Ana samar da samfuran roba ta hanyar kumfa ta zahiri ko sinadarai tare da roba azaman kayan tushe don samun samfuran tsarin porous na soso-kamar roba. An yi amfani da wannan fasaha sosai a masana'antu daban-daban na samarwa, kamar ƙofar mota da hatimin taga, pad ɗin kwantar da hankali, kayan gini na gini, kayan girgizar ƙasa, wuraren kariya na wasanni, da sauransu.