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Technical textiles in the form of paper machine clothing are
critical to the paper making process. Such materials employ
sophisticated woven and nonwoven constructions. Increasingly
important are advanced lamination techniques
which ensure seamless.
Any mill in INDIA spinning.
The Spinning of highly aesthetic fibers.
The spinning of highly anisotropic polymer.
The Gel Spinning process.
The Spinning of Ultra fine fibers.
The Spinning of Optical fibers.
Research in Technical Textiles is gaining fast in developed countries.
India needs to catch up with this near future profitable Industry.
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The US and UK are leading in Technical Textiles and very close behind are
other countries which were much behind our textile industry few decades ago.
THANKS TO THE RESEARCHERS IN USA FOR THEIR AWESOME CONTRIBUTION TO
TECHNICAL TEXTILES IN THE "FUTURE OF OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY".
Technical Textiles in Auto Industry has grown by leaps and bounds now.Automotive Textiles:
Fibres for automotive textiles.
Upholstry Fabrics,
Pre formed parts.
Tyres.
Safty Devices.
Filters and Engine compartment items.
Rieter's Sliver Lap former.( pre Comber operation)
The Sequence of machines in cotton spinning:
Blow Room with auto mixer,auto doffer and chute feed.
Carding with Auto doffer and auto level directly feeding
Draw frames or to
Manually fed Draw Frames.
Lap Former for Combing
Combing Machines.
Post Comber Draw Frames.
Simplex and in few cases to open-end machines from post
comber or Cards but
direct to Ring frames from Simplex always.
Ring Spinning Machines.
If the yarn is from the spinning machine (or open end spinning
machines if required) it goes to Auto Coner and then to Packing and
Marking Department.(If from Open End Machines it Goes to Packing and
Marking Department) or if needed it is again rewound in Heavy Cone Winding
Machines)THIS IS FOR GREY YARN SALES.
If the yarn is from Auto Coner it goes to rewinding or packing
depending on the quality of yarn that is needed to the Quality of Fabric.
All the cones are tested for required specifications and sent
to the next department.
About 400 cones of over 25000 meters in length of each cone is
placed on the creel of the next machine.
This machine is called a warper.
The yarn is rolled in to several beams of nearly 3000 to 3500 threads on
this warper machine depending on cloth to be woven.
The yarn is sized to give strength to withstand the stresses at
the weaving stage.
Process is called Sizing.
Yarn is now rolled in to a sheet form after on the Sizing Machine itself.
It then goes to Drawing-in department.
It is than drawn through healds and reeds as per the design to be woven
It is than gaited on the Weaving machine that can weave the design
The cloth is woven as per design.
The weaving of the cloth may be:
1.A plain weave.
2.A rib weave.
3.A twill Weave.
4.A satin weave.
5.A Crap Weave.
6.ACheck weave.
7.A Stripe Weave.
8.A Georgette weave.
9.A Turkey weave.
11.A design vertically Woven.
12.A design of a Logo
13.A name along the border of the cloth woven.
14.A chiffon weave.
15.A Bandage cloth woven.
16.A tape woven.The type of cloth woven depends on:
The Weaving Machine.
The use of colored yarns.
The fancy yarns.
The yarn parameters being different.
The Horizontal yarns ( known as weft ) being different.
The Vertical yarns ( known as warp ) being different.
There are many types of looms:
The Plain Loom.
The Shuttle changing loom.
The Dropbox & Jacquard looms.
The type of weave depends on the make of weaving Machine called "Loom"
The old loom.
The most modern loom.
The type of loom has a set speed.
The number of threads inserted is called picks.
The time taken to complete the weaving depends on speed.
The time taken to complete depends on set length.
Once the predetermined length is woven then:
The cloth is taken out from the Weaving machine.
It will then be sent to warehouse.
At the warehouse the cloth undergoes inspection and then is sent
to further process and if it is for grey cloth sales it will go to
the warehouse for dispatch.
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Cebit.The fabric could also be used by athletes to hone their performance
by measuring how they react in training.
The bio-harness and a shoe pod.The bio-harness(a length of fabric
worn around the chest) and the shoe pod(a smart insole)are both made of a
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The product will find a role in health,
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The smart insole.or shoe pod,could find a role as a training aid for
runners.The shoe pod can measure the size of a person's step to see
where they place the most pressure and can also look at such
parameters as where they push off from and how fast their foot hits
the ground."It could be a great coaching tool for sprinters"
The smart insole might also prove useful for those recovering from
serious operations to replace a knee or hip,as it could measure how a
person's gait changes before and after the procedure.Either of the
devices could also prove popular with amateur athletes keen to measure
how they perform on their regular run."The next step would be to convert
it to a cellphone"
Then you have an automatic connection to the internet so by the
time you are home you can log on and see how you did.
Biomimitics and Textiles are thous that take ideas from nature and
implement them in to new fibers and fabrics.
Biomemimetics are increasingly being applied to new textile
technologies. The collection will draw together the research to
explain how biologically inspired technologies can meet the needs of
industry for cutting edge textile designs and products. Research is
going on with a vegetable fiber in geo textile by ESPRC.(UK)
Synthetic fibers account for about 50% of all fibre usage
IN EVERY FIELD OF FIBER AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY
Research in E - textiles.
They are fabrics that have electronics and interconnections
woven in to them.
With this the physical flexibility and size that
cannot be archived with existing electronics manufacturing
techniques, components and interconnections are intrinsic to the
fabric and thus are less visible and not
susceptible to becoming tangled or snagged by the surroundings.
An E-textile can be worn in everyday situations where currently
available wearable computers would hinder the user. E-textiles can
also more easily adapt to changes in computational ans sensing
requirements of an application,a useful feature of power management
and context awareness.
Power Matrix.
Is a hybrid fabric consisting of polyester (PET) and copper
mono filament in warp and weft . Such fabrics are known as:
"Electronix Fabrics"
E fabrics,they contain electric wires in weft.
E Textiles.Used in making Garments for special use.
The copper wire that is used has a thin sliver coating with a
polymer varnish on top to serve as insulation. This enables the copper
wire to be used to form a grid without electrical contact between the
wires.
This is in E-Fabrics.
E-Textiles are E- Fabrics.
http://www.wired.com
The Glove.( Dr. Tilak's Invention. )
This project focused on the design of a keyboard glove that senses
the motion of the fingers to determine key strokes, integration of sensing
elements and wires in a fabric in a functional manner, and gaining experience
with piezo-electric sensors.Sensor positions for the implementation with
film-form piezo sensors.
Implementation of the glove with piezo sensors in coax form.
SOURCE - VIRGINIA TECH RESEARCH.
ECE BRADLEY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
E -TEXTILES.
THE GLOVE.Publication / Presentation.
J.Edmision,M.Jones,Z.Nakad and T.Martin.
Plezoelectric for wearable electronic textiles using plezoenectric
Materials for Wearable Electronic Textiles"
Sixth International Symposium on Wearable Computers
(ISWC 2002 )pp,41-48,
October 2002.
Byline: BRENDA LLOYD ATLANTA - NanoSonic Inc. has unveiled a new
spin in the manufacturing of:
Nano TextilesElectrically conductive textiles
in a makeshift washing machine. Materials engineer Andrew
Hill and her colleagues, Jennifer Lalli and Rick Claus,
are the innovators of the
technique and are incorporating their trademarked Metal
Rubber as an integral component.
Smart fabrics....
Something up the sleeve:...
* Employing infrared wireless...
* What technologies are...
Metal Rubber is a family of novel nanocomposite materials
that are highly electrically conductive (hence metal)
and highly elastomeric (hence rubber)
freestanding, self-assembled films. ...
Human Wattage.
The Future US soldier.
NASA MATTRESS.
NASA MATTRESS.(Body heat goes out and fresh air gets pumped in as
indicated by the arrows in blue.
Switzerland exported 99% of it's textile machinery in 2006.
Picture of a hand with knife can't harm the hand with E- Glove.
The picture at left with temperature control glove to keep the hand at
body temperature in freezing cold.
Some Good News.
Yes Minister.
Coimbatore, June 18:
To promote indigenous manufacture of technical textiles, the Center
will implement a scheme titled 'Scheme for development and growth of
Technical Textiles' at a cost of Rs 96 crore in the 11th Plan,
Union Minister of State for Textiles E V K S Elangovan. said.
Elangovan was speaking after inaugurating an International Conference on
Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Non-woven and Technical Textiles,
here organised by a private college in collaboration with
Texas Tech University, USA.
The government was aware that the sub-sectors of textile industry have
to exploit the advantages accruing from these sub-sectors, he said.
The policy initiatives in coming years would be geared towards the
development of these futuristic segments of textile industry, so that Indian
textiles gained its place of pride in the world, Elangovan said.
With a large textile-manufacturing base and technical manpower, India has
the potential to become the leading exporter of the various technical textile
products, he said, adding demand and consumption of technical textile products
would grow enormously in India in the near future.
On cotton, Elangovan said Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) has
contributed to increase in productivity and reduced contamination of
cotton and 90 per cent of the targets under TMC in the 10th plan
were achieved, he said.
Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), which was to come
to an end by March 31, 2007,has further been extended by the UPA
government and Budget allocation for TUFs has been enhanced from
Rs 535 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 911 crore in the year 2007-08,
he said.
(Agencies)
Man Power for technical textiles required.
Know how in technical textiles & machinery required for
technical textiles.
Training,research and development which are essential.
Do we have ?.
What is the capital required to set up a technical textile mill
and a Textie Science College.
Who all will receive Rs 911 crore ?.
Is this sufficient ?.
How many Indian Textile Machinery Manufacturers represented
India at "ITMA 2007"
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was part of an Indo-Danish joint venture,
set up in the year 1991. In 2001 after
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the company became independent of
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The company manufactures Technical Textiles from
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The Company has its own facilities of weaving, processing
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Harley Nirafon India Pvt.
Products &Specification.
Fibre Glass fabrics for electrical insulation.
Texturised Fibre Glass fabrics for thermal insulation.
Fibre Glass fabrics for industrial application.
Fibre Glass filter fabrics for molten metal
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Fibre Glass filter fabrics for boiler houses.
Fibre Glass Scrim fabrics for construction industry.
Fibre Glass Ropes, Gaskets & Stitching threads.
Fibre Glass fabrics with various types of coating.
High temperature resistant Semi Conducting
Fibre Glass fabrics.
Fibre Glass fabrics for Pressure Sensitive
Adhesive tapes.
Texturised Fibre glass yarn braided with Brass wire &
Hybrid Texturised Fibre yarn with Cellulose for
clutch facings.
Air Slides for Cement industries.
Gauntlet for Lead Acid Storage Batteries.
APPLICATIONS.Electrical Insulation.
Thermal Insulation.
>Reinforced Plastics.
Coated Fabrics.
Scrims Fabrics.
Filtration Fabrics.
Pluri tubular bags (Gauntlet).
Fibre glass yarn & it's benefit.
Fibre Glass Ropes & Gaskets.
Clutch Facings
Research and Development has been a major focus of
KETEX. It believes in close co-operation with its
customers to develop new products .Its ongoing R&D
by its dedicated team of qualified personal has yielded
results and achievements to be proud of.
KETEX has developed a technique where it allows to
weave very thin fiber glass fabric of 1.7 mil(.04 mm)
& 1.2 mil(.03 mm) thick without any sizing. This enables
KETEX to maintain the L.O.I of its fabrics
to less than 2%, which helps in better absorption
of resin and electrical insulation. Desized and
Silane treated fabrics manufactured by KETEX are
particularly suitable for this sheet lamination.
KETEX was first to develop Texturised Fiber Glass
yarns braided with Brass wire for clutch facings
after a continuous effort of about 2 yrs.
KETEX recently launched two more products for
filtration applications. Combo bags that is
used for better metal distribution of molten
Aluminum during filtration and Fiber Glass
filter fabrics for pulse
jet applications.
KETEX has also developed Woven Tubular Bags
(Gauntlets) with Polyester and Polypropylene
blended yarn for application in submarine
batteries.
KETEX has successful undergone laboratory trials
for the production of Acid Leached Fiber Glass
fabrics and Polyamic acid.
KETEX is also actively participating with
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them highly specialized Fibre
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Color - yellow or black,dyed,white.
Tenacity
gr/denier 23 2.3-3.5 26-29
30-40.
Effect of heat decomposes at 900F
carbonizes at 800F melts at
530F melts at about 300F.
Abrasion resistance -Good
UV - Excellent.
Resistance fair
Acid - Resistance -Good
Good except strong minaral acid- Good
Alkali - unaffected
Strong mineral bases.
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Weaving technology giants invade technical textile sector.Producers of machinery for mainstream textile
applications have joined traditional specialist industrial
fabric loom-builders in targeting an attractive
and growing market segment, reports Phil Owen.
Miami is set for latest innovations in
Nonwovens machinery.
The major nonwovens exhibitions – IDEA, Index and ANEX
– remain important arenas for builders to reveal
their latest developements.
Nick Butler reveals the highlights to be found at:
IDEA04 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 27–29 April.
Rieter gives spinning rotor an aerostatic
radial bearing.
Has patented a novel suspension for the spinning
rotor of an open-end machine, claiming its use
substantially extends the operational life of the radial bearing.
Ginni Filaments.
RieterCelebrate inauguration of spunlace line.
On 17 March 2007, Rieter celebrated the
inauguration of the first
integrated spunlace line installed in India,
sold to Ginni Filaments Ltd.
Protective and therapeutic fabric.
A fabric containing copper, zinc and silicon
threads can protect the wearer from magnetic
and electromagnetic fields, as well as
providingmetallotherapy effects,
according to its Italian inventor.
Artificial grass.
Artificial grass blade from Spain.
By combining extrusion and thread wrapping,
a Spanish company has
developed a system for producing
artificial grass
Meltblown Fabric.
GE Osmonics Inc has developed a three-dimensional
nonwoven of meltblown fibres,
for use as a filter medium.
The company from Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA, says
the structure includes a mass of essentially
continuous, meltblown polymer
filaments and an essentially continuous,
meltblown polymer filament that
traverses and extends through this mass.
Within the mass are several layers,
each being generally oriented in the
longitudinal and latitudinal directions.
US industry gets ready to show its true
worth in Atlanta.Technical Textiles International's
latest team member is North American
Correspondent John W. McCurry.
He begins by surveying exhibitors at the
forthcoming Tech textile North America
to get their views on the state
of our industry.
SAINT-GOBAIN.
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex increases production capacity
of Twintex composite reinforcement.Saint-Gobain Vetrotex’s
Reinforcement & Composites unit has increased its
European production capacity for the reinforcement
based on thermoplastic and glass fibres
(Twintex®) by 25% at its plant in Chambéry, France, effective from April2007.
Smart Textiles.
The network has arisen as a result of shifts
in the textiles industry, where the technical
textiles sector is growing, shifts in developed
economies towards the Information Age, the
on all aspects of our lives through products
and services, and changing consumer
requirements. Smart textiles is not yet a
discrete area. Its evolution will require
input from a number of disparate sectors
spanning science and technology, to
design and the human sciences. It is a
new channel of communication between
such disparate sectors that the network aims to build.
The convergence of textiles and electronics will spawn
the next generation of smart fibres and textiles
that are truly smart. There are many electroactive
polymers currently being developed by the
electrochemistry industry, a convergence of
electronics and chemistry, for what are being
termed plastic electronics. Examples of these
include polymer light emitting
diodes for the next generation of displays
and packaging; and polymeric
semi-conductors for plastic electronic
circuits. Electroactive actuator
and sensor polymers are also in development.
The future of smart textiles
lies in the potential of technology
convergence where these polymers are
processed into fibres and fabrics.
This convergence will enable soft
intelligent textile products that have
a broad spectrum of functions and
capabilities, found in hard electronic
products today. The network will
highlight the need for different sectors to
collaborate to address future
commercial imperatives, gain access to
new markets, and in so doing help
de-mystify disciplines by transcending
barriers, languages and cultures.
The network is comprised of application
based industries; defence agencies;
cognitive and social scientists; computer
scientists; electronics specialists;
electrochemistry specialists; textile
and fibre engineers;
fashion, textile, industrial, interior and
architectural designers; economists;
future trend forecasters.
A principal aim of this network is to excite
development in smart textiles and systems through
cross-sectoral consultation, where users and
designers are brought together with materials
developers and designers. Technology-specific
workshops will be held over the three-year period of
the network, each of which will cover a specific
technology area, e.g., sensors and actuators,
display materials, circuits, antennas, switches, etc.
It is hoped that ideas for research programme
will result from these workshops, which can be put
forward for funding to the DTI’s Technology Programme
or to the EPSRC.
The experience of products is becoming a new
commercial imperative. The transition from making
and marketing a product to developing intangible
concepts that satisfy the demand of higher order
needs such as creativity, sensory and emotional
fulfillment, is underway and gaining momentum.
As we advance further into the Information Age
material technology is forecast to disappear
into our material environment, making these
objects responsive and intelligent. This will
have an impact on established cultures of products,
the development process and consumption. As much
of our material environment is composed of textiles,
they will be the targets for smart engineering,
enabling a move away from the traditional
cold and hard face of technology.
No one knows how people will accept technology
on their bodies and in their environments.
The aim of the network is also to project
what the future demand of these materials might be.
There will be one seminar/workshop each year that
will look at the bigger picture exploring
the consumer of the future, future society
and future economic ideas
in relation to smart/intelligent technology.
The network will seek to explore and translate
future projected societal, cultural, technological
and consumer shifts into product and market ideas
through collective brainstorming, to enable members
to understand what these changes mean for them and
their sectors. The process of networking is
becoming increasingly important in understanding
how specialisms inter-relate with each other; to
allow specialists to look at all dimensions, not
just their own; for sectors to innovate and
access new markets, and develop new systems for
materials and product development. The network
seeks to promote understanding between disparate
disciplines. The activities will encourage exchanges
of approach, thinking, methodology out of which
may arise new methods, new R&D programmes, and
even new hybrid sectors.
Sharon Baurley,
Reader
School of Fashion & Textile Design.
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.
University of the Arts London.
Smart Materials.
Alan Hooper.
Advanced Materials,
QinetiQ, UK.
The key to 21st century competitive advantage will
be the development of products with increasing
levels of functionality. This will include structural
and non-structural functions, individually and in
combination, both active and passive. It will apply
both to large structures, fixed and mobile, and to
consumer products, including textiles
and clothing. Smart Materials will play a critical
role in this development.
The table below summarizes the classes of
material that are commonly referred to as
being ‘smart’, together with their
corresponding pairs of stimuli and
response variable
parameters;
e.g., photochromic – light – colour change.
Electrical
Magnetic
Optical
Thermal
Mechanical
Electrical
Electrochromic
Electroluminescent
Electro-optical.
Thermoelectric
Piezoelectric
Electrostrictive
ER fluids
Magnetic
Magneto-optic
MR fluids
Magnetostrictive
Optical
Photoconductor
Photochromic
Thermal
Thermochromic.
Thermoluminescent.
Shape memory.
Mechanical.
Piezoelectric.
Electrostrictive
Magnetostrictive
Mechanochromic
Negative Poisson ratio.
Stimulus-response matrix for selected smart materials.
(ER fluids – electro-rheological fluids;
MR fluids – magneto-rheological fluids)
‘Smart’ or ‘Functional’ materials usually form part of a
‘Smart System’ that has the capability to sense its environment
and the effects thereof and, if truly smart, to respond to that
external stimulus via an active control mechanism. Often, the
sensing function alone is taken as sufficient to constitute
‘smartness’. Smart materials and systems occupy a highly
interactive ‘technology space’ which also includes the areas of
sensors and actuators, together with other generic platform
technologies such as biomimetics and nanotechnology. Additional,
more narrowly defined related topics, such as ‘tagging’, also
sit in this technology space.
There is no shortage of potential technical solutions in this
area but,equally, no single solution will fit all applications.
The need is, rather, to enhance the practical realization of the
existing materials-based technologies, tailored to particular
customer and market requirements. Key drivers will include
materials and device integration within the relevant
substrate, miniaturisation, connectorisation, durability
and cost. Specifically in the smart clothing arena, systems
must be affordable and be able to pass
the washing machine test.
Applications for ‘Smart’ clothing will include healthcare and
telemedicine; military, police and emergency service equipment;
entertainment, sports and leisure; and fashion wear. Wearable
electronics will support the development of distributed computing and
communications systems and provide benefits in support of major Foresight
nitiatives, such as crime prevention and the aging community.
Alan Hooper is chair of the Smart Textiles and Systems Committee at the
Institute of materials http://www.iom3.org and is a technology translator
for the newly launched DTI - supported Knowledge Transfer
Network Smart.Mat Network.
Please go to http://www.smartmat.org and register(membership is free).
Research bodies working within Smart Textiles.
Smart Textiles.
Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa.,
Textiles and Clothing.
Chris Byrne.
Mediatex, Technitex, UK.
The scope of technical textiles.
The term “technical textiles” was coined in the 1980s to
describe the growing variety of products and manufacturing
techniques being developed primarily for their technical properties
and performance rather than their appearance or other aesthetic
characteristics. It largely superseded an earlier term “industrial
textiles” (still widely used in the USA) which had become too
restrictive in its meaning to describe the full complexity and
richness of this fast growing area. A major international exhibition,
Techtextil, was launched in 1985 to reflect the growth of technical
textiles and soon developed a simple taxonomy that has been used
ever since to describe the scope of this new industry and market sector.
!) Agrotech agriculture, horticulture, forestry and aquaculture textiles.
2 Buildtech building and construction textiles.
3) Clothtech technical components of shoes and clothing e.g. linings.
4) Geotech geotexiles and civil engineering materials.
5) Hometech technical components of furniture, household
textiles & floor coverings.
6) Indutech textiles for industrial applications – filtration,
conveying, cleaning etc...
7) Medtech hygiene and medical products
8) Mobiltech automobiles, shipping, railways and aerospace.
9) Oekotech environmental protection.
10) Packtech packaging materials
11) Protech personal and property protection.
12) Sporttech sport and leisure.
Within each of these headings are literally hundreds of
products and applications for textiles, some traditional, some
replacing other well-established materials and techniques, and some
that have been newly created by the unique properties and capabilities
of textile materials and structures.
The automotive industry is not only one of the largest
single markets for technical textiles but also one of the most
diverse. Applications range from tyre cord, hose and drive belt
reinforcements to thermal and sound insulation, safety belts and
airbags, filters, cable harnesses and textile reinforced composites
for body and suspension parts. Even the internal furnishings of a
car – headliners, seating, carpets, parcel shelf and trunk liners
– are all regarded as technical textiles because of the extremely
demanding specifications to which they are made and tested.
As just one other example, the medical and hygiene textiles
market ranges from high volume disposable products for babies’
nappies, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence through
to extremely specialized and high value textile products
for use in blood filtration, surgical sutures,
prostheses and, most recently, scaffolds for new tissue growth.
The economic importance of technical textiles.
The technical textiles sector in the UK alone is
worth £1.3 billion per year and at least double thatin terms of
downstream processing and fabrication activities. Worldwide,
technical textiles account for 25-30% of all textile
manufacturing and approaching 50% in
some regions.
Most advanced textile economies (now including the likes of China,
South Korea and Taiwan) have embraced technical textiles as a new
source
of growth and as an alternative to low added-value, mass production of
textiles and clothing. Indeed, as the technology and functionality of
these textiles increase, including combinations with other materials
such as metals, ceramics, polymer films, foams and powders, many
technical textile producers are now seeking to redefine themselves as
part of a new advanced flexible materials industry, adopting new
manufacturing techniques and addressing new markets which have little
in common with their traditional activities. Likewise, many
manufacturers from completely outside the textile sector are
adopting textile and fibre-based materials and techniques wherever
they see these as appropriate but without ever regarding
themselves
as part of the textiles industry.
Meanwhile, many of the technologies and products of this advanced
materials sector are diffusing across into consumer applications.
The first generation of such ‘performance’ products were the membranes
and breathable coatings of protective clothing textiles, first
introduced into high-end ski and out-door wear but now almost an
everyday component of leisure clothing. Similarly, a growing range
of ‘well-being’ textiles have evolved from products initially
developed for medical and other technical applications,
in combination with innovative technologies such as
microencapsulation and nanotechnology.
Beyond technical textiles.
The new promise of technical and performance textiles is an
emerging generation of products combining the latest
developments in advanced flexible materials with advances
in computing and communications
technology, biomaterials, nanotechnology and novel
process technologies such as plasma treatment.
These will eventually have a direct impact upon all sorts of
consumer textile markets, including both clothing and furnishings.
The field of ‘wearable electronics’ has already
captured the imagination of many researchers and large
corporations and, although most products
on the market today are relatively unsophisticated ‘implants’ of
conventional electronics and wiring, the prospect of truly
‘interactive textiles embodying sensors, actuators and logic
circuits built into the structure of the fibres, yarns and fabrics
themselves is not impossibly far-fetched.
‘Technical textiles’ already sounds a terribly antiquated and
inadequate term to describe much of what is going on in this
exciting new market.
Research Bodies Working within the field of Textiles and Clothing.
1) Technitex.
2) Textiles Intelligence.
3) Tactile Technology
4) Medical / Health Care.
5) Saeed Zahedi
Wearable Medical Devices to Enhance Well-being
Over the last 3 years, PDD has taken a leading role
in humanizing technology, enabling independent living
for an increasing population of elderly, diabetics and
disabled people. Applications of advance technology
have also been used in the creation of innovative
products, aimed at improving well-being in the form
of smart medical products. A key area of technology
application has been in the creation of innovative
interfaces, as well as the creation of advanced
interactive designs. Use of textile patches with
scaffold for delivery of drug has already been
explored by Pharma industry. Application of advance
technology for provision of safe and invisible control
of diabetic using compact actuators integrated with
electro textile membrane, power paper and biosensors
are being explored by many leading device manufacturers.
In order to focus the direction of future work towards
interactive design and increase our knowledge base of
wearable devices, PDD has funded a 2-year research
programme in conjunction with UK government. The aim
of the research programme is to understand the
requirements of the medical devices, systems and
products, which could enhance well-being, and
facilitate independent living. Such products,
for example, could be used for continuous monitoring
of physiological parameters, integrated with smart
diagnostic systems, providing alerts, prognosis and
communication of key data through a telecare system
to a specialist. Current research in electro textiles,
knitted electrodes, biosensors in medical bio textiles
scaffolds, Bioactive fibres, or the work by William
Lee innovation centre have identified several routes
for future product development. PDD’s programme aims
to discover more about the potential applications
of wearable medical devices, the required specification
of materials, such as electro-textiles and
other interfaces, which could be used for monitoring,
Healing, alerting, controlling and communicating.Links to Research Bodies Working within the field of Health.
My Heart,
EU-funded project.
Intelligent Health Garment Research.
William Lee Inovation Centre,
University of Manchester.
Smartlife Technology Ltd.
Vivometrics.
Sensatex.
NANOMATERIALS AND TEXTILES.
Michael Pitkethly.
Cenamps.
When one is considering utilising nanomaterials
in textiles much depends on what functionality
is desired and the compatibility of the nanomaterial
with the fibre material.
The level of functionality is determined both by
the specific properties of the material and also
how it is incorporated with the fibre. The
compatibility is determined in a large part by the surface chemistry
of the particles and the production process used to
make the nanomaterial.
tion of certain classes of materials.Manufacturing nanoparticles can be achieved
through a wide variety of different routes, some
of which have been around for many years, others
which are far more recent. In essence there are
four generic routes to make your nanoparticles;
wet chemical, mechanical, form-in-place
and gas phase synthesis. The resultant materials can
have significantly different properties depending on
the route chosen to fabricate them and some routes are
more aligned with the fabrica
Wet chemical processes – these include colloidal chemistry,
hydrothermal methods, sol-gels, and other precipitation processes.
Essentially solutions of different ions are mixed in well defined
quantities and under controlled conditions of heat, temperature and
pressure to promote the formation of insoluble compounds which
precipitate out of solution. It is possible to control particle
size closely and to produce highly monodisperse materials. However,
bound water molecules can be a problem when combining with
hydrophobic materials and for sol-gel processing especially
the yields can be quite low.
Mechanical processes – these include grinding, milling and
mechanical alloying techniques. Today the most common processes are
either planetary mills or rotating ball mills. These are
relatively cheap processes but there can be difficulties such as
agglomeration of the powders, broad particle size distributions,
contamination from the process equipment itself and it is very
difficult to get to the very fine particle sizes. Commonly
it is used for inorganics and metals but not organic materials.
Form-in-place processes – these include lithography, vacuum
deposition (PVD and CVD) and spray coatings. These processes
are more geared to the production of nanostructured layers and
coatings, and are not generally used for the fabrication of
dry powders although some companies are beginning to exploit
these processes.
Gas Phase Synthesis – these include flame pyrolysis,
electroexplosion, laser ablation, high temperature evaporation
and plasma synthesis techniques. All these techniques rely on
heating the feedstock material to above the boiling point to
create a vapour and then rapidly quenching it to generate the
nano particles. They are very suited to volume production and the
production of a wide range of functional materials. This means
that even highly refractory materials can be processed, however,
these processes are not suitable for producing organic materials.
From these production methods materials can be made that
provide a range of properties including conductivity, magnetism,
piezoelectric effects, colour, water repellency and anti-microbial
activity. The incorporation with fibers to produce the functional
fibers and hence textiles is often a closely guarded secret.
However, processes have been developed to control the surface
chemistry to enable the nano materials to be either incorporated
either into the bulk or onto the surface of the fiber during
fiber manufacture, or to coat the surface of existing fibers.
Depending on the functionality desired different routes are preferable.
Current and potential applications for fibers and textiles
incorporating nano materials include stain resistant clothing,
anti-odor for sportswear, anti-microbial medical textiles,
conducting cloth, water repellent fabrics and textiles that can
sense movement and wear, they may also be used to generate power
to charge mobile devices. It is also entirely feasible to combine
different functionalities in the same fibers, although this needs
considerable further development. Many of these concepts are yet to
be brought to market and more and more uses for these materials
are being identified.
Smart Textiles Update.
By Dr. Kim Anderson, Writer/Reporter for [TC]²
In the late 1990's, academic institutions around the world were
scrambling for grants on what they believed to be the next generation
of textile research. Apparel companies were partnering with electronic
companies to exploit what they hoped would be the lucrative advent of
interactive textile products. The public's dependence upon mobile devices
had created a need for lightweight, flexible electronic equipment. Textile
structures- being strong, flexible, lightweight and able to conform to
almost any shape -seemed to be ideally suited for use in revolutionary
new products. The electronic industry had undergone new developments as
the size of electronic components had become smaller and more powerful.
If the fields of electrical engineering and textile science were merged,
a whole new range of exciting opportunities could emerge. But how successful
have researchers been? What challenges and hurdles have they encountered
and have the hopes of offering true wearable electronics been squelched?.
Conductive textiles have been successfully produced by using thin
wires of various metals in woven and knit constructions. By impregnating a
knit, woven or nonwoven substratum with carbon or metal powders,
semi-conductive fabrics have been successfully produced (Kuhn).
For the last twenty years electrically conductive and semi-conductive
fabrics have been utilized in a wide variety of applications including
electromagnetic interference (EMI), static dissipation and microwave
attenuation among others (Smith). These types of fabrics have been
designed to alleviate problems in a passive manner.
By the late 1990's, it became apparent that a new genre of
sophisticated textiles made from conductive fabrics could possibly
be produced. The intent was to design interactive textile products
with an electrically conductive network integrated into the fabric
structure. The conductive network within the fabric would be designed
to work in concert with the environment, soft switches and microcomputers;
to be multi-functional and active; to be able to sense, respond and
adjust to stimuli such as pressure, temperature, or an electrical
charge interactive fabrics were coined as“ Smart textiles".
Judging by the deluge of hits generated from a Google search
on “smart textiles” one would assume that research has paid off.
In a more thorough search, you will find your share of “The page
cannot be displayed.” This aside, a select few have made remarkable
strides. Using conductive yarns that are thin and flexible, penny
size batteries and soft switches and sensors, some companies are
making some truly remarkable products.
Phillips NV, a Dutch electronics giant, the European
division of Levi Strauss & Co. and Massimo Osti, an Italian designer,
were some of the first to brandish their way into the commercialized world
of electronic apparel. In 2000 they introduced the apparel line -
Industrial Clothing Design Plus (ICD+). The line included four jacket
styles, each equipped with a microphone, remote controller, mobile
phone, an earphone and a MP3 player (audio encoding and compression
form featuring high quality and small size). The jackets retailed
for $600 and up.
Unfortunately, the electrical components had to be removed
before the garment was washed, contributing to the limited
commercial success. Undaunted by this first attempt, Phillips
NV continues to invest in the development of wearable electronics-
designing working prototypes that incorporate conductive textiles,
fabric switches, fabric wiring, fabric stretch sensors,
high-sensitivity fabric antennas and flexible electro-luminescent
displays. Phillips has also developed apparel that features embedded
GPS systems, mobile phones and digital cameras.
Gorix Ltd., a company based in England , has been in
the forefront since the early 1990's, specializing in a
variety of products with temperature controlled systems.
The system contains a low voltage heating source that is
powered by a simple circuitry and is capable of maintaining
constant temperature regardless of the external ambient
temperature. Recreational jackets, blankets and
beds for animals are just some of the products Gorix Ltd.
offers. Recently Gorix developed a heated diving suit
which incorporates an advanced heating system. Previously,
diving suits were heated by pumping hot water from
a support vessel. The patented heating system is
comprised of a series of heater pads powered by a stainless
steel battery unobtrusively mounted on the diver's air cylinder.
Canesis Ltd. is a textile research and development company,
the UK subsidiary of Canesis Network Ltd. ( formerly the
Wool ResearchOrganization of New Zealand). Canesis Ltd.
has been a pioneer in the development of the SOFTswitch™,
a fabric-based switch and pressure sensing technology.
Stewart Collie, Science Manager of the Smart Textile
Innovation Center for Canesis Ltd., was forthcoming
about Canesis's research projects, highlighting some of
their newest developments.
Canesis and AWI (Australian Wool Innovation) have teamed
up to develop a heating system totally comprised of textile
based materials. Unlike earlier heating systems that
incorporate stiff, heavy wires, this system feels and
drapes like a conventional textile. It is durable and
washable. The heating system is currently being
incorporated into socks as well as interior products
such as upholstery and blankets.
Canesis Ltd. has also developed products that “light up.”
A variety of products including safety apparel,
novelty children's wear and textile displays incorporate
Electro-luminescence.
(EL) technology. Electro-luminescent materials are flexible
and completely integrated into the products. “We're extending
technology into fabrics,” Collie says.
“Laying electro-luminescent components directly onto fabrics
in a way that retains the flexibility
of the underlying textile. That technology could be used to
create wall coverings or drapes that illuminate interiors
in new ways.”
Collie believes the next major breakthrough in making
intelligent textiles is actuation. Actuation refers to
technology that will enable textiles to move in response
to stimulus — “to allow textiles to adapt their structure
or properties to suit the environment..” Collie goes on
to elaborate, “This might mean that the fibers can lengthen
or shorten to make the fabric structure get looser or
tighter…the surface of the fabric can change from water
absorption to water repellent if it starts to
rain!” Admittedly they're not there yet, but neither is
anyone else. “That sort of thing will be available
in 5 to 10 years and mainstream within 20,” he says.
Eleksen, founded in 1998, has continued to demonstrate
ingenuity in the design of smart products. The company
lists a heavyweight roster of personnel highly experienced
in innovation, product design, textiles, electronic and
software development, manufacturing and marketing.
Specializing in soft sensing and switching technology,
their products are durable, washable, flexible and
100% fabric . Products featured at Techtextil 2005,
an international trade show catering to the latest
technologies in technical textiles
and nonwovens included.(No Textile Mill took it with
dedicated vision,and produced international quality
but were thingking of Profits)
A super thin keyboard that is “flexible and coffee-proof.”
The keyboard is lightweight and can fold up to easily fit
into a pocket or bag.NOTHING LIKE THAT WAS IN MARKET
IN INDIA)
A pressure sensitive five-button switch pad that can be
discreetly integrated into the sleeve of a garment.
The garment is equipped with built-in headphones
and an iPod.
(portable digital audio players designed and marketed
by Apple). The buttons on the switch pad are used to control
volume and simple functions such as fast forwarding the iPod.
Flexible Keyboard.
Some of the challenges in the development of smart
textiles have been predictable associated with all new
ventures. Others have been unique and rather unexpected.
A wide variety of issues need to be considered in the
design and development of a product constructed using a
smart textile. Successful design and development takes
a panel of multidisciplinary professionals including
textile scientists, polymer chemists, physicists,
bioengineers , software engineers, consumer specialists
and fashion designers. Finding a common meeting ground
is only one of the challenges. With all the
jargon associated with each field of expertise disregarding
the intimidating technical terminology, it can be
impossible to begin a working discourse. There is no
doubt that bringing together skilled people from diverse
professions, who can effectively communicate, is a hurdle
that can't be dismissed.
For the textile technologist, a host of challenges arise
in the weaving room. It is often necessary to cut or weld
the yarns within the electrical network. Today this process
is done manually, slowing down the loom's running time.
Some conductive yarns are in ribbon form. It is paramount
that the ribbon yarns do not twist during weaving.
To avoid twisting in the weft, modifications to the yarn
feeders is necessary to properly tension and guide the
yarn. When used in the warp in conjunction with traditional
yarns, differential yarn take-up can occur. In order to
maintain consistent yarn take-up, the ribbon yarn must be
fed from a separate creel or warp beam. Weaving fabrics
with an electrical network veers from traditional
manufacturing. Smart textiles are made in short runs
- and precision and quality are of the utmost
importance (Seyam).
Product development is notoriously a costly and often
fruitless endeavor. In a report by Michael Kanellos of
CNET News.com, Robin Shephard, CEO of Eleksen, spoke
candidly about the trials and tribulations of product
development.
“For the first few years, the company…chased too many
opportunities,” Shephard says. In 2004 for instance, Eleksen
created 109 prototypes and landed only three deals. This year
the number of prototypes will be reduced to between 20 and 30.
But the high expense of research and development might
just pay off for Eleksen. Sales are finally climbing.
"We will do several million dollars this year as compared
to the square root of zero last year," Shephard says.
The cost of smart products is an issue, but not only in the
obvious ways. Currently, jackets incorporating special
electronic features sell for as much as $3,000. With
improved technology, developers expect to bring the retail
price to less than 75% of that. Still, these are coveted
unique products that make them premiere attractions for
“stealing the coat right off my back,” an unfortunate
reality. Attempts to conceal the electronic devices
within the garment are not only an aesthetic issue,
but a safety concern as well.
For products that are stationary, a power source does not
present a problem. However, in a portable application such
as a garment, some type of mobile power source is required.
Stewart Collie of Canesis, says, “The size and weight of
the power source required is a challenge for us, especially
in portable applications. We are using conventional and
rechargeable batteries, but also keeping an eye on any
new developments in the field.”
Some scientists are having success using light as the power
source. Scientists in Germany have developed synthetic fibers
that generate electricity when exposed to light.
The researchers say the fibers could be woven into
machine-washable clothes to make the ultimate in portable
solar cells. The discovery may provide a big
boost for developers of wearable computers. The
only downside to this
invention is that the power source is rendered
dysfunctional in the dark.
Regardless of the challenges, there are some exciting
opportunities in the field of smart fabrics. As emphasized
at TechTextil 2005 in May, the vast majority of commercially
available products specialize in pressure-sensitive keypads
and heating systems. No doubt, as the electronics and textile
industries continue to make advancements, new innovative
products which can respond and adjust to external stimuli
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TEMPERFLOW MATTRESS AWARD.
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison.
by Brad Bartz.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) October 10, 2006.
Both the Temperflow™ (left side) and the Tempur-Pedic®
(right side) Mattresses were placed side by side for Comparison
purposes.Reporting on the latest space industry new has enabled myself,
as well as the rest of the Space Daily staff, to witness some of the
greatest technological advancements in the space industry. However,
one of our most fond advancements has been the one we get to enjoy
personally on a daily basis…the creation of NASA’s space age
visco-elastic memory foam used so widely in the bedding industry.
In case you might not already know, the leading company who
produces visco-elastic foam mattresses is Tempur-Pedic®. They were
the first to market NASA’s technology in the 1980s and have increased
their market share steadily since. Over the last five years there
has been an explosion in the bedding industry with many other mattress
companies bringing their own visco-elastic foam mattresses to
the market place.
However, it is unclear how many of these mattresses really
offer a similar feel and quality that the Tempur-Pedic® brand
image has been able to spring board off of. The feeling I am
referring to, in case you have been living on Mars and haven't
tried one out yet, is the sensation of your total body being
supported as if the mattresses was being molded around you, only
to have it slowly come back to shape after you roll over.
To be fair, not every person has felt that visco-elastic
space age foam mattresses are the best choice, citing that they
can often get too hot because of the lack of breathability that
occurs with the very dense visco-elastic foam.
That is why we were excited to test out a new patent pending
visco-elastic memory foam mattress called the Temperflow™, which
claimed to offer a ventilation system to keep you cooler, while
comparing in feel, support and comfort to the Tempur-Pedic® brand.
The Temperflow™ uses a patent pending technology that allows
body heat to ventilate out the mattress, while cooler air can flow
back into the mattress. See www.Temperflow.com for more information
about how their technology works.They did so by offering a design
that uses many small ventilated holes that travel through the surface
of the memory foam and exit through the convoluted airflow channel middle
layer. While the patent pending design of the Temperflow™ looked
impressive, we wanted to take it one step further and actually compare
side by side this new mattress to the TempurPedic mattress model that
they believed it most directly compared to. They chose the Deluxe bed
by Tempur-Pedic, so we ordered one of each for comparison testing purposes.
Upon inspection of the two mattresses, we noticed that the covers
both seemed to be made of a stretchable, thinner velour material. After
removing the covers of both mattresses, we found a thinner socking
material that we were informed was used to make mattresses fire
resistant. Each mattress had an approximate one inch top layer
composed of a softer visco-elastic foam, followed up by what
appeared to be three inches of a slightly firmer visco-elastic foam.
Temperflow™ (left) and Tempur-Pedic® DeluxeBed (right) both
use socking material for fire resistance. the socking material is
thin enough to allow the foam to conform around the body.
The DeluxeBed had two layers of what appeared to be the same
type of bottom base foam, while the Temperflow had only one thicker
bottom base foam layer. Both mattresses had a convoluted area on
the surface of the base foam with peaks and valleys that enabled
airflow to travel across them.
When I pushed on the surface foam for each mattress, I was
able to feel air come out the sides of both mattresses at the
convoluted side portions. However, with the patent pending
ventilation technology of the Temperflow, I was able to also
feel air come out the top through the many small holes in the
visco-elastic foam on the surface, where as I could not feel
any air come through the Tempur-Pedic visco-elastic foam surface.
Then came the most important test of all, the direct comparison
of lying on both mattresses and testing the pressure comfort,
feeling of proper support, and temperature comfort.
With the socking removed, it was apparent that both the
TempurPedic® DeluxeBed (left) and Temperflow™ (right) use four
inches of top memory foam divided up into two layers and both
have convoluted base foam underneath to increase airflow.
However, the Temperflow™ has many small ventilation holes that
go through the top layer surface down to the airflow convoluted
air channel layer. See www.Temperflow.com for more information
about how their technology works.
After going back and forth from one mattress to another several
times, I have to admit that I did not discern much difference
in the memory foam sensation and overall mattress feel between
the two mattresses. I also had several staff members perform
the same test.
The best that I, as well as the other Space Daily staff
members could come up with, is that the Temperflow™ may start
off feeling a bit softer initially, but both seemed to feel the
same after lying on them for several minutes.
At that time I did not feel that I could make a decision
about which one kept my body temperature cooler, as I knew that
from my past experience that it may take several hours on a
mattress to determine how hot it can get. So I did just that.
After splitting a night’s sleep on both mattresses, I was
able to verify that the Temperflow™ did indeed keep my body
cooler overall. It is also a consensus from the other Space
Daily staff members who have since slept on the two mattresses,
that Temperflow™ does indeed live up to its claim of being able
keep the body cooler.The Temperflow™ uses a patent pending
technology that allows airflow to circulate through the foam
via a patent pending ventilation system. See www.Temperflow.com
for more information about how their technology works.
Both mattress companies show their confidence in the
longevity of the mattresses by offering 25-year limited
warranty for the Temperflow™ and a 20-year limited warranty
for the Tempur-Pedic® mattress. Both companies offer a sleep
trial to ensure that you are completely satisfied you’re your
purchase, but the Temperflow™ offers a 120-day sleep trial, as
compared to Tempur-Pedic®’s 90-day sleep trial.
Needless to say, my staff and I agree that this new patent
pending technology that the Temperflow™ uses, really offers a way
to get the feel and support of the leading brand and best selling
Deluxe model from Tempur-Pedic®, but with a cooler airflow
ventilation system. Therefore, we unanimously decided to give
the Temperflow™ visco-elastic foam mattress our Space Daily
product innovation award for making excellent use of NASA’s
space technology for home use and bringing to the market place
a new, innovative technology that really works.
The Temperflow is a trademark of Relief-Mart, Inc.
Tempur-Pedic is a registered trademark of Dan-Foam
A/S Corporation. We don't sell either the Tempur-Pedic or
Temperflow brands. The information on this site with regard
to Temperflow and Tempur-Pedic mattress brands is strictly
for comparison purposes.
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How it Works.
Our patent pending technology allows air to flow through
the mattress by allowing a total airflow circulation through
many small holes that go through the surface of the memory
foam and out through the convoluted channels on the firmer
base foam. This total circulation system also works in
reverse, as air can enter through the sides and up through
the surface holes. This also allows the heat from the body
to ventilate down through the holes and out through the air
channels of the convoluted layer of the mattress, while cool
air enters through the sides of the mattress or the top of
the mattress in an area that you are not resting on and
circulates up through the holes to the surface of the mattress.
While some mattress companies offer airflow through the middle
layer of the mattress, they fall short of allowing the mattress
user to receive any airflow benefit, as it is well known that
good quality memory foam does not breathe well due to its
heavier weight and compact cell structure (the very reason
that memory foam feels so dense when you lay on it).
That is why this patent pending airflow circulation technology
will really keep your body temperature constant throughout
the night.
How the Temperflow™ Supports You Better.
Visco-elastic foam is the only substance which can
make a total imprint of your body, but then slowly come back
to shape after your body weight is lifted. This slow return
rate is what allows a comfortable, yet supportive contouring
of all the bumps and curves of the body that eliminates the
rebound pressure that hard springs and rubberized foam has
when you compress it with your body. Visco-elastic memory
foam can commonly be seen in 3lb, 4lb., and 5lb. densities.
While 3lb. memory foam or below is often softer, the lower
viscosity will make it less durable. 5lb. memory foam is
usually more firm until it has warmed up to the body, this
is because the extra viscosity will make the memory foam more
dense in feel and more subjective to environmental temperatures.
That is why the Temperflow™ uses our special Three Layer
Design that starts with one inch of 4lb. memory foam on the
surface of the Temperflow and follows this with three inches of
5lb. memory foam underneath. This will allow the mattress to be
more instantly comfortable in all temperature environments, but
still very supportive and durable in structure. We follow this
up with the highest quality high resilient polyurethane base to
give you the total support. We compression set our memory foam
to the high resilient base foam with a completely breathable and
stretch forming fire resistant sock. The Temperflow™ also uses a
velour terry cover that has been specially designed to allow for
total breathability for use with our patent pending airflow
circulation technology to keep your body temperature constant
all night long.
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Macroelectronics makes use of integrated circuits
bigger than semiconductor wafers. Flat panel displays
and medical X-ray sensors are current macroelectronic
products. Sensor skin and e-textiles will serve as
human/machine interfaces, and mechatronic materials
will marry structural to electronic functions.
Advanced macroelectronic technology is based
on transistor backplanes made on flexible,
shapeable, and elastic substrates.
Macroelectronics are made by thin film techniques.
The transistor backplane provides power, switching,
computation and communication. The functional front
plane is built on top of the backplane. The
function may be a liquid crystal, a luminescent
or light sensing device, a touch sensor or an actuator
element. Encapsulation caps the structure and protects it.
Because the functional layers may be only micrometers thick,
the weight of macroelectronic systems is as light as their
substrate and encapsulation will allow. Such thin active
electronics also pose fascinating scientific challenges.
We were first to introduce silicon transistors on flexible
foils of glass (1995) and steel (1997), and have a long
record of developing transistor technology on organic polymer
substrates. All of these are entering industrial use.
We have been helping companies start
their transistor-on-plastic programs.
Our novel combinations of silicon thin film
electronics with foils of plastic, metal or glass
also are beginning to find application
outside of macroelectronics, for example,
in tunable high-precision optical filters,
very-low pressure sensors, and microfluidic chips.
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As your customers may have varying reasons for
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tape, according to Ergodyne.
For cyclists who aren't going to let a drenching rain
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The term "soft-shell" describes outerwear that performs
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W.L. Gore & Associates has staked plenty of
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from skin and dries fast. An inserted side panel
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for heavy pack straps."
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microfiber that repels water but also breathes for a
variety of conditions. It's designed
layer for intense activity in cooler temperatures or
with the Level 5 soft shell as a
mid-layer. It stuffs into its own pocket for easy
to pair with a next-to-skin packing."
* Level 5. "The key to the entire system, this soft
shell fabric jacket and pants are made with fibers
encapsulated with silicone that are highly stretchable,
windproof, water repellant and breathable.
They are paired with Level 1 or 2 next-to-skin layers,
ready for any cold weather aerobic activity."
* Level 6. "A lightweight waterproof and coated nylon
over gear. The jacket features water-resistant zippers and
armpit zips for maximum ventilation, pocket openings to
quickly access inside layers and a hood that incorporates a stiff brim. The pants borrow the same design from Level 5 but provide
waterproof protection."
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vest and pants has the feel of down but retains its warmth when wet. Silicone-encapsulated
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Philips demonstrates photonic textiles that turn fabric into intelligent displays
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Berlin, Germany -- At the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) 2005, Philips is
demonstrating photonic textiles—fabrics that contain lighting systems and can therefore
serve as displays. With the development of this new and unusual technology, Philips
Research is pointing the way toward a new age in the long history of textiles.
At first glance, objects such as clothing, towels, upholstery, and drapes would seem
unlikely places on which to place intelligent and interactive systems. Yet these
low-tech objects figure prominently in our lives. By integrating flexible arrays of
multicolored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into fabrics—and doing so without compromising
the softness of the cloth—Philips Research is bringing these inert objects to life.
To meet the challenge of creating light-emitting cloth objects that retain their softness,
Philips Research and textile institute TITV Greiz have developed an interconnecting
substrate
made entirely of cloth. Researchers from Philips have also created flexible and drapable
substrates from plastics and films.
On these substrates, the researchers have placed passive matrices of compact RGB LED
packages. The pixelated luminaires with relatively large distance between the RGB pixels
have been embedded in such everyday objects as cushions, backpacks, and floor mats.
Since the fabric material covering the miniature light sources naturally diffuses light,
each pixel seems bigger than it actually is. The LEDs, therefore, remain small and
unobtrusive, while the fabric retains its soft look and feel.
Photonic textiles can also be made interactive. Philips has achieved interactivity by
incorporating sensors (such as orientation and pressure sensors) and communication devices
(such as Bluetooth, GSM) into the fabric.
The results of these innovations are as various and promising as they are novel. Photonic
textiles open up a wide range of applications in the fields of ambient lighting,
communication, and personal health care. Photonic textiles are still
young business. Even at this early stage, however, Philips envisions partnerships with
interior and apparel brands that see the potential of photonic textiles to revolutionize
the very concept of fabric. The demonstration at IFA is also meant to show the
opportunities offered by this technology and to gain customers’ and visitors’
feedback on these options.
Photonic textiles.
An interconnecting, flexible substrate with a matrix of red, green and blue LEDs is the
fundamental building block of application prototypes of photonic textiles.
Photonic textiles.
Applied in soft fabric, the light from the small pixels diffuses, resulting in more or less
continuous light-emitting soft surface.Lighting (fabrics).Philip's.
Research on interactive light-emitting systems used in textiles.
The resulting drapeable luminaire structures open up a wide range of innovative
lighting applications in the fields of atmosphere providing, illumination and indication
January 6, 2003
E-Fabrics to Smarten Up Shoes and Sheets
By Katrina C. Arabe
Electrotextiles may one day bring us body-monitoring shoes and bomb-detecting sheets, but
for now, technology developers must tie up a few loose threads.
Electronic textiles or "electrotextiles" are promising to jazz up everything from shoes to
shower curtains. Made from such wire- and electronic device-woven fabrics, footwear may soon
tell us how fast we're running or how rapidly our heart is racing.
Curtains could change hues, and shirts could play music.
Indeed, at the Materials Research Society meeting in Boston last month, e-textiles
were all the rage. In fact, aside from being the next fashion craze or curiosity,
these fabrics also have crime-stopping potential. Laid out in walkways or buildings,
large-area e-textiles can record footfalls, detect biochemical agents and nab smugglers.
And for the U.S. military, these e-fabrics—which can collect environmental and biomedical
data—could mean superior protection for future soldiers from enemies and the elements.
But there are still wrinkles to iron out. For one, e-fabrics are too stiff to be wearable.
"I'm sick of looking at e-textiles that are circuits, and not textiles," says Maggie Orth,
CEO of Massachusetts-based International Fashion Machines (IFM), an MIT Media Lab startup
that's working on e-textiles.
The conductive fibers in these textiles must not only bend and bunch, like that of any
cloth,
but also withstand the turbulence of a washing machine, the jabbing of a sewing machine
needle and the snapping of threads.
And with all these concerns collaring in the technology, many at the MRS meeting concede
that e-textiles may be more useful for industry than for apparel.
Even researchers from DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, admit
that currently e-textiles would be as impractical for soldiers in warfare as suits
of armor.Instead, DARPA researcher Elana Ethridge suggests using e-fabrics in
battlefield parafoil, a parachute-like material found in kites and paragliders.
A parafoil made from e-textiles would be much more precise, she says, adjusting to
fluctuating winds and temperatures by changing shape or texture, for steering.
And because electrotextiles may be able to do more than receive and transmit electrical
signals, Ethridge sees their potential in explosion detection. In fact, DARPA is
developing a sheet interspersed with sensors that can be rolled out like a tarpaulin
to protect certain areas. Such sensor-studded sheets could detect nearby explosions,
sense biochemical agents and even activate the shutdown of affected areas.
In earthquake zones, says Ethridge, these large-area e-fabrics could tell us how well a
building or other structure is holding up.
In addition, they could be spread out just below a street or pavement to keep tabs on
vehicle or pedestrian traffic because they can be made as long as required, says John Muth,
an associate professor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
However, these tarpaulin-like e-textiles and embedded sensor arrangements also pose some
technical problems. For example, in a sensor-studded smart carpet, "signal attenuation
(or reduction in strength) and the ability to form reliable interconnections present
serious challenges," says Muth.
Present telecommunications standards could take care of radio
frequency interference and other concerns, says Muth. In addition,
he says, engineers could develop fabrics composed of several layers—just
like current microprocessors and circuit boards—"to incorporate power
and data transmission on different levels."
Another snag in e-fabric development is the shortage of flexible
display technologies, says Orth from IFM, which is talking to Nike
about making training sneakers that monitor your heart rate, hydration,
blood sugar levels and even your running speed by changing color.
"We have the means to collect and transmit the data, but not to display it,"
she says.
Fortunately, Orth's shoes may be given a running start by a new
development at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada (see Are Silicon's
Days Numbered?). Chemist Beng Ong and colleagues have recently developed
printed organic electronic transistors that he says are durable enough
to supplant the silicon integrated circuits in LCDs. And these transistors
are likely to be featured in monitors and other devices within three to
five years.
In fact, such organic circuits, which can be sprayed on
thin plastic sheets, may be just what we need to make flexible gadgets
like roll-up televisions."When the electronics become flexible enough
that we can watch videos on the backs of people's T-shirts, then
we'll really have something to talk about," says Raymond Oliver,
a senior research fellow at Imperial Chemical Industries.
For now, we'll have to wait a few seasons for chameleon shirts,
smart underwear and toasty, thermal garments.
Sources: Shoes and Sheets Get Wired.
Philip Ball.
Nature, Dec. 6, 2002.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/021202/021202-11.html
E-Fabrics Still Too Stiff to Wear.
Mark Baard.
CARBON FIBER FOR
"Boeing 787".
Dream Liner.
July 12, 2007
Carbon Fiber is Taking Off... Again
By T. D. Clark
You'd be hard-pressed to classify carbon fiber as an exciting
new material. It sure can be exciting, but truth be told, this
stuff has been around for awhile. Yet exciting developments
indicate that the use of carbon fiber as a safe and efficient
compound to build the unthinkable continues to gain traction.
The most recent — not to mention biggest — pro carbon fiber
news item arrives in the shape of what has become the most popular
jetliner Boeing has ever launched. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jet,
which debuted earlier this month before 15,000 onlookers.
As of last week, the Chicago aerospace company had accumulated
642 orders from 46 airline customers by promising that a combination
of lightweight carbon-fiber composite building materials and
fuel-sipping engines will make the plane 20 percent less costly
to operate and a third less expensive to maintain than current
long-haul jetliners. The orders for the plane total about $100
billion at list prices — or, as The Wall Street Journal describes it,
“roughly equal to the gross domestic product of New Zealand.”
(The orders also mean up to 1,200 final assembly jobs at Boeing,
a figure that doesn’t take into account the suppliers where 70
percent of the Dreamliner will be built.)
Boeing officials hope that last week's extravagant roll-out
befits a plane that could be a game-changer in aviation, much
the way the first U.S. passenger jet, Boeing’s 707, redefined
aviation in the 1960s (by enabling airlines to fly to far-flung
destinations more quickly than propeller-driven planes, allowing
carriers to offer economy seating for the first time and making
air travel more affordable).
efficient, smaller-scale jet to appeal to carriers concerned
about costs. As such, among the other innovations, the company
is making the wings out of carbon-fiber composite instead of metal.
This marks the first large passenger jet to have more than half of
its structure made of composite materials, carbon fibers meshed
together with epoxy, instead of aluminum sheets.**
Although the plane is not yet ready to fly (It starts flying
passengers in May 2008), last week’s roll-out ceremony marked
the first time airline customers and the public were able to
touch and feel commercial aviation’s first large carbon-fiber
jetliner, a main wing and fuselage (body) of which are made
entirely out of the material.Other than the fact that this
is aviation’s first large carbon-fiber jetliner, what makes
this news so special?
For starters, BusinessWeek claims the use of carbon-fiber
composites will ultimately replace that of aluminum in future
commercial airplane programs, thus “opening new possibilities for
increased fuel efficiency, better environmental quality and improved
passenger comfort.” Even Northwest Airlines CEO Douglas Steenland
says “it will change air travel.”
Northwest has 18 Dreamliners on order, with options to order
50 more. In total, 47 customers have ordered a record 677 Dreamliners
since its launch in 2004. Here’s why, according to BusinessWeek:
• The 787 is the first large commercial jet to incorporate an
all-composite fuselage and wing — about 50 percent of the plane
is made from carbon-fiber materials. The lighter-weight materials
combined with advances in jet-engine technologies have resulted
in an airplane that will use 20 percent less fuel than
similar-size aircraft.
• Plastics don’t corrode like aluminum, thus eliminating some required and costly
airframe inspections and repairs. Boeing estimates such costs will be reduced by
30 percent over the life of the aircraft — a huge potential savings for airline
operators. 787 carbon fiber fuselage.(Picture elsewhere please)
A disassembled carbon fiber fuselage section of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
Credit: Wikipedia.
If the design works as planned, analysts say, composites will revolutionize aircraft as
dramatically as the industry’s shift from wood to metal 80 years ago. (BusinessWeek also
mentions other important airplane parts that are currently being re-designed with carbon
fiber in mind so be sure to check it out. It certainly makes one think of the endless
possibilities this versatile material is capable of building.)
Since the introduction of the fiber into common commercial use a few decades ago, carbon
fiber has become one of the leading materials used in Formula 1 car production. There
is also growing demand for carbon-fiber composites from industrial markets such as
deep-water oil platforms, construction, CNG and hydrogen storage tanks, as well as marine
and automotive applications, according to CompositesWorld.com. Further, much has been said
about the potential for carbon fiber use in wind energy systems. “The driver for its use
is the need to optimize stiffness-to-weight as wind turbine designers increase blade length
(and rotor swept area) to make turbines more cost-effective,” according to High-Performance
Composites.
The market price of carbon fiber saw a 150 percent increase during 2005, primarily due to
increased use in the civil aerospace industry. Allocation and contracts to Boeing’s 787
Dreamliner and Airbus’ A350 XWB caused supply constraints, and suppliers raised prices to
suit. The carbon fiber industry was seemingly unprepared for the demand spike caused by both
the commercial aircraft industries and the Pentagon. As such, producers have addressed
increasing their capacities aggressively. Still, demand continues growing faster, and
according to Fibre Glast Developments, “a few big users are squeezing smaller users, even
smaller industries, right out.”
**While the 787 is certainly an ambitious deployment of carbon-fiber composite, according
to the Wired Science Blog, “it ain’t the first commercial attempt. That honor seems to go to
the Beech Starship. ‘Even though only 53 were ever made, [it] was certainly a production
aircraft … It was made entirely, wings and all, of carbon fiber,’” a reader wrote in.
Dr. Orth's new technology is part of an emerging wave: weaving all sorts of intelligence
into textiles, including the ability to detect dangerous chemicals, sanitize themselves,
and serve as communication networks. Applications run the gamut, from health and sporting
goods to sophisticated combat uniforms.It's a field – variously known as smart fabrics,
e-textiles, wearable computers, or
intelligent textiles – that many anticipate will become one of the next hot drivers of the
American economy. Advocates also expect it to propel technology forward in general, because
its applications are so diverse.
"It is a much different way of thinking about a digital or computer medium," says Orth, a
graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and cofounder of a company
called International Fashion Machines in Cambridge, Mass. "Electronic textiles still are
at a 'black art' stage. But this industry is in a growth period."Orth says some of the
technology will begin to be commercialized within the next three years."Society in the
next 10 to 15 years will involve people being surrounded by electronic gadgets with
ambient intelligence," says Werner Weber, senior director of corporate research
and emerging technologies at Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany. The firm is
developing electronics to be used in smart textile applications for consumers.
"The wearable electronics will be woven in, so customers don't have to think about
manuals."Orth's company is working on a technology called "electronic plaid."
The fabric contains electronic wires and tiny capsules of a special thermochromatic
ink that get darker or lighter as they are heated or cooled.
As the wrinkles get smoothed out of the technology, it could be used in shoes, jewelry,
or handbags with designs that change colors. Cubicle walls, point-of-purchase signs, and
even camouflage fabrics for the military are other possible applications.
In the more distant future, it might even be possible to change the color of a
pair of pants from dark to white if, say, you are traveling from a cold to a hot climate.
Currently, the electronics can control up to 64 yarns at a time, each able to turn light
or dark. "We're working on getting each to turn a third color," Orth says, noting the
large variety of colors that would allow.
Listen to your jacket.
If some products would make a visual impression, other
experimentalimental jacket with an integrated MP3 player. A flexible woven inch-wide ribbon
carries sound to the MP3 player's headphones. A more integrated MP3 version of the
jacket is in the works. Such electronic ribbon also might be used for wireless
communications, for example, to locate a hiker trapped under snow in an avalanche.
Another main project for the company is developing new technology that can use body heat
as a low-power energy source that might be able to run a watch.Miniature thermogenerators
can exploit the few degrees of difference between the outside
temperature of the human body and the surrounding air by converting the heat into electrical
energy, Dr. Weber explains.
The technological possibilities for fabric are, of course, of great interest to the
US military. The armed forces have been experimenting with weaving computer and
communications technology into uniforms. Future combat dress also might keep soldiers warm
and fight off germs, and eventually detect and fight chemical and other dangerous agents.
Soldier of the future.
Much of the smart-fabric, "soldier of the future" research is centered at the US Army
Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass. There, scientists and technologists are tackling a
variety of textiles that can transport power and information. One example is a soldier
sticking his or her intelligent glove finger into water to see if it is safe to drink.
The soldier could communicate with others either by a fabric keyboard that might be unrolled
from the pocket of a uniform, or simply sewn or woven in as part of the uniform's sleeve.
If electronics and optical technologies could be integrated successfully into textiles,
there could be a striking improvement in battlefield communications.
One such project, the Battle Dress Uniform, gives soldiers camouflage and environmental
protection, but it also may become a wearable electronic network to send and receive data.
The Soldier Systems Center already has collaborated with Foster-Miller Inc., a Waltham,
Mass., engineering and technology company, to develop a fabric-based version of a Universal
Serial Bus cable. USB cables are in common use in today's office and household computers to
connect to the Internet, among other things. Normally stiff, heavy, and coated with plastic,
the USB cable has been transformed into something thin, flexible, and wearable with flat
connectors.
Making the connection.
Embedding electronics into clothing used in harsh, dangerous environments is no small task.
Already, a combat-ready soldier carries 35 pounds or more of weapons and provisions, and each
new technology, whether it be a head-mounted display or an antenna that runs up the soldier's
back or around his or her waist as a long belt, adds weight. Such new technology potentially
could double the load for today's combat soldier. That's one of the reasons lightweight and
flat fabric technology is of such keen interest to the military.
Future-warrior systems include global positioning systems, combat identification sensors,
monitors, chemical detectors, and electronically controlled weapons, all connected to the
soldier's computer to provide instant access to information.
But getting the wires, and more futuristic technologies such as optics, into uniforms and
smart vests, and making them easy to use, is challenging. Wires must be flexible enough
to be comfortable, carry signals, be safe to the soldier, and not give away his or her
position, which is why the Natick group is shying away from wireless technologies and leaning
toward "wiring" soldiers.
Optical technologies must use cables that do not bend much, because the signal will be
interrupted. And then there are the connectors that attach the wires among the various
computing devices so they can communicate.
"The goal is to provide the soldier with executable functions that require the fewest
possible actions on his or her part to initiate a response to a situation in combat by using
intelligent textiles," says James Fairneny, an electrical engineer and project manager at the
Natick lab.
Mr. Fairneny's group is looking at different ways to make electronic equipment more integral
to textiles, and then to manufacture them. Much of the technology is at least six to eight
years away from practical use, he says.
"We need to make the antennae and other electronics as unobtrusive as possible to the
soldier," he says, adding that the new technologies will require training for use.
Threat detectors.
The US Army also is collaborating with MIT, having recently
promised the university $50 million for a new Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies. The aim is to improve soldiers' protection and
ability to survive using new tiny technologies to detect threats,
and automatically treat some medical conditions.
The Army isn't the only branch of the military actively
developing smart textiles. The US Navy funded a project in 1996
that eventually turned into the Smart Shirt, a product commercialized
by SensaTex Inc. in Atlanta, with technology from Georgia
Tech Research Corp. The T-shirt functions like a computer,
with optical and conductive fibers integrated into the garment.
It can monitor the vital signs, such as heart rate and breathing,
of wearers, including law enforcement officers, military personnel,
astronauts, infants, and elderly people living alone.
But for consumers, antibacterial and antimicrobial polymers may end up having the broadest
applications. These new materials could find their way into everything from socks and
children's clothing to soldiers' uniforms, and from surgical gowns to countertops and
refrigerators that can fight off germs.Gregory Tew, assistant professor in the department
of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
and his colleagues are devising molecules that act in much the same way as cells
in the human body to combat germs. In addition to embedding such molecules, called polymers
and oligomers, into clothing, they could be put into paints and coatings. This could, for
example, keep barnacles from adhering to vessels, and prevent ceramic tiles in the bathroom
from mildewing.
"We think we can make a material that will be cost-effective and nontoxic," says Dr. Tew.
"And it will be resistant to water and detergents. It has the potential to keep surfaces and
materials permanently antiseptic."
The College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, has been working
on a flame-retardant compound that could be used in children's clothing or toys, as well as
soldiers' uniforms or even Formula One car racing suits.
Alan Tonelli, professor of polymer science at the college, says one
application could be spraying polymer-based clothing onto emergency
workers going into a fire or dangerous chemical spill – almost like
spraying on a cocoon of protective fabric that later could be removed.
"Body scanners already can measure and make a garment to fit you
perfectly," Dr. Tonelli says. "But we could put this into a portable
machine for a hazardous-materials crew, or even use it to cover up a
dangerous spill in the future."
Making smart fabrics affordable, workable, and user friendly is still
some years off, most in the field acknowledge. But one thing is certain.
When they arrive, people will think twice before balling up their dirty
"smart clothes" and throwing them on the floor.
HUMAN WATTAGE: Infineon has developed a thermo-generator chip that
can produce enough electricity to run a watch, using the difference
between the body's temperature and the surrounding air.
For further information:
• Natick Soldier Center
• Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
• U.S. Army Plans for Warriors of the Future Military.com
• Infineon Technologies AG : Wearable Electronics
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Fabric with Ears.
By Laurie Ann Toupin
Contributing Editor.
Design news.
December 2,2002.
I hate to shop. I especially dislike it during the holidays.
But if any store at the mall had a sale on these new e-textiles,
I might consider going. This electronic cloth, interwoven with
microelectronics, serves as a large detection array that pinpoints
sources of faint sounds.
Co-investigators Robert Parker and Mark Jones at the University of
Southern California School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute
in Los Angeles, CA, embedded arrays of small, standalone detectors into
fabrics that communicate with each other by wires. Existing prototype
fabrics have discrete electronics attached after the normal weaving process,
says Parker.
But the goal is to eventually produce individual yarns that provide
an electronic function such as a battery power source or a transistor array;
a sensor of environmental conditions such as temperature or airborne toxins;
or an actuator such as a synthetic muscle. In the immediate future, Parker
expects these fabrics to be sewn into parachutes or tents for the military
where they could be used for surveillance missions or to detect distant
vehicles moving on battlefields. "These yarns are conceived to be very thin
and flexible and able to be woven into the cloth on a loom in a standard
high-volume cloth manufacturing process," says Parker.
The type of fabric chosen would be determined by its final use and
could vary from cottons for shirts to heavy canvas or Kevlar for heavy-duty
military applications. "Although early work focuses on acoustic sensing,
think of future wearable fabrics with integrated cell phones, navigation systems,
or personal warning systems," says Parker. "Think of your shirt or slacks
'interacting' with the environment as you pass through it. Think of walking
into a mall and your shirt tells you where you can get that special gift item
that has been on your 'must get' list for months."
Now that may be enough to even get me into the malls!
For more information,
contact: Robert Parker by FAX at (703) 812-3712 or e-mail:
parker@isi.edu.
Wearable Computing Gets Dressed for Success.
With rapid miniaturization and continuous increases in computing power,
the quest for a truly mobile platform has enabled researchers to move
beyond the laptop and even the palmtop to develop what is termed as the
wearable computer. This revolutionary always on computer constantly
interacts with the environment to enable users to seamlessly access
information in real time without having to interrupt any of their current
activities. Significant advances in several related areas such as
smart/embedded electronics, electronic textiles, display systems,
and processors have increased the adoptability of wearable computing
to such an extent that it can now be used in many exciting real-world
applications. Context awareness is another area garnering increasing
attention as researchers attempt to create a context-specific solution
that could further enhance the capability of the wearable computer.
Due to advances in processing power, improved form factor, and the
development of conductive textiles (that is, e-textiles), the computer
has well and truly become wearable, remarks the analyst of this research
service. Conductive fibers that can transmit both data and power, advanced
processors that are able to strike a balance between performance as well
as power consumption, and printable electronics are the true enabling
technologies driving this advance in computing. However, high costs and
concerns about return on investment (ROI) are currently casting a shadow
on the future acceptability of wearable computing from a commercial
perspective.
Tremendous Technology Advances in Related Areas
Boost Wearable Computing.
Some of the key areas of interest associated with wearable computing
include context awareness and e-textiles due to their huge potential in
improving the functionality of this technology. Context awareness refers
to the sensitivity of the system to temporal and spatial information and
aims to provide users with only the most useful information. A complex array
and network of sensors as well as wireless devices work together to make this
possible, continuously updating users with information based on their current
location in space and time. Thus, users gain greater freedom as well as more
time to perform purely productive activities.
In the smart/e-textiles area, researchers have been able to develop
IBENA offers a wide variety of products for several excitingly
new and/or demanding applications:
An intelligent fabric capable of transmitting data as well as power.
The ability to embed sensors in clothing provides a means of measuring
vital signs of individuals and transmitting the same wirelessly to remote
centers, says the analyst. This enables not only healthcare facilities,
but also the military to keep a close watch on patients and army personnel,
respectively. E-textile technology also holds great potential in patient
monitoring as well as in enhancing the effectiveness with which medication
is provided to patients.
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Library.NTC - INDIA
To Revamp 2 mills
Through PPP.
13 Apr, 2007 - India.
National Textile Corporation (NTC) has identified
two mills in Tamil Nadu-Coimbatore Spinning and Weaving Mills
and Sri Sarada Mills of Coimbatore - for modernisation.
NTC will modernise the two mills through a joint venture by
creating special purpose vehicles (SPVs) based on the public-private
partnership (PPP) model.
NTC will hold 51 percent stake in the proposed SPVs, while the
remaining stake will be offered to strategic partners along
with management participation.
NTC will spin off the mills into SPVs to which the assets
will be transferred on outright sale or long-term lease basis.
How do we get the details?.
The land value of the two mills is estimated at Rs150-200 crore each.
NTC has already invited expressions of interest for the joint venture.
No advertisement I seen in leading English News Papers.
China consumed 37% of World textile Fibres in 2004 becoming
the top consumer of manmade Fibre/yarn and cotton in the World.
It produced 32% of global Fibres in that year. China accounts for
55% of total polyester production in the World, 41% of viscose, 31% of
cotton, 25% of acrylic and 17% of nylon. During the period 2000 to 2004,
it appetite to consume manmade Fibre was roaring at a rate of 17% per
annum a bit faster than the 15% increase clocked in the 1990s.
The other major consumers of manmade Fibre were USA, West Europe,
India and Taiwan
who together consumed 27% of World’s Fibre production.
Taiwan was the second largest
producer and a major exporter of manmade
Fibre in 2004. During the year, its exports
accounted for 43% of domestic
production. India has become a net exporter of manmade
Fibre in 2004.
Among the 11 countries under the study, China, USA, West Europe and
Pakistan
were net importers of manmade Fibre while, Taiwan, Korea,
Thailand, Japan, Indonesia,
Malaysia and India were net exporters.China, USA, India, Pakistan and Brazil were
major producers
of cotton in 2004. They together accounted for 74% of global production.
The major importers of cotton were China, Turkey and Pakistan in 2004
while USA,
Uzbekistan and Australia were major cotton exporters.
World Fiber Demand & Supply:-
The “World Fibre – Trends in Demand and Supply” is the first
compendium from YarnsandFibres presenting the demand and supply trends
in manmade Fibre industry. The compilation covers all major Fibre
producing countries accounting for 87% of global production and
81% in consumption. Time series on trends from 1990 to 2004 on
production, imports, exports and apparent consumption is presented
country-wise for 11 countries including all major Asian countries,
USA and West Europe.
This attempts to place in perspective, the trends witnessed
in manmade Fibres since 1990 with regards to production,
consumption and trade. The presentation is made through
descriptive analysis of the trends and changes in Fibre industry
with detailed tabulation in various permutation and combinations
and graphical presentation. The purpose of this compendium is to
serve as a basic information infrastructure for textile companies
and to all those who are related to Fibres and yarns industry.
The compendium will also serve as a ready to use reference and
the presentation help easy and quick consumption of the information.
The Report is divided into three sections: Global View, Fibre
View and Producer Consumer View.The first section covers World
production of manmade and natural Fibres for the period 1980 to 2004.
This section covers time series on production of polyester - with its
two streams the staple Fibre and filament yarn, nylon – staple Fibre
and filament yarn, viscose – staple Fibre and filament yarn and acrylic
staple Fibre. Among the natural Fibres, the report covers production
of cotton, wool and silk.
The aggregation is done for each of Fibre group namely manmade
Fibre – cellulosic and synthetic, and natural Fibres. They are
further aggregated into total Fibres production.
Also tabulations on year-on-year percentages changes and
each Fibre/yarn’s share in respective segment are presented.
The second section covers details on each Fibre with a view of
presenting major producers and consumers of individual Fibre/yarn.
Here, it covers production, demand and trade (imports and exports) of
each Fibre/yarn distributed by countries. The countries are China,
Taiwan, Korea, India, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, Malaysia,
USA and West Europe. Tabulation also includes year-on-year percentage
changes of each indicator, each countries’ share in World aggregate.
The third section is the Producer/Consumer view containing
profile of each country by the Fibre or yarn they produce trade
and consume. This covers time series on production, import, export
and consumption for the period 1990 to 2004. An analytical view
covers tabulations on year-on-year percentage changes in all the
indicators, the Fibre/yarn’s export intensity in terms of domestic
production and the country’s dependence on import in relation with
its domestic consumption.
The report will be useful at all levels of decision makers and
particularly, handy for textile corporate and business planner.
The data on manmade Fibre and natural Fibre is available in
myriad of sources. We have collated the data from best and authentic
sources after verifying the same with industry peers. In our endeavor
to serve our clients, we shall release the next report in 2006 with updated
data for 2005 and also incorporating projection over the period of
next five years.
Table of Contents.
Preface
Section I
The World Fibres
Global Fibres: An Overview
Table 1.1 World Fibre Production
Table 1.2 World Cellulosic Fibre Production
Section I
The World Fibres
Global Fibres: An Overview
Table 1.1 World Fibre Production
Table 1.2 World Cellulosic Fibre Production
Table 1.3 World Synthetic Fibre Production
Table 1.4 World Natural Fibre Production
Section II
The Fibre View
Polyester: An Overview
Table 2.1.1 Polyester (S+F) Production
Table 2.1.2 Polyester (S+F) Imports
Table 2.1.3 Polyester (S+F) Exports
Table 2.1.4 Polyester (S+F) Apparent consumptio
Table 2.1.5 Polyester Staple Fibre Production
Table 2.1.6 Polyester Staple Fibre Imports
Table 2.1.7 Polyester Staple Fibre Exports
Table 2.1.8 Polyester Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption
Table 2.1.9 Polyester Filament Yarn Production
Table 2.1.10 Polyester Filament Yarn Imports
Table 2.1.11 Polyester Filament Yarn Exports
Table 2.1.12 Polyester Filament Yarn Apparent Consumption
Nylon: An Overview
Table 2.2.1 Nylon (S+F) Production
Table 2.2.2 Nylon (S+F) Imports
Table 2.2.3 Nylon (S+F) Exports
Table 2.2.4 Nylon (S+F) Apparent Consumption
Table 2.2.5 Nylon Staple Fibre Production
Table 2.2.6 Nylon Staple Fibre Imports
Table 2.2.7 Nylon Staple Fibre exports
Table 2.2.8 Nylon Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption
Table 2.2.9 Nylon Filament Yarn Production
Table 2.2.10 Nylon Filament Yarn Imports
Table 2.2.11 Nylon Filament Yarn Exports
Table 2.2.12 Nylon Filament Yarn Apparent Consumption
Acrylic: An Overview
Table 2.3.1 Acrylic Staple Fibre Production
Table 2.3.2 Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports
Table 2.3.3 Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports
Table 2.3.4 Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption
Viscose: An Overview
Table 2.4.1 Viscose (S+F) Production
Table 2.4.2 Viscose (S+F) Imports
Table 2.4.3 Viscose (S+F) Exports
Table 2.4.4 Viscose (S+F) Apparent Consumption
Table 2.4.5 Viscose Staple Fibre Production
Table 2.4.6 Viscose Staple Fibre Imports
Table 2.4.7 Viscose Staple Fibre exports
Table 2.4.8 Viscose Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption
Table 2.4.9 Viscose Filament Yarn Production
Table 2.4.10 Viscose Filament Yarn Imports
Table 2.4.11 Viscose Filament Yarn Exports
Table 2.4.12 Viscose Filament Yarn Apparent Consumption
Cotton: An Overview
Table 2.5.1 Area Under Cotton Cultivation
Table 2.5.2 Cotton Production
Table 2.5.3 Cotton Imports
Table 2.5.4 Cotton Exports
Table 2.5.5 Cotton Consumption
Section III
The Producer-Consumer View
China:
An Overview.
Table 3.1.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.1.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.1.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.1.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.1.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Taiwan: An Overview
Table 3.2.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.2.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.2.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.2.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.1.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
USA:
An Overview.
Table 3.3.1 Fibre Industry,
Table 3.3.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.3.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.3.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.3.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
West Europe: An Overview
Table 3.4.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.4.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.4.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.4.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.4.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
India: An Overview.
Table 3.5.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.5.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.5.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.5.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.5.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Korea: An Overview
Table 3.6.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.6.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.6.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.6.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.6.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Indonesia: An Overview
Table 3.7.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.7.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.7.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.7.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.7.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Thailand: An Overview
Table 3.8.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.8.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.8.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.8.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.8.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption.
Japan: An Overview
Table 3.9.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.9.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.9.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.9.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.9.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Pakistan:An Overview.
Table 3.10.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.10.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.10.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.10.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.10.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
Malaysia: An Overview
Table 3.11.1 Fibre Industry
Table 3.11.2 Manmade Fibre Production
Table 3.11.3 Manmade Fibre Imports
Table 3.11.4 Manmade Fibre Exports
Table 3.11.5 Manmade Fibre Apparent Consumption
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Smart textiles in Pakistan.
Value addition in smart textiles
Date: 31/07/2006
Dawn, July 31, 2006:
THE lack of technological advancement in Pakistan has
restricted cottons presence in home textiles. These days when
textile fibrous materials are becoming an integral component in
bridges, architecture, combat vehicles, automotives, aeroplanes,
medical implants, protective wears against bullet, shock, radiation
and heat, the idea of perceiving textiles only for party dresses,
suiting or bed sheets appears too narrow.The revenue contribution of
textile sector in Pakistan does not come from export of textile
processing machines or chemicals; it comes from the export of
garments, clothing, and textiles where cotton is the sourcing
material.The potential of textile articles had only been realised
or discussed in home textiles, and many of the higher-value added
textiles (smart textiles) received little or no attention, and are
therefore imported
.
Our import of such articles is in textile and clothing products
that are used in defence, medical, protective and safety
applications etc.The value of home textile articles weighing
10 kg would hardly be equivalent to 100 kg value of smart textile
article, Most of the major cotton producing and textile exporting
countries have done much in developing smart textiles. However,
there is a lot needed to be included in this category.
An appreciation of the advancement made in smart performance and
application of textile articles is definitely interesting for those
learning and working in the area of smart textiles and at the same
time it indicates the directions currently pursued in smart textile
research and development.The interesting nature of such applications
creates a level of appreciation that helps in supporting the research
for high- performance textiles. Smart textiles or high-performance
textiles are desired to exhibit engineered characteristics for
selective purposes. For example, we cannot expect an ordinary
extile product to retard fire, and harmful radiation, however
high- performance textiles, can offer such attributes.
The unique combination of properties like flexibility, softness,
permeability, strength, thermal, and electrical resistance of
textiles provides several reasons to attract the innovation
interest for research and development. Such combination of
properties is not seen in several other materials including
metal, ceramic, plastic, wood, glass, paper etc.It has resulted
in attractive interdisciplinary applications of textiles where
electronic textiles set interesting examples. The time has come
when user will see the electronics that are wearable and water- washable.
Electronic textiles (e-textiles) are textile fabrics with
electronics and interconnections woven in their structure.
They possess physical flexibility and size not known in conventional
electronics.Components and interconnections are intrinsic to the
fabric structure with reduced chance to be seen, tangled together or
snagged by the surroundings. Thinking for electronics that can be draped
over a vehicle or a tank is achievable using textile fabrics.The use of
fabric as station to deploy electrical components results in wearable
devices costing less consumption of human energy and efforts.
Moreover the flexibility of fabric provides the opportunity
to modify the shape for conforming new requirements of applications.
The relative position of components including sensors, actuators,
processing elements can be altered.Research studies at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University indicated that future
studies and advancement in the area of electronic textiles would
introduce numerous applications ranging from simple computing devices
to advanced protective and sensing textiles.
Embedded system technologies and smart materials can be integrated
and interfaced in e- textiles;
Such design will accommodate hardware
and software applications.The design process of an e- textile should
appreciate the complexity, cost, and effectiveness of system.
This process must be based on a set of percept derived from experience
and developing concepts. Software/ hardware architecture of an
e- textile using defined percept would facilitate the future research,
and produce applicable models. An understanding of theories, fabrics,
embedded conductive threads/ fibres, and the connections in electronics
and fabric are significant in producing a prototype.Computing elements,
sensors, and actuators can be seamlessly configured in known textile
products such as shirts, hats, parachutes, and blankets. Sophisticated
fibre technology is introducing new fibres that may function as batteries,
durable wires, and speakers.
The current research and innovation in e- textiles is addressing
the matters in computing the infrastructure, and examining the
applications.An example is the acoustic beam-former that senses
the presence of a large vehicle and report its position and
direction of motion. The system receives acoustic data through
microphones and processes it, and communicates the result to
outside world or peer system.Electronics and computer peripherals
are now available in market and a stream of electronic items is
expected to emerge that are soft, compact, flexible and portable.
There are two areas where textiles and electronics are taking the
directions. First, the smart textile interface fabrics are adding
value in electronics.
In other areas, electronics are enhancing the functional textiles;
for example the sensor and communication technology are used in
protective wear, out door sports, children wear, and medical applications.
The idea of developing wearable computer can be more simplified through the
advancement in e- textiles; and from kids to officers- all may hope to see
light- weight, comfortable, and easy- to- wear clothing in the market using
in- built CPU. Light- weight laptop system can be made even lighter when
replacing plastic key boards with smart fabric key board.Smart fabric control
devices are increasingly becoming the part of electronic items, and offer
added value in the performance for the end- user.
The patented achievement of Eleksen called Eleck Tex is a
laminate of textile fabric layers (0.6 mm thick) producing flexible
touch sensor.The in-built sensor can detect where and how hard it was
pressed. This is a washable product used in several consumer applications.
Handheld PCs, smart phones, personal digital assistants are the some
examples where wireless key board fabric may be used.ElekTexR technology
can be used by the product designers to produce control for electronic
devices that are soft, light weight, flexible, washable, and wearable.
Its applications range from wearable electronic control for consumer
electronics and industrial wear to light- weight, low- power touch interfaces
for telematics, military, transportation, and space suits.
It may replace the hard touch pads, flexi- circuits, and polymer switches
which do not find wider
uses in growing demand of wearable electronics.
The sensor woven/ embedded in sleeves of jackets or straps of rucksacks
provides easy- to- wear control for mobile phones, headphones, or microphones.
Elek Tex may also provide electronic accessories including in- built
speaker or volume control.
Microsoft Corporation has selected Eleksen, UK based manufacturer
of smart fabric interfaces, to design and manufacture the peripherals
for the Ultra- Mobile PCs.The business interest in the innovative smart
fabric developed by Eleksen for electronic devices has been realised,
and private equity investors have made an investment of 4 million.
The fund will be used to support expansion and working capital
to meet the desired sales growth.
The range of applications for the innovative Eleksen technology
is significant and the funding would hopefully make a difference
in its market.The diversity in the application of electronic
textiles (e- textiles) is increasing and becoming interesting.
Textile clothes, being light- weight, strong and bendable,
can be stretched over any frame into desired shape. Electronic
wires and sensors woven into fabric can perform
the function of listening faint sound.
That means people resting in tents or camouflage net may hear
the distant sounds of vehicles or steeping/ movement of people,
animals, enemies etc.Thinking for a jacket or hat that can alert
the wearer when someone (friend or enemy!) is coming from the back;
or having night wears that wakes you up when fire approaching wouldnt
be impossible using e- textiles.
The sensors and associated connecting
wires generate pattern of information that can be translated by computer
software into images which enable the user to determine the location of
detected sounds. There are e- textiles
systems that do not produce
detectable energy and require less power then radio- wave- operated
systems.Sound detection is only one application of e- textile system,
fabric may be woven with
sensors that can detect chemicals, materials,
and satellite signals etc.
The interest and investment in research and innovation are
introducing more types of such smart- applications.Increasing
exploration in the performance of smart textiles will continue
to grow, and the interdisciplinary applications will be
gaining more interest.
The diversity in the types of smart textiles certainly
requires a selective approach for research and innovation.
Luckily we produced tons of cotton fibres up and down the country,
this fibre offers tremendous potential for smart applications
through the chemical finishing.Selected imported smart textile
articles could be explored through public- private partnership.
An increasing appreciation and encouragement to advanced research
using locally available materials will add in the national
self- reliance.
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INDIA has the know how to help,
National self reliance is not in the interest of the people
of Pakistan,they must consider co operation in all areas of
textile research.
To go Global in technical textiles along with INDIA.
Rs 18.75bn allocated for textile and commerce sectors(/div>
Date: 07/08/2007
ISLAMABAD-DailyTimes: The government has allocated an
amount of Rs 18.75 billion for both textile and commerce sectors
for the year 2007-08, to achieve 10.9 percent manufacturing sector
growth for export surplus. The 10.9 percent manufacturing growth
rate includes 12.5 percent for large scale and 7.5 percent for
small-scale sector. According to the annual plan for the year
2007-08, major spending in the allocated amount of Rs 18.75 billion
are;Rs 8.743 billions in the industry sectorRs 1.097 billions
in textile sectors Rs 1.579 million in the commerce sector.
According to the plan, major projects which are to be
carried in industry sector include: agro-food processing
facilities at Multan (Rs 69.86 million), Aik Hunar Aik Nagar
(AHAN) (Rs 60.369 million), Gujranwala Business Centre
(Rs 13 million), sports industries development center
Sialkot (Rs 168.74 million), technical up-gradation
of garment industry all over Pakistan with an amount of
Rs 100 million, five advanced CAD and CAM training centers
(Rs 295 million), 2MGD Water Desalination Project Gawadar
Balochistan (Rs 178.86 million).
Major projects in the textile sector include three
Garment Cities at Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi,
implementation of export plan and establishment of two
fibre-testing laboratories.In case of commerce sector
major projects include, Pakistan School of Fashion Design
Lahore, Trade and Facilitation project and expo Center Lahore.
Major objectives to be achieved in the manufacturing
sector are diversification, development of the SMEs and enhancing
productivity.To achieve these objectives, there is a need for
massive structural changes, shift in the production paradigm to
technology and knowledge based industrialization and competitive
industry in the private sector. Despite the government massive
steps for improvement in manufacturing sector, still a number of
challenges and constraints are confronting. The manufacturing
sector still revolves around the traditional low value added
industries, whose share in the world trade is continuously declining.
A shortage of skill labour is also a major constraint in the
rapid industrialization, which reduces optimum operation of plant
and machinery. Power and energy shortages are other constraints
that hamper the development of manufacturing sector.To achieve
higher manufacturing growth rate, government is trying to remove
the weaknesses. The challenge for the government is not to rediscover
industrial policy, but to re-deploy it in a more effective manner
in the national, regional and global context.Pak - China.
Do we have Pak - India
Pak-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Last updated: 2007-06-26
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Pakistani counterpart
Pervez Musharraf Friday oversaw the signing of a free trade
agreement between the two allies here in Islamabad on 24th
November, 2006. The document was signed by the Commerce
Ministers of both the countries.
The architecture of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement includes
Trade in Goods and Investments in the first Phase and the leaders
of both the countries have decided to negotiate on Trade in
Services during 2007 to enlarge the coverage of the Free
Trade Agreement.
The Early Harvest Programme between the two countries
which was put into operation on 1st January 2006, has been
merged into this bilateral FTA. In the overall package
Pakistan will get market access at zero duty on industrial
alcohol, cotton fabrics, bed-linen and other home textiles,
marble and other tiles, leather articles, sports goods,
mangoes, citrus fruit and other fruits and vegetables;
iron and steel products and engineering goods. China
will also reduce its tariff by 50% on fish, dairy sectors;
frozen orange juice; plastic products; rubber products;
leather products; knitwear; woven garments etc.
Pakistan has given market access to China mainly on
machinery; organic; and inorganic chemicals, fruits &
vegetables, medicaments and other raw materials for various
industries including engineering sector, intermediary goods
for engineering sectors, etc.
The Agreement
The Free Trade Agreement consists of the following components:
* The Agreement, and
* Annexes I, II and III
Pak China FTA Agreement
The agreement contains the Articles on Establishment
of Free Trade Area, objectives, relation to other agreements,
application of this agreement, definitions, scope and coverage,
National treatment, tariff elimination, para-tariffs and
non-tariff barriers, rules of origin, Trade remedies,
safeguard measures, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures,
TBTs, Investment, settlement of disputes, amendments, annexes etc.
Annexes
Annex I relates to the Elimination of import customs duties.
Annex-I_PK-CN_FTA
PK-offer(Cat-1)Annex-I
PK-offer(Cat-2)Annex-I
PK-offer(Cat-3)Annex-I
PK-offer(Cat-4)Annex-I
PK-offer(Cat-5)Annex-V
PK-offer(Cat-6)Annex-VI
Annex II is the form and instruction for the Certificate of Origin.
A claim that products shall be accepted as eligible for preferential
concession shall be supported by a Certificate of Origin issued by a
government authority designated by the exporting Party and notified to
the other Party to the Agreement in accordance with the operational
certification procedures, as set out in this annex.
(Chapter IV, Article 23 of the Agreement)
Annex-II_PK-CN_FTA
Annex III is for the purposes ofpre> this Agreement and Chapter X
(Dispute Settlement). It covers Rules of Procedure of an Arbitral
Panel established pursuant to Article 63.
Annex-III_PK-CN_FTA
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Peru_2 this is one of my tapestry weavings from 1975.
it was inspired by
peruvian textiles which to this day are still
the most inspiring to me not
only because of the motifs but for their
amazing technical skill.
Sara of Fabric of Meditation has embarked on some inca
inspired projects
which i am just aching to see finished...
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Pockets: What's in yours?
By Eric Harkreader, October 15, 2006.
Last updated: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:10 PM EDT
Advertisement.
Have you ever wondered what gives with that little pocket
inside most men's pants?
Although most cell phones fit ever so perfectly, the little
right-hand pockets were originally created to hold one's
pocket
watch -- assuming one was of the class that
carried a pocket watch,
that is.But with pocket watches
joining the parasol and bowler that in the fashion annals
of yore, what is the modern-day function
for that obscurely
teeny compartment?
"Trapping my keys," typed one responder
at Ask MetaFilter.com,
an online
forum devoted to answering life's tougher questions.
But there are other uses.
Levi's, the popular clothing designer best known for its
denim jeans, has decided to skip a few generations with
a new product
line released this fall.Using their watch
pocket's "crisp white leather patch and joystick,"
wearers of
the RedWire DLX jeans can play, pause and skip their way
through
their music library. An aptly colored wire connects
the controller to a new
generation of pockets designed
specifically to dock with an iPod --
old separately, and if
you're asking what this is, you might as
well
reset your pocket watch and go back to sleep for a
few decades.
What's the catch?
Of course there's a few catches:
The machine-washable jeans -- without the iPod, of course --
are
available to Sentinel readers almost exclusively over the Internet,
where the fully equipped models retail for $250.
Eventually, a Levi's saleswoman says, music hipsters will be able
to
get their hip-huggers at most department stores. But for the moment,
there are no vendors within a 100-mile radius.
The jeans maker is but the latest, albeit one of the most well-known,
retailers to bridge the gap between fashion and technology.
"Intelligent textiles, variously known as smart fabrics,
electronic
textiles, or e-textiles, have attracted considerable
attention worldwide
due to their potential to bring revolutionary impacts on human life,"
writes a professor at Wayne State University
in Detroit on an
international scientific symposium held in Japan last year.
While Dr. Yong Xu probably isn't referring directly to casual wear
for suburbanites, he is talking about a relatively new field of scientific
exploration that could, some day, have a huge impact on everyday life.
Just imagine downloading your heart's performance on your
latest run
directly to your cardiologist or typing an e-mail
from
your couch using only a pair of gloves.
Futuristic clothing
These scenarios may be closer than you think.
In Department of Defense-funded research that began in 1996,
a
team from the Georgia Institute of Technology has created the
"Smart Shirt" to monitor the wearer's vital signs.
Using "plastic optical fibers" (POFs), the vest gathers data
and
creates a series of circuits can sound the alarm for structural
breaches -- i.e.wounds from bullets, shrapnel or other sources.
It would also allow for medics hundreds of miles away to
mass-triage
a unit to better direct a field medic, a public
relations specialist says.
In its more commercial form, Maryland firm Sensatex Inc. is
working on several models of "breathable" shirts that allow
targeted
demographics -- namely recreational exercisers,
the elderly, parents of
infants or first responders to
emergencies -- to track biological
data
such as pulse and respiration rate.
Researchers at Virginia Tech, meanwhile, have experimented
from
everything to a glove that replaces the computer keyboard
as a means to
input text to a jumpsuit that conforms
to the wearer and tracks the body's
motion for use in
recreating natural movem
Multimedia duds.
But back to the relatively technological level, clothing
interlaced
with MP3 players is not entirely new.
In March 2005, two German companies teamed up to bring to
market the mp3blue, which they hailed as the world's first
"multimedia/lifestyle jacket."
Incorporating a removable
MP3 player and a permanent headphone set,
Bluetooth-wireless microphone and the necessary
wiring for both, the
jacket from Rosner and INFINEON
Technologies is reportedly even washable.
The initial production included only 600 units priced at
about
$760 each. Nonetheless, the companies claimed
that, by 2007,
total sales of "intelligent textile" products
the world over
would exceed $1.25 billion annually.
Similarly targeting music/hands-free cell lovers, several
snowboarding
or skiing companies joined up with Apple to
release their
Pod-compatible-jackets. The briefly marketed
coats came with a padded
iPod enclosure and a flexible
control-panel on the sleeve, but were no
longer advertised
or listed as available at several Web sites.
There are also, of course, any number of carrying cases that
bind MP3
players and other independent electronic devices
to everything from a
back pack to a runner's bare arm.
Ummm,
maybe not
As for the consumer response, a very unscientific
poll of Dickinson
College students and youth at the Capital
City Mall seemed to indicate
these trends are still ahead of
their time.
After popping his head phones from his ears,
mall-walker Chris Emory
of Camp Hill says he would
consider buying such electronically
integrated clothing
if it's affordable.
"I usually bring it everywhere," he says
of his MP3 player,
adding that even when it's not on it helps
block out conversations.
He notes that a friend of his with a
similar jacket was frequently
frustrated trying to get in and
out of the heavily wired outfit.
At Dickinson, meanwhile,
freshman James Watson-Krips from the
Philadelphia area
said he rarely heads to class without his Creative Zen,
which is presently playing the electronica artist
Kenna.
Krips says he enjoys his music, but doesn't see the
point in specifically
marketed music devices such as the
Oakley Thump, an $400-plus product
that combines of
ocular sun protection with an in-the-ear DJ.
"I'm afraid
I'd break it," he adds.
Kimberly Weiss, a freshman at
George Washington University who
visited Dickinson
recently, said she appreciates any sort of
improvement f
or MP3 listeners. That doesn't mean she needs it, though.
"I've definitely tripped before," she says of trying to
circumnavigate
the streets of the nation's capital while
listening to music.
Comment on this Story
The progress of China in textiles is hard to find
their only websites are Govt Controlled.
We hardly know their progress but this is their method
of keeping their progress a top secret in not only
textiles but in all areas.When I met some Chinese they
would not comment anything.My information was that all
those in that country were not pro-China.
I kept wondering how long they could do this?.
China Textile Network Company.
The Chief Implementer of China Textile Information Programme.
The China Textile Network Company (short as CNTEX
www.ctei.gov.cn)
belongs to China National Textile &
Apparel Council (CNTAC) and
China Textile Information
Center, playing a professional role to
provide information
consultation, e-business, enterprise information
progress,
and other comprehensive services for textile &
garment
enterprises both in China and abroad. Meanwhile, CNTEX
has been appointed the chief undertaker of Information Programme
With the all-out support from CNTAC, CNTEX also gains
the support
from the specialized associations and organizations,
including garments,
home textile, industrial textile, printing and
dyeing, cotton textile,
silk textile, wool textile, linen textile,
knitting, color weaving,
and textile machinery and equipment,
the Sub-Council of Textile Industry
under the China Council
for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
China Textile
International Exchange Center, China Fashion Designers
Association, etc.
* Business Scope:
Industry information,
E-business,
Professional consultation,
Enterprise informationalization (EPR, OA)
Professional journey,
Marketing research,
Brand design,
Brand promotion,
Film production,
PR communication,
Textile Auxiliaries
* Structure:
China Textile Economic Information Website (www.ctei.gov.cn),
Cntextile JV, e-Market (www.cntextile.com)
Textile Information Weekly magazine,
Home Textile Times magazine
Statistics Center of China National Textile & Apparel Council,
CneFashion Management Consulting Co., Ltd,
Beijing 3-D Vision Enterprise Image Design Co., Ltd,
China Textile Software Co., Ltd,
CNTEX-PR Market Consultation Co., Ltd,
Beijing Textile Computer Co., Ltd,
Beijing Hengchang Technology Development Company,
Beijing Textile Information New Technology Company
GERMAN Textile Research Council.
The General Association of the German Textile and Fashion
Industry and its individual technical and state associations have
joined together as ordinary members of the Textile Research Council
(Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V.) to represent all interests
connected with research and development. Research Council will work
jointly with further partner organisations to promote and co-ordinate
communal research projects by the textile industry and by other
industrial sectors linked with the textile industry through
pre-production or post-production.
Launched on the 1st July 2007 the website of the Textile
Research Council (www.textilforschung.de - only available in German
language) offers an overview of the textile research landscape in Germany.
A wide range of projects co-ordinated in the context of industrial
Joint research by the Textile Research Council is presented
e.g. by the exemplary representation of research highlights.
This documents the practical implementation of leading topics
underlying the textile research in Germany. Visitors of the
website can use an easily operated search function to look for
topic and branch related highlights in the archives. Access to an
extranet of the Textile Research Council is only available for
members of the associated German textile associations and
organisations for various inquiries.
Source:
Website of the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry
Frankfurter Str. 10-14
65760 Eschborn
Tel: +49 6196 966-0
Fax: +49 6196 42170
Internet: www.textil-mode.de
Textile Research in Germany.
The General Association of the German Textile and
Fashion Industry and its individual technical and state associations
have joined together as ordinary members of the Textile
Research Council (Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V.) to represent
all interests connected with research and development.
The Research Council will work jointly with further partner
organisations to promote and co-ordinate communal research
projects by the textile industry and by other industrial sectors
linked with the textile industry through pre-production or
post-production. The Research Council Management Board will
be pleased to provide further information and is available to
answer your questions at any time.
Dr. Walter Begemann.
Managing Director Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V.
Frankfurter Str. 10 - 14
65760 Eschborn.
Telephone:+ 49 6196 966 229.
Fax:+ 49 6196 42170
e-mail:wbegemann@textil-mode.de
Further information is available on “Forschungskuratorium Textil”
on the website of kompetenznetze.de. This is a network initiative
from the German Ministry of Education and Research.
Textile Research Council
(Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V.) - aims and activities.
The Gesamttextil Research Council was founded on
12 December 1951, its task being to monitor, promote and
represent all interests within the General Association of
the German Textile and Fashion Industry connected with
research and development. Since 16 September 1998 these
activities have been taken over by the Forschungskuratorium
Textil e.V., which can thus look back on more than fifty years
of textile research benefiting the industry.
The affiliated technical and state associations nominate
experts from companies in the textile and clothing industry as
representatives on the Research Council. Within the framework of
co-operation between the textile industry and other industrial sectors
linked through pre-production or post-production - textile machinery,
chemical fibres, textile supplies, the dyeing and textile-cleaning
industries - delegates from these areas also take part in the Council's
deliberations.
The Textile Research Council promotes and co-ordinates all joint
research carried out by the textile and clothing industry in co-operation
with research institutes and works to develop textile research as a whole.
Thus it is a mediator between the textile industry and textile research,
supporting co-operation between these two areas, and works to develop
application-oriented research projects, following inspection of their
scientific and commercial provenance, by associated research institutes.
The Research Council was a founding member in 1954 of the German
Federation of Industrial Cooperative Research Associations
(Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen - AiF).
The German Ministry of Economics and Technology authorises all
textile-research projects of a joint kind via the AiF. Once representatives
from the textile and clothing industry have fixed the priorities for project
submissions in the Scientific Advisory Committees of the textile-research
institutes, the Research Council decides whether they should be carried
forward for a written report to the AiF. Interested companies are brought
directly into this research work through project-supervisory committees.
The textile-research institutes run a low-priced advisory and information
service for companies, on behalf of the Research Council and with its
financial support, to transfer research results into business practice.
Leading Topics
The leading topics for textile research in the coming 10 years may
be divided into five superordinate future sectors with pre-eminent societal
relevance:
Health
The 6th Kondratieff cycle following information technology
will be, in an encompassing sense, the health sector. Because
of
further growing world population, concomitant utilisation
of
environmental goods in developing countries as well as
demographic
drift in the direction of a higher average age,
the necessity arises
to potentise, for ethical, social and
economic reasons, the productive
efficiency of health care,
taking controllable costs into consideration.
Textiles can, in
combination with medical technology, biotechnology,
p
harmacology, outpatient and home care services sector etc.
contribute
outstandingly towards this.
Headwords.
* Hospital and surgery textiles as well as attributed
textile reprocessing services
* Hygiene and skin care products
* Testing methods and standards for body tolerance of
textiles (consumer protection)
* Textile-integrated diagnosis and monitoring systems
* Textile-based deposit and therapy systems
* Implants and organ substitution
* Support and stabilisation textiles
* Filter and barrier materials
* Wound treatment products
* Carrier materials for tissue engineering
Mobility.
Because of globalisation, as a result of which a dramatic
increase in supranational transport movements may be recorded
as well as the rightful claim on the part of people in developing
and threshold countries to a standard of individual transportation
which corresponds to that of industrial nations, mobility without
destroying one’s own life’s foundation constitutes one of the great
challenges of this century. Added to this, the reduction of energy
requirements and pollutants per freight kilometre is necessary to a
degree which, without the further increasing application of textiles,
already today indispensable for vehicle construction, appears
imaginable only with difficulty.
Headwords.
* Weight reduction
* Noise reduction
* Increasing fuel efficiency
* Improved passive safety
* Recyclable composite materials
* New joining techniques
* Enhancing seating and travelling comfort
Safety.
International terrorism in previously not anticipated form,
catastrophes through nature violence, which cause ever greater
damage for different reasons, climate changes, the increasing
need for protection against — even creeping — hazards in the
working environment etc.br/> trigger the fact that the significance
of the general safety and protection theme is growing. Here, too,
textiles offer a broad variety of solution methods which, over
and above this, make possible the nowadays indispensable
coequal aspects of safety and comfort.
Headwords.
* Reeinforcement in concrete and timber construction as
well as construction renovation
* Textile lightweight construction
* Geo- and landscape protection textiles
* Textile components for water recovery and processing
* Screening against UV and other rich-in-energy radiation
* Protective work wear/Personal protection equipment and their etc.
* Textile fire, acoustics and weather protection
* Home textiles with protective and signal functions
* Ageing resistance
* Textile components for producing and storing energy.
Communication.
The penetration of information technology into almost
all sectors of public and private life represents an
irreversible development which has become an everyday matter
of course. The results will most likely be an extensive human
interconnectedness with his nearer and further surroundings.
Besides fulfilling material-functional requirement profiles,
textile success in all the above mentioned basis innovations
therefore also essentially depends upon the corresponding progress
of the integration of the already mentioned interactivity.
There exist, precisely in this respect, unique chances because
of the possibilities which are emerging for the synergy between
textiles and microsystem technology.
Headwords.
* Textile-integrated conductor/bonding technology
* Smart Textiles
* Process-resistant transponders/Radio frequency identification (RFID)
* Supply Chain Management
* Self-learning machine and process automation
Emotionality.
Like hardly any other material, textiles are finally
predestined to express feelings, transport aesthetic perceptions,
impart beauty and well-being, embody taste and zeitgeist —
that is, fashion. Precisely clothing and home textiles enable
the individual to make observable and sensible vis-à-vis his
surroundings his own identity and mood with little effort,
flexibly and in a ever novel way. Textiles thus cover a further
essential functional level which maintains unchangingly, besides
the technical innovation potential, coequal significance.
Headwords.
* Light and climate management through textile
building elements
* Corporate Fashion
* Resource-saving textile care
* Adaptive clothing/Phase-Change Materials
* New comfort features/Wellness
* Integration of design and function
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Trutzschschler.
From Blowroom to Combing.
(I hope it wont be a headach)
Trützschler expands its product program by combing machines
Marzoli S.p.A., Palazzolo, Italy - a textile machinery company
belonging to the Camozzi Group - and Trützschler GmbH & Co.
KG, Mönchengladbach, Germany, have agreed to enter into a
far-reaching cooperation for the construction of lap winders
and combing machines, and the further development of these products.
The future Trützschler combing machines will be built by Marzoli.
Sales and customer service are handled by the worldwide Trützschler
service network.
Thus, Trützschler can provide its customers with all required
machines for spinning preparation from one source. With the new
combing machine, performing up to 500 nips/min, Trützschler offers
a top product, which is optimally matched to its cards and draw frames.
The owner families of Trützschler and Camozzi have decided to
take this step to comply with the compelling request by worldwide
customers for a continuous, technically first-class combing line.
The Camozzi Group, located in Brescia/Italy, is active in the
fields of pneumatics, machine tools, energy, and – since the acquisition
of the Marzoli-Vouk Company Group - also in the field of textile machinery.
Marzoli has been producing textile machinery since 1851, and is one of
the worldwide leading manufacturers in the spinning machine sector.
The Trützschler Group is active in the field of spinning preparation
equipment, clothings (Trützschler Card Clothing) and machines for the
nonwovens industry (ERKO Trützschler and Fleissner). Trützschler
GmbH & Co. KG, founded in 1888, specialises in machines for
spinning preparation. The spectrum of machines ranges from automatic
bale opener, cotton cleaning lines, opening lines for man-made fibres,
all the way to cards and draw frames. (PG)
Kontakt.
Trützschler.
Internet:
www.truetzschler.com
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Trützschler expands its range of products by combing machines
Marzoli S.p.A., Palazzolo, Italy – a textile machinery company
belonging to the Camozzi Group - and Trützschler GmbH & Co.
KG, Mönchengladbach, Germany, have agreed to enter into a
far-reaching cooperation for the construction of lap winders
and combing machines, and the further development of these products.
The future Trützschler combing machines will be built by Marzoli.
Sales and customer service are handled by the worldwide
Trützschler service network.
Thus, Trützschler can provide its customers with all
required machines for spinning preparation from one source.
With the new combing machine, performing up to 500 nips/min,
Trützschler offers a top product, which is optimally matched
to its cards and draw frames.
The families Trützschler and Camozzi have decided to
take this step to comply with the compelling request by
worldwide customers for a continuous, technically first-class
combing line.
The Camozzi Group, located in Brescia/Italy, is active
in the fields of pneumatics, machine tools, energy, and – since
the acquisition of the Marzoli-Vouk Company Group - also in the
field of textile machinery. Marzoli has been producing textile
machinery since 1851, and is one of the worldwide leading
manufacturers in the spinning machine sector.
The cooperation with Marzoli S.P.A. is an important
step for Trützschler towards the completion of its product
program for spinning preparation.
The preparations for the ITMA fair in Munich are in
full swing. Keeping up the tradition, Trützschler will
show again improved and further developed products.
The Trützschler card will take centre stage once more.
From the successful TC 03 card we have developed two types,
based on the main uses:The card for combing mills, and the
card for high production applications.
Complimentary to the successful draw frame TD 03,
we will exhibit a new non-regulated draw frame. It is an
all-out new design, space saving, and with hitherto unmatched
efficiency for all application areas in the spinning mill.
Furthermore, we will present in Munich for the first time a
new machine for detection and extraction of foreign parts in cotton.
To support the staff responsible for quality and maintenance,
we have created an easy to use data management system.
The relevant data of the card and draw frame are prepared
and made available to a regular office computer for display and processing.
Trützschler will present the innovations together with
Trützschler Card Clothing in Hall A4 Booth-No. 321/ 412.
Visitors can profit from early bird discount rates when
booking their exhibition passes online by September 13,2007:
Trützschler expands its range of products by combing machines.
Marzoli S.p.A., Palazzolo, Italy – a textile machinery
company belonging to the Camozzi Group.
TC 03 – also for hygienic products.
The can changer from Rosink stands freely in front of the card
A short while ago we informed you about a special execution
of our Card TC 03.
Trumac India.
Quality and customer service for over 25 years.
The plant in Ahmedabad.
A joint venture was founded together with our
representatives A.T.E. in 1978.
The Trumac Engineering Company Ltd. in Ahmedabad produces a
large part of the product range, currently adapted to the special
reqirements of the Indian market.
An additional service site is located in the southern
Indian textile centre Coimbatore.
In total,600 people are employed in India.
Trumac Engineering Company Private Ltd.
N.I.D.C. Estate, Near Lambha Village.
Post Narol.
Dist. Ahmedabad - 382405.
INDIA
Tel.: ++91-79-25 71 06 08
Fax: ++91-79-25 71 06 17
In 1969, American Truetzschler, Inc. was founded to cover the
important markets of the United States and Canada.American
Truetzschler with its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina,
and with over 120 employees, produces a considerable part of the
Truetzschler product range and has its own service department,
sales department, spare parts department, an electrical repair center,
as well as the Electrical Control Department which supplies
controls for the classical textile lines and non-wovens.
Training is accomplished with experienced instructors
skilled in training at the customer site.
The growing of natural raw materials, such as cotton, flax,
hemp and jute as well as the production of man-made fibers is
determined by supply and demand. These raw materials can be
processed separately or blended to obtain new products with new features.
These are on the one hand technical products such as fireproof fabrics,
carriers for the electronics industry and material for space travel.
On the other hand there are the more commonly known products such as
household textiles and garments.
Whatever the final purpose of the finished product may be,
there is a long processing route, starting with the raw material.
With its machines for processing these raw materials before
the spinning, weaving or knitting processes, as well as Non-Woven
applications, Truetzschler stands at the very beginning of
textile manufacturing. With our machines, we set here standards
in quality and economy.
Trützschler Brazil
TRUINCO - the best possible support for local customers.
The plant in Curitiba
The creation of Truetzschler Industria e Comercio
de Maquinas Ltda., called TRUINCO, in Curitiba/Brazil
in 1975 was due to the large textile market in the region.
200 employees use state-of-the-art machinery and
Truetzschler quality guidelines here to produce almost the
entire product range for the Brazilian market.
Trützschler Indústria e Comércio de Máquina Ltd.
TRUMAC -INDIA
TRUTZSCHLER'S CARD IN CHINA.
It was all in Chines language,the Chines are not
allowing English but they want a Euro Country to come in china
to make machines you think,no they want their people to get
employment and learn western technology.The westerners want
to make their machines at low cost and sell them and will
they take their currency to their country.We do not know
their cost or currency but they are making China better.
This is my personal opinion.
Who can beat the Chinese?
Even USA is afraid of this country.
I feel in the end there will be only
East & West.
Then it will be stone age.
THIS MUST BE FLAT REMOVEABLE INDIVIDUALLY AND EASILY
WITH OUT ANY NUT OR BOLT TO BE TOUCHED BUT JUST BY LIFTING
PERHAPS TO CHECK ANY LOADING OR THE CONDITION OF FLAT AT RANDOM.
THIS MUST BE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL PANEL-
THIS PICTURE IS AT THE LEFT OF THIS CARD (BELOW)
THE HANDLE TO LIFT THE FLAT IS SHOWN
BELOW THE LEFT OF THIS CARD
THE DRAWBOX OF COMBER
ALL THE BOTTOM PICTIRES
ARE TRUTZSCHLER MACHINES MADE IN CHINA
What is not made in China
Toys to Textile machinery
You name anything they have made everything
Freedom they are the dreams with no Future
Freedom to those who are in countries with Freedom
This is a Technical Blog,no more comments
2003
Kurt Scholler CEO of Trutschler Machinery - Germany
Helping the Chinese with German technology.
In India also they have a small manufacturing facility in
Ahmadaba & perhaps will have a center in Coimbatore.
(a labour pain).
Trutzcshler New High Production Card.
TC 03 for
Technical Texiles.
By: Christian Franke
15.03.07
The can changer from Rosink stands freely in front of the card
The can changer for large rectangular cans
The can changer for large rectangular cans
The structure of the sliver can be clearly seen here
A short while ago we informed you about a special execution
of our Card TC 03 for the production of very fine card slivers.
This machine, equipped with a delivery system from Rosink,
is used in the field of cotton swab production and has established
itself well on the market.
Another very important sector in the field of hygiene
products is the fabrication of web slivers.
Generally a lot of very old cards are used in this field
today as up to now there were no efficient units for web sliver
formation and delivery suitable for modern cards. In order
to open up this important market with high growth potential,
we – in cooperation with Rosink – found a solution that
allows the economic application of modern high-production cards.
At the card output, the web sliver is formed by a
special doffing unit; this sliver is then delivered
into large rectangular cans via a special coiler.
Through several measuring and regulating circuits, a
very high evenness of the web sliver can be obtained which
at the same time demonstrates good strength values.
For producing the web sliver of approx 10 g/m only one
card is required at a time, resulting in an enormous
saving potential regarding space requirement, energy
consumption, maintenance.
WELCOME TO REITER.
Rieter is a Swiss-based industrial group with activities
in all regions of the world. It is a leading supplier of
products and services for the textile, automotive and
plastics industries. Rieter’s worldwide workforce totals
approximately 14 800 employees, some 13% of
whom are based in Switzerland.
The group comprises two divisions: Rieter Textile
Systems develops and produces machinery and integrated systems
for converting fibers and plastics into yarns, nonwovens and
pellets. In partnership with automotive manufacturers,
Rieter Automotive Systems develops and produces components,
modules and integrated systems on the basis of fibers,
plastics and metals in order to provide acoustic comfort and
thermal insulation in motor vehicles. Both divisions are world
market leaders in their respective market segments.
Rieter aspires to achieve sustained growth in corporate
value for the benefit of shareholders, customers and employees.
With this in mind, Rieter seeks to maintain continuous growth
in sales and earnings in both divisions, primarily by maximizing
in-house resources, and secondly also through cooperative
ventures and acquisitions.Since it was established in 1795,
Rieter has continuously adapted to new challenges and developed
from a Swiss machine manufacturer into a worldwide industrial
group of companies. Rieter has been a driving force for industrial
progress for 210 years: its products and solutions are the outcome
of a traditionally high level of innovative momentum. Based on the
skills of its personnel, Rieter creates products that are ideally
tailored to its customers’ needs. As partner and supplier of the
textile and the automotive industry, Rieter contributes to the
success of its customers. Continuous further development is the
motivation for its employees and the basis of its business success.
These principles – Delight your customers, Enjoy your work and Fight
for profits – also represent the pillars of our corporate vision.
All Rieter machines are shown in the blog elsewhere or above.
This is Welcome to REITER, from this blogger.
TR 03
Trutzschler Manufactured.
Reiter Blowroom - Systematic Machine Train.
Rieter's blowroom line is your guarantee for extremely
gentle handling of material combined with top level cleaning
and a high production rate. There are fewer cleaning points but
these are all the more efficient, as well as requiring less air
and energy. Continuous opening and cleaning all along the line
allows all types of cotton, synthetic and blended fibres
to be processed.
The design of a modern Rieter blowroom is based on
two main elements:
Two-stage cleaning Easy setting of the machine parameters
by means of the VarioSet cleaning field.The machines are
extremely versatile, with uniform operation using standardized
elements for simple service and maintenance, and state-of-the-art
controls. Their compact construction keeps space requirements to
a minimum yet maintains a high rate of production. The individual
blowroom components are designed to fit together optimally, and the
efficiency of the system promises a rapid return on investment.
Rieter has the right machines for every application:
Automatic bale-opening with the
UNIfloc A 11UNIfloc A 11
Intensive pre-cleaning with the
UNIclean B 12UNIclean B 12
Homogeneous mixing with the
UNImix B 70UNImix B 70
Batched fibre blending with the
UNIblend A 81UNIblend A 81
Gentle fine-cleaning with the
UNIflex B 60UNIflex B 60
Central monitoring of blowroom and cards with UNIcommand and SPIDERweb
THE TRUTZSCHLER PLANT IN BRAZIL
Is our INDIAN plant as big as this ?
There there only 600 workers.
Why a poor show by Trutzschler in INDIA by TRUTZSCHLER
Politics - Labour trouble - Power shortage - Self interested Bureaucrats.
Trutzschler can handle it all except the Govt polices.
Trützschler Brazil
TRUINCO PLANT IN BRAZIL - the best possible support for
local customers.
The plant is in Curitiba.
The creation of Truetzschler Industria e Comercio de
Maquinas Ltda., called TRUINCO, in Curitiba/Brazil in 1975
was due to the large textile market in the region.
Ca. 200 employees use state-of-the-art machinery and
Truetzschler quality guidelines here to produce almost the
entire product range for the Brazilian market.
Trützschler Indústria e Comércio de Máquina Ltda.
Rua Joao Chede 941
Cidade Industrial
81170-220 Curitiba Paraná
BRAZIL
Tel.: ++55-41-331 61 200
Fax: ++55-41-334 79 415
E-mail: truinco@truetzschler.com.br
The process
Cotton Bales of different required parameters are fed
at the end of the machine
The cotton pressed under high pressure gets opened
and cleaned
The cleaned cotton in fleece form is fed to
Carding machines
The Cleaned cotton from Carding machine turns in
to a rope form called sliver
This is fed to Drawing Machine where it gets
the entangled fibres parallelized for good yarn
spinning
The next process depends on the manufacturers plan of process
This can be to simplex Machines
From these machines to Spinning Machines
Also to Open end Spinning Machines bypassing the Simplex Machines
TRUTZSCHLER BLOWROOM MADE IN BRAZIL
THE SLIVER FORMER A HIGH TECH DRAWING MACHINE-THE
SLIVER FROM THIS IS EQUAL OR PERHAPS BETTER THAN THE COMPETITORS
IN TEXTILE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING FIRMS WE CAN JUDGE ONLY AFTER
PROCESSING THE SAME MATERIAL IN BOTH THE MACHINES AND TESTING THE
SPUN YARN OF SAME SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE YARN TESTING MACHINE OF
HE BEST AVAILABLE.
The tests to be conducted must include each and every
parameter of yarn quality of world's best yarns that will reflect
in the results which will enable us to bye the machine for our needs
for quality for manufacture of the desired yarn for technical textile
fabric.The need for such a exercise,will have to be at the project
preparation.There should not be any compromise on quality against cost.
There will be more areas to control cost.The details of this aspect will
have to be examined at every stage including,civil,electrical and purchase
of items that can be procured once the project starts to show the returns on
investment.Any unforeseen circumstances that may delay the project with the
result in project cost escalation will have to be well thought of and
incorporated in the project.This of course is a serious matter which
any project preparation consultant will remember.Made in France.
Manufacturers of technical textiles for Automotive
Industries-FRANCE.
Porcher Industries: a range of high-performance
products for automotive applications.
Porcher Industries develops innovative products
combining textile and chemical technology in industrial
applications for the automotive sector. The range of
applications is huge, from drive belts to hydraulic
shock absorbers or air-conditioning hoses.
The company Porcher Industries grew out of SNC Porcher,
a company specialised in the creation and weaving of silk from
1912 up to 1948. In this year, the company began to diversify,
and focused on the production of technical fabrics for industrial
use, based in particular on the use of glass yarn.
Today, Porcher Industries is a company which develops and
produces innovative materials combining textile and chemical
technology, for a large number of industrial applications.
Its key markets are the automotive, construction, industrial,
composites, electronics and sport sectors. Porcher Industries
has a solid industrial presence in Europe, America and Asia,
in addition to a network of sales offices and agents providing
the company with a commercial and technical presence in more
than 100 countries.
Two R&D centres (in France and the USA) work very
closely with the various divisions in order to improve existing
processes and products, but above all to anticipate and respond to
market requirements. A little-known activity of the Porcher
Industries group is the production and development of a wide
range of glass and synthetic yarns impregnated with RFL, aimed
chiefly at the rubber industries.
With its global commercial presence and two production sites
(France and Brazil) Porcher Industries deals with the leading
automotive equipment and accessory manufacturers including,
Continental, Flexitech, Gates, GDX automotive, Good Year,
Hutchinson, MarkIV, Metzeler, Saargummi, etc.
These various types of yarn (E glass, S glass , aramids, PVA,
polyester, polyamide…) guarantee improved performance whether
concerning burst, volumetric expansion, tension, temperature or
fatigue. Thanks to carefully adapted RFL treatments, they offer
optimal adhesion to all types of rubber. Their range of uses is
extensive, and includes drive belts, hydraulic shock absorbers,
flexible braking components and pipes for air conditioning systems
or for power steering, etc.
"Our know-how in the chemical field combined with an ongoing
quest to constantly improve our processes enables us to tailor our
technical solutions and RFL formulations to meet the needs of all
of our clients' rubber components (NR, CR, NBR, SBR, HNBR, CSM, EPDM,
etc) and to the constantly changing marketplace.
This may be a a narrow fabric roll chemically treated
for some use made by the firm Like a Duct tape or for use
in a cable industry.We do have these type in our markets
but no name of the factory making it is printed.This is
perhaps manufactured underground to avoid inspections by
Govt agencies.I have seen such activities long back in a
state which closes it's eyes as it gives employment to many
in rural areas and it's power consumption is a revenue for the
government of the state and the use of the products also helps
other industries not only in that state but other states as well.
The export to other states is another revenue for the state indirectly.
This is what the Chinese is adopting to increase employment.I was informed
that many houses in many rural areas are a industry.The workmen being
the full family of the house including children.
The new hi-tech,hi-production Carding Machine -MADE IN CHINA,
The TRUTZSCHLER Plant in CHINA
CEO's of TRUTZSCHLER in CHINA
The progress in Textile machinery manufacture is no less,
than in any other areas in CHINA,Compared to INDIA.
The New textile Sector---Open to 21st century by
the---
Technical Textiles companies in European Countries.
EUROTEXTILE®:
Welcome to the TECHNICALTEXTILES® market place
* more than 3000 companies
* from 30 European countries
* with products such as fibres and yarns, braidings, nonwovens,
woven and knitted fabrics, coated textiles, production methods
* as well as application areas, for example textile construction,
car construction and aerospace, protective clothing, sports and
leisure, textiles for the industry, medicine and hygiene.
The European countries planning for the 21st century has 8 sectors.
1) Clothing,
2) Technical,
3) Material,
4) Services,
5) Home,
6) New Sectors----,
7)Products.
8)Open to 21st Century.
Clothing.
Intimate,affordable,interchangable,up-to-date,personal,different,
sporty,authentic,casual,unique,natural,informal,
elegant,fashion,design,classic,
Technical
Resistant,
Insulating,
Protection,
Filtration,
Subjection,
Non-inflammable,
Reinforcement,
Drainage,
Security,
Separation,
Elevation,
Antibacterial,
Waterproof,
Breathable,
Recyclable,
Material
Colours,
Microfibres,
Membranes,
Drapes,
Microcapsules,
Biofibres,
Handle,
Textures,
Odours,
Nanofibres,
Unshrinskable,
Softness,
Brilliancy,
Non-creasing,
SERVICES
Strategy
Technology,
Research,
Trade fairs,
Congresses,
Patents,
Universities,
Management,
Laboratories,
Business,
Press,
Suppliers,
Invitations,
Markets,
Distribution,
Cat Walks.
Home.
Comfortable,
Original,
Aesthetic,
Decorative,
Modern,
Functional,
Ecologic,
Quality,
Warm,
New,
Easy to Clean,
Luxurious,
Economical,
Private,
Combinable.
Open to New Sectors that may crop up Like Knitting
or in Apperals.
Products.
Fabrics,Embroidery,Flocking,Ropes,Laminates,Tapes,
Braidings,Composites,Foldings,
Coatings,Mosquestles,Sacks,Non Wovens,Carpets,Tufting.
OPEN TO 21stCENTURY
(New INVENTIONS)
Visit Italy for Technical Textiles. All Italian Technical Textile
Machinery Contact:
Eastern Engineering Co. (Bombay) Ltd
Jeeven Udyog,278,Dr.D N Road,Mumbai 400 001
THE AREAS OF ACTIVITY IN TEXTILES. Phone - +91 22 2207 6831
E-Mail-namaste@eecindia.in
Parentesi Quadra www.eecindia.in
Via Arcoveggio, 11
51039 Quarrata
(Pistoia) Italy
Tel: +39 0573 73098
Fax: +39 0573 73144
parentesiq@tin.it
www.parentesiquadra.it
Parentesi Quadra is a young company that was established
in the ‘90s from a long-standing experience in the field of
textile and interior decorating. The company uses design and
technology, classic and new materials, research, and fashion
concepts to produce items that are bound to change the
domestic landscape.(Part of Artex group)
MADE IN ITALY
Osvaldo Santi
Via S. Francesco, 10
22079 Villa Guardia
(Como) Italy
Tel: +39 031 563444
Fax: +39 031 563463
info@osvaldosanti.com
www.osvaldosanti.com
Osvaldo Santi has worked with the topmost names in
furnishing accessories for more than 20 years.
It uses only the finest noble fibers: cashmere, wool,
silk, linen and cotton to obtain a very high
quality product. Covers, throws, bed linen, woven
with jacquard or traditional looms reflect the care
and commitment that the company dedicates to meet
the expectations of its discerning customers.
The company is present in leading markets
either directly or through agents.
HOW MANY CARPET MILLS are working IN INDIA?
Le Qr
Via Soresi
2084 Mondovi
(Cuneo) Italy
Tel: +39 0174 551020
Fax: +39 0174 481937
info@leqr.it
www.leqr.it
Le Qr, by interior designer Michela Curetti,
is ideal for furnishing every type of flour.
It is a rug with a contemporary design but
made with traditional materials obtained
Italian tanning. The tanning is carried out with
vegetable extracts in keeping with an
age-old leather-making tradition. Over the
years the products acquires its own individual
characteristics and undergoes pleasant
transformations to
become even more precious.
SILK THE FAVORITES OF OUR INDIAN LADIES
S & C Antica Lavoriazione Orditi in Seta.
Via Fratelli Bandiera, 35
71100 Briano.
(Caserta) Italy.
Tel: 0823 302782
Fax: 0823 362870
info@alois.it
www.sc-alois.it
S.Leucian silk history, is part of the population,
we can’t talk about silk without talking
about S.Leucian settlements, their lives, their
work. S.Leucian colony, was created by Ferdinando
IV of Borbone, (1759-1825) rose around the
"Real Fabbrica di Seteria" (a mill on the outside part of
the Royal Palace).
In 1798, this place was too small to contain
all the people and their looms, so they
decided to work outside of the
Royal mill as well.
In 1826 Mr. Lorenzo Sacco, an architect
of the place, built the "piccola Filanda
Papa in Sala" a small mill.
In 1862 because of war events, the
"Real Mill" closed. In 1900 the consorzio
of the industrial Silk of Briano was formed.
In 2006 Sacco and Cirullo Families with the S.&.
C Antica Lavorazione Orditi in Seta brings
back into rise the old tradition.
It seems to me ITALY is all silk,floor covering and
sleeping comforts
Gabel
Via XX Settembere, 35
22069 Rovellasca
(Como) Italy
Tel: +39 02 964771
Fax: +39 02 96343806
gabel@gabelgroup.com
www.gabelgroup.com
Gabel produces fine bed linen, accessories
and towels. It has been producing cordoning
collections for more then 50 years
and oversees the entire production process
starting from the raw
cotton to the finished product.
(Part of Clac group)
I had to search for Technical Textile Research Activities
Having seen so much on the Italian Textiles let us now remember
the Industry that helps us to use these textiles,that is the
Sewing Industry which has made awesome progress in machinery
manufacture for the sewing industry.In our country the technological
progress is "IMPORT" you can't afford to make it.
Sheng Hung Industrial Co., Ltd.
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SEWING MACHINES MADE IN GERMANY
Durkopp Adler AG
A VIEW OF DUERKOPP OF ADLER AG.-
(COMPLETE PLANT FOR SUPPLIERS FOR GARMENT INDUSTRY)
They have their offices in INDIA
http://www.duerkopp-adler.com
Customer-specific applications and special solutions.
The Dürkopp Adler AG with its innovative special sewing
machines, sewing automates and sewing units belongs to
the trendsetters in the field of sewing technology worldwide.
In the new application centre all functions are bundled under
one roof. The workflow between development, construction,
production and logistics is coordinated perfectly, safely and quickly.
The application centre of Dürkopp Adler AG: a long experience
in serial production, service and construction.
Whenever the realisation of cost and technological advantages
or the compliance with a required process safety or quality
is concerned, customer-specific applications and special solutions
are in demand. Thus it is possible in many cases to rationalise
production processes and to optimise them with regard to a
eproducible quality. These are often the decisive factors towards
the competitors.Implementation expertise.
The application centre does not only realize projects
for complete, CNC-controlled sewing units. Often the solution
is in the details. The application team has e.g. developed a
thread burning device for sewing belts with synthetic threads
which accurately trims the needle and bobbin thread at the seam
end by heat influence and simultaneously secures the thread by a
melting droplet.
PRODUCTS
# Standard Sewing Machines
# Special Sewing Machines.
# Sewing Automats
# Eyelet Buttonholers.
# Sewing Units
# Engineered Workstations.
# M-Type
# Sewing machines for the manufacturing of shoes.
# Longarm Machines
# Special Solutions
THEY HAVE ALL THE MACHINES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCTS
A PROJECT REPORT IS UNDER PREPARATION.
THE COST OF THE REPORT IS UNDER DISCUSSION.
Thouse interested e-mail-
skgrao@yahoo.comAPPLICATIONS
# Men's Wear.
# Men's Trousers.
# Men's Jacket.
# Men's Shirts.
# Ladies' Wear
# Ladies' Trousers.
# Ladies' Blazer.
# Automotive
# Driver’s seat and front passengers´s seat.
# Driver’s backrest and front passengers´s backrest.
# Backseat and backrest
# Divided backrest (40%).
# Divided backrest (60%)
# Armrest
# Headrest.
# Home Upholstery.
# Upholstery Furniture.
# Shoes.
# Men´s shoe Derby style.
# Men´s shoe Oxford style.
# Women´s shoes
# Sport shoes
# Special Applications
# Parts & Services
# Parts
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Other Applications.
USTER - CEO's Message.
Dr. Geoffrey Scott
Forth into a new future
Business success is due to many factors,
often built over many years, and this is
certainly the case for "Uster Technologies".
One major aspect of such success is the
constant search for new opportunities, and
new possibilities, and the recent take-over by
"Uster Technologies" of Zellweger Uster is one such
future-oriented development.
USTER® can look back over 60 years of expertise and success
leading to its current position as worldwide leader in textile
electronics producing systems and the creation of a brand which has
a truly unique position in the textile industry. This has been
achieved through a number of factors, not least of which is our
insistence on research and development which means that USTER®
consistently brings to the market thoroughly outstanding and
innovative new products.
Outstanding innovation is based on a close
cooperation with our unique customers and in
depth understanding of their business.
This allows us to solve our customers'
problems and respond to the subtle differences
and requirements that exist between
one customer and another.
Our challenges now are clear. We will continue
to consolidate and build on our market-leading
position. We will also continue our move into new
markets, especially Asia, and grow in adjacent
areas of the textile industry. Given the fact
that USTER® has consistently performed
well even in the most challenging of
economic situations, this is a
confident sign for our future growth.
With some of the very best managers in the textile industry
and the conclusion of a highly successful restructuring, USTER® is
in a strong position for a strong future. The take-over of Zellweger
Uster is yet another positive move in this direction.
Testing of Raw Material.
Accurate verification of the raw material is the
first step in quality management which is absolutely
essential in a modern spinning mill in order to
remain competitive in today’s markets.
The USTER® HVI 1000 is the standard tool used by
the international cotton trade today, ensuring
fiber quality agreements are met. The USTER®
AFIS PRO provides the spinning mill with
standard measurements for optimizing their
processes based on the raw material they bought.
Yarn Testing.
A progressive quality control of slivers, rovings and yarns
in the textile laboratory guarantees optimal spinning machine
settings and required quality. USTER® offers at the same time
laboratory results of yarn quality data which are used to set
standards recognized all over the world.
Fault free tests for yarns.
A 100% quality control with simultaneous, exactly definable fault elimination enhances
yarn values in today’s global textile markets.
The USTER® QUANTUM 2 has this characteristic
and guarantees the optimum cost-effectiveness
and fault-free yarn after winding or OE spinning.
Customers Services.
USTER® – not only a synonym for innovative products,
but also a supplier of comprehensive services.
These cover our
entire textile know-how which is at the disposal of our customers,
helping them to become more efficient in applying their processes and
making their final products superior.
Comprehensive Service Contract.
USTER® – not only a synonym for innovative products, but also
a supplier of comprehensive services. These cover our entire textile
know-how which is at the disposal of our customers, helping them to
become more efficient in applying their processes and making their
final products superior.
List of testing instruments ( Model Numbers )
USTER® HVI 1000
USTER® AFIS PRO
USTER® LVI
USTER® TESTER 5-S800
USTER® TESTER 5-S400
USTER®
TESTER 5-C800
USTER® TENSOJET 4
USTER® TENSORAPID 4
USTER® QUANTUM 2
USTER® QUANTUM 2 - PP Option
USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT
USTER® RING EXPERT
USTER® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM
ALL MACHINES FOR TESTING RAW MATERIAL AND YARN
FOR ALL PARAMETERS ON WORLD STANDARDS -
IT WILL SHOW THE RESULTS OBTAINED
AGAINST WORLD STANDARDS PRESCRIBED,
THE PICTURES ARE NOT JPEG
IMAGES TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE BLOG.
KNITTING MACHINE ESSENTIAL IN TECHNICAL TEXTILES.
MONARCH KNITTING MACHINERY (UK) LTD.
Monarch headquarters.
MONARCH Knitting Machinery (UK) Ltd. is
renowned for its quality, service,
technical and innovative expertise in the
supply of hi-tech circular knitting machinery.
This private, family company established in Leicester
in 1969, moved to its present headquarters in 1982 in order to
expand its worldwide operation, exporting 80% of its products to
countries throughout Europe and including Turkey, Russia and the
African continent.
Working in partnership with Japanese manufacturer Fukuhara,
Monarch is responsible for sales, installation and servicing of
what is generally recognised as one of the world's
leading brands of single- and double-jersey knitting machines.
Monarch claims to make the world's largest range of
circular knitting machines, with over 100 current
models. The company continues to design and develop
market leaders in every area of circular knitting,
from high-production plain models and mini-jacquards
to electronically-controlled jacquard
and striping machines.
All models have been designed to offer
high-speed production, maximum versatility and
increased efficiency with minimum maintenance
costs, while producing the
highest-quality fabrics.
The -OD-VXC3S machine.The company's emphasis on research
and development has ensured its place as the market leader in
the supply of large-diameter machines.
At any moment in time, a wide range of single- and
double-jersey models is held in stock to meet the
demand for quick delivery. A very comprehensive
stock of spares, including dials, cylinders,
frames, take-up systems, needles, sinkers
and cams, not only guarantees customers the highest
standard of after-sales service but also enables
Monarch to sub-assemblemachines,
when necessary, from parts in stock.
A very experienced Technical Department is on hand to
install machines and give expert after-sales technical service.
Monarch is justifiably proud of its fabric
development and computer-based design service.
In-house design expertise enables the company
to provide new and existing customers with
a professional, responsive service in support
of the wide range of knitting machines.
Having the capability to take designs
into production allows Monarch to work
very closely with yarn suppliers,
garment producers and high-profile
retail outlets. Such commercial
awareness ensures a better understanding
of a customer's needs and
requirements, whether it be for apparel,
household textiles or
automotive end-uses. Monarch's highly-qualified
team of software writers, fabric designers
and technicians guarantees the quality of
service for which Monarch is renowned.
This expertise is continuously used to create ranges of new
and exciting fabrics for many end-uses. Technical textiles,
spacer fabrics and lightweight fabrics are perceived to be
some of the target areas going forward.
Monarch has developed an enviable reputation for
the application of electronic technology to
individual needle selection and auto-striping on
its double- and single-jersey ranges of
jacquard/striping machines. Each model
incorporates the latest electronic
technology, which provides a greater design
scope and increased productivity. Recent
additions to the range have included
high-production, jacquard and striping garment-length
machines, as welfacility to produce both
open-width fabrics and conventional
tubular fabrics.
Single-jersey models include:
Raceways
Loop/Velour
Fleece
Mesh
Mini Jacquards
Electronic Jacquards
Electronic Stripers
Open-width and tubular fabric take-ups
Double-jersey models include:
Basic Rib and Interlock
Mini Jacquards
Electronic Jacquards
Electronic Stripers
Garment Length
Spacer Fabrics
Open-width and tubular fabric take-ups
MONARCH KNITTING MACHINERY (UK) LTD.
Boston Road,
Beaumont Leys, Leicester,
Leicestershire, LE4 1BG,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 116 235
http://general@monarchknitting.co.uk/"
general@monarchknitting.co.uk
Web: http://www.monarchknitting.co.uk
http://www.monarchknitting.co.uk/">
Contact.
http://www.monarchknitting.co.uk/">
THE MOST COMPLEX OPERATIONS INVOLVED IN TEXTILE
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS THE TRANSPORT OF MATERIAL
IN HUGE VOLUME AND QUANTITY, PROPER PLANNING FROM
RAW MATERIAL TO FINISHED PRODUCT PACKED AND STORED
IS VERY ESSENTIAL FOR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED
ANY NEGLECT WILL ADD COST OF MANUFACTURE AS THE
MATERIAL MAY BE SOILED IN TRANSPORT IN MANUAL OPERATIONS.
THEREFORE IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY AUTOMATED WITH OUT
ANY MANUAL TRANSPORT INVOLVED.CARE HERE PAYS.
Shelton’s machine vision inspection systems
are backed by internet-based support services.
SHELTON Machines has been involved in producing
and developing textile machinery and systems
for over three decades and has become known for
providing innovative solutions
for textile producers worldwide.
The Shelton Verifab range of fabric inspection and handling
machines for knitters, weavers, dyers and finishers and nonwoven
companies is widely recognised for quality and performance.
Shelton also produces the Shelton C-Tex Relaxation range of machinery,
which is marketed through Nixtex Ltd., an exclusive distributor operating
primarily in the garment industry. Shelton also offers the C-Tex software
suite for textile applications from CTI Systems, which can be supplied as
a stand-alone product or integrated with new inspection machinery.
Continuing the tradition of innovation by the company's founder,
Mr Alan Shelton, new products and techniques have been developed in the
field of machine vision, which is the application of cameras, computers
and software for inspection of manufactured products.
Machine vision is a rapidly-developing technology
used in many manufacturing industries to help provide
high-speed, accurate and consistent product inspection,
process feedback, waste reduction and cost saving.
Textiles surfaces are recognised as one of the most
challenging for machine vision technology, and
combined with potentially unstable constructions
and vast production ranges that constantly change,
form a demanding application in all
aspects that need to be considered.
Shelton has developed powerful defect detection
algorithmsto cope with textile texture, defects
and colour, together with a high level of automation
to automatically train the system on
new products and reduce human intervention.
Shelton’s machine vision inspection systems are
backed by internet-based support services.The
Shelton webSPECTOR textile inspection system
provides a flexible and cost effective alternative
to the rigid and costly constraints of similar
systems introduced by early entrants in the
machine vision system market. The webSPECTOR
has been developed to an advanced state of
automation, to enable it to automatically re-set
inspection parameters for new products, thus avoid
lengthy manual training. In addition, complete
runs of several thousandsmetres can be recorded and
played back through the system for validation
and setting of inspection standards.
Apart from surface and construction inspection, the
Shelton webSPECTOR techniques have been adapted for width
measurement, pattern repeat measurement, fabric construction
density checking and shade/colour monitoring.
All of these functions can be performed on-line in an
existing process, or as a separate stand-alone process.
Support is internet-based, whereby Shelton can control,
monitor, and upload or download software updates from
its offices in the UK. The system produces electronic
data in the form of defect roll maps with defect images
and an optimal cut plan for piece goods.
The rapid payback and enhanced inspection process
experienced by Shelton customers are complemented by less
tangible benefits of improved customer confidence and
stronger supply relationships.Shelton always demonstrates
capability on new applications using purpose-built,
in-house testing facilities and has flexible system
owning/using schemes such as system rental available,
for which the payback is a low as the first month of use.
Shelton will continue to develop machine vision and
process condition monitoring systems to stay at
the forefront of this rapidly expanding marketplace
and will work closely with customers to define
opportunities for improving performance and
continually pushing forward technological boundaries.
SHELTON MACHINES LTD.
1 Priory Business Park,
Wistow Road, Kibworth,
Leicestershire, LE8 ORX,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 116 279 0920
Fax: +44 116 279 09217
e-mail: mark@sheltonmachines.co.uk
Web: www.sheltonmachines.co.uk
Contact: Mr Mark Shelton.
GARNETT CONTROLS LTD.
Retrofitted volumetric feed chute.Garnett
Controls is a leading manufacturer of on-line control
systems for the nonwovens and fibre-related industries.
The company specialises in the retrofitting of
new controls and quality systems to existing machinery,
thus improving quality, efficiency and productivity.
Fibre Weight Control Systems: The Microweigh XL2
microprocessor controlled weigh pan system has proved
extremely popular internationally, with the highest
accuracy and unrivalled reliability, while the
Microweigh XLM offers the additional feature of
on-line moisture control.
Garnett's Rollaweigh volumetric fibre feed control system
has become an industry standard for the accurate feeding of fibre
to cards and blending lines.
The Rollaweigh system has a dual control system to
automatically correct both long and short-term variation.
The system ensures that process lines run at optimum throughput
while maintaining critical quality thresholds.
Garnett produces controls for all stages of fibre processing, including:-
Microblend for the feeding of fibre during blending.
Microflow automatic and accurate spraying of lubricant,
precise control of card feeding.
Inspection systems, monitoring and control of card
output in web, sliver, roving or
batt form.
MetAlert, On-line metal detection systems.
Control panels that can be retrofitted in order to upgrade
existing equipment. The latest technology in controls can
significantly reduce energy consumption as well as
provide in-depth diagnostics and production data along
with the latest safety features to international regulations.
Mill Wizard Production monitoring systems (pictured above)
by low-cost yet highly integrated network solutions. Real-time
production management information at your fingertips.
Machine Improvements including new intermediate feeds,
crossfeeds, centredraws etc for woollen cards, replacement drive
systems, new electronic cop-lifting arrangements for spinning
frames, on-line waste reduction, reclamation and recycling.
Hopper Feeders with the latest drive and control technology.
Machinery Safety adaptations to latest standards.
Laboratory Instruments: Instruments for testing and quality
control are produced in conjunction with sister organisation
Wira Instrumentation, the well-known manufacturer of
laboratory instrumentation for the testing of textile
and nonwoven products and components
Wira continues to increase its share of the testing
instrumentation market, and already offers the world's most
extensive range of testing equipment for carpets and
floorcoverings from a single in-house manufacturer.
Wira instruments are the subject of many international
testing standards and its products are in daily use
around the globe by some of the world's leading fibre
processors.
The Wira Hexapod, which is the standard instrument used in
ISO 10361, has also been adopted for BS EN ISO11378-2:2001,
covering laboratory soil testing of textile floorcoverings.
The new standard allows carpet manufacturers to test for
both standards using the same Wira Instrument, without
the need to purchase new equipment. The many customers
who already own a Wira hexapod needonly purchase a simple
soil test kit available from Wira Instruments.
On Line Moisture Measurement and Control: Produced in
conjunction with sister organisation Streat Instruments
is a range of on-line moisture measure and control
equipment for the fibre, food and industrial sectors,
as well as agriculture and sports
turf applications.
The latest Drycom products, based on proven reliability
throughout the international textile industry are being
increasingly incorporated into the control systems of
textile processing lines.
The increasing awareness of the importance of moisture
control during processing has spurred further developments,
resulting in new products that have increased flexibility
for a wide range of applications.
The new MAJAC moisture control system for cotton processing
lines has recently provided exciting results in terms of
savings and of enhanced fibre properties after processing.
Full product listings and pdf-downloadable literature are
available at the company's website.
GARNETT CONTROLS LTD.
3 Water Lane, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD1 2JL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1274 733145
Fax: +44 1274 732410
e-mail: mail@garnettcontrols.com
Web.www.garnettcontrols.com
Contact: Mr Ian Baker.
The Software for technical textiles
Companies operating in today’s global apparel market
face an increasing set of challenges which must be met in order
to remain competitive. There is increasing pressure on margins
and the ability to deliver on time and to the right quality is
more important than ever.
The industry is now typically characterised by a complex
supply chain as production has largely shifted offshore,
which means that complete visibility is paramount in order
to have effective control. In such an increasingly competitive
and global environment, the highest level of customer service
and efficient collaboration between manufacturers,distributors
and retailers is more vital than ever.
Syscom has over 30 years experience of working with apparel
companies of all types and our
SyscomERP solution
has been specifically designed and developed for the industry.
This experience means that we have the expertise
and deep understanding of the issues which
translates into us being able to deliver highly
effective solutions that provide you the crucial
technology, industry specific functionality and
tools to meet the demands of your
business.
Syscom ERP contains a wealth of features that help you
to streamline the garment development
process, reduce
the order to delivery cycle, control costs,
maintain margins, maximise stock
turn, boost sales and provide effective on-time
distribution to your customers.
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