Materials
Student Spotlight: Effectiveness of centrifugal spinning for fine fiber nonwovens
Hanna Pysik is pursuing an M.Sc. in Textile Chain Research specializing in textile technology at Reutlingen University. Her semester thesis is in cooperation with the German Institutes for Textile and …
How infrared technology is revolutionizing performance textiles
Humanity has long been able to conceptualize fitness, quantifying everything from strength and endurance to flexibility and agility. About 40 to 50 years ago, however, attention turned to the nutritional …
Intelligent fibers
I recently received a call from Yoel Fink, Ph.D., the founder of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) and a professor of Materials Science and Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute …
JEC Group goes all-virtual with JEC Connect digital event
JEC Group, the world’s leading company dedicated to promoting composite materials, has adapted its annual JEC World event as an all-new digital platform called JEC Composites Connect. The virtual event, …
ANDRITZ announces ProWin self-regulating nonwovens machine for optimum weight profiling
The weight profiling product range of ANDRITZ – consisting of ProDyn and ProWid – has been extended by ProWin, a combination of the two existing systems that allows nonwovens producers to achieve …