Technical Textiles

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28/01/2020 – Spring/Summer 2021

Spring/Summer 2021

Maglificio Ripa

The new Skin Collection for Spring/Summer 2021 created by Maglificio Ripa is the result of meticulous technical and stylistic research. By  Editorial staff
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At the ITMA 2019 in Barcelona Ontec and Stäubli showed the loading of a bobbin creel with a mobile robot. © Dirk Zschenderlein/STFI

 
28/01/2020 – Robotics in the textile industry – Part 1

Robotics in the textile industry – Part 1

Potential applications in the textile industry

Robots are drivers of the megatrend digitalization. The Saxon Textile Research Institute e. V. (STFI) can show first results in the field of robotics. By  Editorial staff
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Concrete interior refurbishment of a sugar silo in Uelzen: lined with a wafer-thin layer of 14,000m² textile concrete, it is now safe and ready for use. © Implenia/Silvio Weiland

 
27/01/2020 – Tudalit e.V.

Tudalit e.V.

Carbon concrete – a niche reality?

Textiles of carbon concrete are an original German development with huge potential for multiple applications. Rust-proof textiles make building components ... By  Hans-Werner Oertel
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Europe’s first open-house development centre for intelligent sensor textiles started operations near Lake Constance in November. © Oertel

 
24/01/2020 – Advancing towards “emotional” computers

Advancing towards “emotional” computers

New development centre for intelligent sensor textiles

With innovative products and technologies Smart Textiles Lab aims to find new ways to add value to textiles with integrated electronics. By  Hans-Werner Oertel
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The innovative technical textiles from Jumbo-Textil are high-tech solutions with outstanding properties. © Jumbo-Textil

 
23/01/2020 – Rubber ropes as a replacement for steel springs

Rubber ropes as a replacement for steel springs

High-tech solutions by Jumbo-Textil

Hugely resilient, enormously hard-wearing, extremely precise in their elasticity: The advantages of elastic narrow textiles. By  Editorial staff
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The chairman of the Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation) of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, Peter D. Dornier presented the awards. Chairman of the foundation and the winners (from left): Heinrich, Kaluza, Elbayoumi, Elser, Pötzsch, Dornier, Eckert © ITM/TU Dresden

 
17/01/2020 – Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation)

Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation)

Top young talent for a technologically strong industry

At the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference at the end of November, six successful young engineers received awards. By  Editorial staff
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“Hidden structures: A photographic journey into the world of textiles“: Special exhibition at the German Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum) from 13 November 2019 to 10 May 2020 © SDTB/Foto: C. Kirchner

 
14/01/2020 – Hidden Structures

Hidden Structures

A photographic journey into the world of textiles

textiles such as whipcord and madras have largely fallen into oblivion. By  Editorial staff