Method for producing a metallised fabric, and resulting fabric

A method for producing a metallized fabric, the method comprising:

• washing a woven substrate comprising yarns having a weight of up to 70 decitex in the warp direction and in the filling direction, wherein the washing desizes the woven substrate;
• then
• calendering the substrate by applying a compressive force to the substrate;
• and then
• forming the woven substrate and a film into a continuous strip having a plurality of first sections placed in an end to end arrangement with a plurality of second sections, each first section formed from the woven substrate and placed between two of the second sections, and each second section formed of a film;
• depositing, by vacuum metallization within a vacuum chamber, a layer of metal on each first section of the continuous strip by passing the continuous strip through the vacuum chamber,
• wherein each first section of the continuous strip passes through the vacuum chamber at a first travel rate, and each second section of the continuous strip passes through the vacuum chamber at a second travel rate, the second travel speed being less than the first travel rate.