even here a great animation for seam sealing:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/what-is-gore-tex/seam-sealing

How it works:

Usually the quality is in technical fabrics to hard use and use, and wish to remain very frequent washing. With GORE-TEX laminates, this is not the case.
These products provide reliable protection pods External polished, and a permanent water tightness of your entire life.

- Watertight
- Windproof
- Breathable

Waterproof:

GORE-TEX is a breathable, but completely waterproof micropore membrane. Each pore is 700 times as large as a Wasserdampfmolekühl, but 20 000 times smaller than the smallest naturally occurring water drops.
To this end there is a great animation:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/how-does-gore-tex-work/waterproof

Wind resistance:

You freeze? This could be because the cold air enters the clothes and cut off the body's sensitive microclimate of valuable heat.
The GORE-TEX ® membrane has a structure completely windproof and helps protect your body from cooling so.
Even this has the correct animation:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/how-does-gore-tex-work/windproof

Breathable:

How much can secrete sweat our bodies? A 1 / 4 cup at rest. At high strain, there are already about 4 ½ cups. And believe it or not, almost 17 ​​cups at a world-class marathon. So much sweat can separate our bodies in an hour than water vapor.
The resulting body moisture must be able to escape Fast Acting out of clothes and shoes and gloves outside to protect the body against dangerous overheating or chilling.
What makes GORE-TEX ® products as breathable? A basiereendes on pure science, revolutionary Vefahren. The pores in the GORE-TEX ® membrane is 700 times larger than a water vapor molecule. Only when water vapor can easily escape through the membrane, you can stay dry comfort of the remains, consisting! No matter whether you are walking or running a strenuous marathon. This is exactly what has hinbekommen GORE-TEX.

And of course there is also the perfect animation:
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite/content/how-does-gore-tex-work/breathable