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Transportation textiles on the move
February 8th, 2021
ESI Automotive offers a vision of the future: electronic proliferation in a car's interior using a combination of display and touch films with in-mould electronics. Photo: ESI Automotive. Major changes in vehicles will offer opportunities to innovators in this market. by Marie O’Mahony Recent reports illuminate key factors influencing tomorrow’s automotive textiles segment. Most notably, […]
Researchers create thread that senses and tracks movement
February 8th, 2021
Scanning electron microscopy of threads coated with electrically conducting carbon-based ink. Bending the coated threads creates strain, which changes their electrical conductivity (normal thread left, bent thread right. Scale bar 200 microns). Photo: Yiwen Jiang, Tufts University. Engineers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have created and demonstrated flexible thread-based sensors that can measure movement of the […]
It’s what you don’t see
February 8th, 2021
by Janet Preus When you slam a car door (which you’re not supposed to do, but we all do it now and then), you may notice how loud the door slam is, or is not. If it’s quiet, it’s because there are high quality acoustic textile materials carefully placed to absorb the sound and keep […]
RxFiber announces patent for medical device fiber
February 8th, 2021
RxFiber LLC has announced that it has been issued a U.S. patent directed to methods related to the production of high-tenacity fibers for use in sterilized medical devices. The company’s fiber is marketed as RxFibron HT©. The company is actively seeking potential partners to license or purchase the patented technology for the development of lower-profile […]
Process for reusing silk textiles in thermal insulation developed
February 5th, 2021
Freudenberg Performance Materials and Ratti, the Italian fashion textile company, have been working together on sustainability projects. The first fruit of this collaboration is a process for reusing silk textiles in the manufacture of high-performance thermal insulation. The practice of using recycled materials from other industries, such as post-consumer PET bottles, has been common practice […]
Texas Tech decontamination wipe finds new use helping animals
February 3rd, 2021
Two years ago, Brett Huff, an animal decontamination specialist, was looking for a better solution than the diluted-dish-soap-and-water method he was using to clean animals. That’s when a member of the U.S. Army’s Special Forces asked if he’d heard of FiberTectTM. Invented by Texas Tech University professor Seshadri Ramkumar, FiberTectTM was conceived in 2005 as a low-cost decontamination wipe for the […]
Acteev technology wins OR Innovation Awards
February 2nd, 2021
Ascend Performance Materials’ Acteev Protect™ antimicrobial, odor-resisting fabric technology has been named a winner in the 2021 Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards. Acteev Protect was chosen out of a record number of submissions for its performance across four criteria: Spark: concept, design, appealDesire: opportunity, differentiationFunction: innovation, functionality, insightImpact: cultural, environmental, business Nikki Huffman, the principal business development leader […]