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ITA Highlights at ITMA 2011

27 Sep '11
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ITA presents the following unique results at ITMA: the range goes from Smart Textiles for vital sign monitoring, multiaxial warp-knitted non-crimp fabrics, braided ceramic composites to innovative medical textiles. One highlight is the novel 3D braiding approach – a hexagonal braiding concept. ITA and partners developed and built this new machine which is going to be exhibited on ITA's booth D128 and D142 in hall 5 for the first time. This system is capable of manufacturing complex 3D-shaped products with variable cross-sections and able to process very delicate micro-filaments for medical applications. Another highlight is the presentation of a weft bar for a crochet machine. It is a unique carbon reinforced weft guide bar and therefore half the weight of traditional weft bars. In addition a self optimized drafting which allows the improving of collecting both materials and 3D flexible structures will be presented.

Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University

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