Materials
Sustainable and Circular Fiber and Fabric Options
In September 27-28, 2022, INDA, The Nonwoven Fabrics Association, held the RISE® Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics Conference at North Carolina State University. Much of the conference focus was on sustainable and circular fiber and fabric options. This edition of Tech Talk will look at a selection of the paper and talks presented. …
Nonwoven Wipe Innovation for Global Security
Recent work by the U. S. Army has shown that FiberTect wipe can decontaminate biological toxin spores as well. With heightened political tensions in some regions of the world, high-tech sectors like defense, personnel protection and semiconductor are gaining due attention. Advanced textiles find applications such as decontamination wipes, body armor, medical textiles, wearables, etc. …
Out of this world smart wearables
Wireless Compose-2: A Wireless Communication Network with a Ballistocardiography Smart-Shirt Experiment in the ISS Columbus Module Evaluating the effects of the environment of space on the human cardiovascular system was at the forefront of the recent Wireless Compose-2 (WICO2) project. Using the new SmartTex shirt, which was developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in …
Textiles – progress in the making
It was very apparent at this year’s combined Techtextil, Texprocess and one-time-only Heimtextil Summer Special shows which were held in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 21-24, that European legislation is currently driving textile innovation as never before. Among other things, from January 1, 2025, the separate collection of textile waste, which is already in place in …
Smart yarns for health and wellbeing
In the last five years, smart yarn technology has gone from being an enabler of smart materials to being the carrier – and the dispenser – of intelligence in wearables. And, nowhere more so than in the health and wellness sector. This is certainly a boon for yarn manufacturers, but it is also a time …