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Our Technology
Setex patented microfibers are designed like geckos’ toe hairs, called setae, to provide a comfortable and secure grip, even on sweaty and oily skin. Soft consumer-grade elastomers which have been molded into Setex’s geckoinspired microfibers demonstrate up to 3X the coefficients of friction on wet, sweaty, and oily skin. On an eyeglass nose pad, this performance enhancement makes the difference between glasses that stay secure and comfortable, or frames that slip and slide during summer months.
To make our products, Setex has patented methods adapted from the semiconductor manufacturing industry to mass-produce molded parts with friction-enhancing microfibers. Our methods enable the production of Setex products, whether for our own consumer product line or for a customer’s component.
Close-up of Setex Nose Pad.
Setex Microfiber
Skin Friction Video
To the naked eye, you can tell something is going on with a Setex product, but exactly what? Looking at our products under a microscope reveals our secret: thousands of soft skin-safe microfibers on every product we sell result in unprecedented grip
Changing the game on gripping
There are other materials that grip well to dry skin. The challenge is to grip comfortably, and to grip well when skin becomes wet, sweaty, or oily – which makes surfaces very slippery. By
engineering gecko-inspired geometries into our products, we have created soft-touch surfaces that interface well with skin. Our compliant Setex microfibers have a patented mushroomshaped tip, that acts like a soft micro-hook to latch onto our skin, even as we sweat. Thousands of these microfibers on each Setex product we produce keep products in place, and keep our customers in control.
We have tested the grip of our products against competitors, and we always come out on top!
Friction Testing on Wet & Oily Synthetic Skin
