textile technology

26th Feb 2020

Scientists in Finland have developed a smart jumpsuit, or a garment that accurately measures the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants from the age of five months. Details on their motility help in finding out abnormal neurological development and early support. In the future, the jumpsuit may also find use in studying older children.

26th Feb 2020

Energy Professionals, leading energy consultants, is collaborating with the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) to provide its members energy solutions to help improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, decrease costs and meet sustainability goals. Energy Professionals will provide personalised energy consulting services at no cost to...

26th Feb 2020

Bombardier Belfast and Saertex are continuing cooperation on producing lightweight components made of carbon-fibre, non-crimp-fabrics for the Airbus A220 aircraft. The two have signed a deal in this connection. Saertex supplies textile reinforcement materials and carbon fibre non-crimp-fabrics, with which Bombardier produces wing skins for the A220...

26th Feb 2020

ARRK has purchased two new CNC machines at its Composite Centre in Nuneaton in view of increasing demand for carbon. The machines will help company grow. One of the machines is meant to support an increase in demand from motorsport, telecommunications and aerospace industries and the other will increase the site’s carbon machined components volume.

25th Feb 2020

Scott Bader will showcase its adhesive, resin, gelcoat and tooling ranges at JEC World 2020. Of particular interest will be Crestafire, an innovative composite FST system for the rail and building and construction markets. Crestafire products provide high fire, smoke and toxic fume performance and meet the stringent European and Global FST standards.

25th Feb 2020

Mikrosam and its US representative Composite Automation will supply an integrated ATP machine to UD-CCM, for automatic placement of dry, thermoset and thermoplastic tape. This upgrades UD-CCM's capabilities, allowing R and D of primary structures at rate production. Initially, placement of thin ply materials will be evaluated for current projects with...

25th Feb 2020

The Pentha project in Odisha in which geo-textile tubes from Garware Technical Fibres were used for coastal protection helped the area in withstanding severe cyclones 'Phailin', 'Hud Hud' and 'Fani', that hit Odisha. The geo-textile tube acts as a massive bund that can be used as a protective measure against tidal wave action due to cyclones or...

25th Feb 2020

CopperGel and Nufabrx have jointly created pain relieving, copper infused clothing. The technology involves optimising textile materials with active ingredients at the yarn level, creating a new type of product category - health wear. The clothing produced this way actively soothes pain. The pain relief at the point of contact lasts up to 25 machine...

25th Feb 2020

Cetim, the French Technical Centre of Mechanical Industries, and the Japanese company KMTL (Kobe Material Testing Laboratory), have decided to work together in technical area of characterisation and testing of carbon fibre reinforced polymers and ceramic matrix composites. The two have signed a technical collaboration agreement in this regard.