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Multi-purpose TWF-NC roller card enables reliable and efficient web forming for durable technical nonwovens. © Trützschler Nonwovens

 
16/02/2023 – Nonwovens

Nonwovens

WPT Nonwovens shakes hands with Trützschler Nonwovens

The American company WPT Nonwovens invests in a new thermobonding line for filter media.
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Newly developed print head for 3D-printing of continuous cellulose fiber reinforced components. © DITF

 
The DITF, together with Arburg GmbH+Co KG, are developing an energy- and material-efficient 3D printing process for manufacturing of lightweight bio-based ... By  Sibylle Michel
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13/01/2023 – Call for Papers

Call for Papers

The Fiber Society’s 2023 Spring Conference

From May 15 to 17, 2023, the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) will host The Fiber Society’s 2023 Spring Conference in Denkendorf, ... By  Sibylle Michel
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The hycuTEC process easily achieves filtration efficiencies in excess of 99.99% in the case of typical filter media. © Oerlikon

 
06/01/2023 – Sustainable solutions for filtration

Sustainable solutions for filtration

Oerlikon Nonwoven presents its portfolio at Filtech 2023

Oerlikon Nonwoven will be showcasing its meltblown and spunbond portfolio at the upcoming Filtech in Cologne, Germany, from February 14 and 16, 2023. By  Sibylle Michel
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Die außerordentliche Isolierungsleistung des Aerogels entsteht durch seine extrem porige Struktur, die einen Luftanteil von bis zu 99,8 % ermöglicht. © Outlast Technologies

 
02/01/2023 – Isolierung für Bekleidung und Arbeitsschutz

Isolierung für Bekleidung und Arbeitsschutz

Weltneuheit: Hochkonzentrierte, extrem dünne Aerogel-Meterware

Outlast Technologies hat ein neuartiges Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem sich große Mengen Aerogel dauerhaft an unterschiedliche Träger heften lassen. By  Sibylle Michel
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As well as improving mask manufacturing, the ProQuIV solution can also be used to optimize the production parameters for other applications involving these versatile technical textiles. © Freudenberg Performance Materials

 
23/12/2022 – Nonwovens

Nonwovens

ProQuIV optimizes the production of nonwoven masks

Fraunhofer researchers at ITWM have developed a technology which helps to save materials and energy when producing nonwovens. By  Sibylle Michel
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It is a challenge to blend microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) with hydrophobic, i.e. water-repellent, rubbers. © Empa / Daetwyler Schweiz AG

 
09/12/2022 – Rubber production

Rubber production

Renewable cellulose-based fillers

In two years of intensive collaboration between Empa and the Datwyler Schweiz AG as part of an Innosuisse project, a process was successfully developed ... By  Sibylle Michel