textile network

SmartX intends to boost smart textiles innovation to develop an end-to-end smart textiles manufacturing value chain in Europe and help drive promising prototypes faster to market. © SmartX

13/03/2020 – Smart textiles made in europe

Smart textiles made in europe

SmartX Europe takes off

European Smart Textiles Accelerator aims to fund up to 40 smart textile innovators by 2022. By Editorial staff

Solar cell module “FlexSolar” and Piezoelectric cascade generator (left side) with battery pack and textile with electrical appliances in the form of light emitting diodes (right side) © TITV Greiz

09/03/2020 – Textile-adapted energy generation

Textile-adapted energy generation

TITV institute is concerned with harvesting electric energy

Textile-adapted energy converters collect electricity from where it costs nothing – from sunlight, movement, and waste heat. By Editorial staff

Concept of the Easy Nonwoven 4.0 System © ITA/RWTH

06/03/2020 – Optimisation of nonwoven cards

Optimisation of nonwoven cards

Easy Nonwoven 4.0

Economic and technical simulation and optimisation of nonwoven cards. By Editorial staff

Mit dabei: Hochschule Niederrhein Forschungsinstitut für Textil und Bekleidung und dem Motto „Waste to value“. © Hochschule Niederrhein

17/02/2020 – Innovationen für textile Zukunftslösungen

Innovationen für textile Zukunftslösungen

Green Deal Textil beim Bundespräsidenten

Gesamtverband textil+mode und die Textilforschung präsentieren innovative textile Produkte auf der Woche der Umwelt vom 09. bis 10. Juni in Berlin. By Editorial staff

Fertigung des A320. Ein eindrucksvoller Werksbesuch bei Airbus in Hamburg-Finkenwerder stimmt auf das Thema Luftfahrt ein. © Airbus Group Hamburg

17/02/2020 – Luftfahrt steht im Mittelpunkt

Luftfahrt steht im Mittelpunkt

8. Anwenderforum Smart Textiles

Das wird spannend: Das diesjährige 8. Anwenderforum Smart Textiles startet am 26. Februar 2020 in Hamburg-Finkenwerder mit dem Besuch bei Airbus! By Editorial staff

Small particles, called microplastics, are emitted during washing processes and can enter sewage plants, sludge and surface water and therefore the oceans, where they damage important habitats such as coral reefs. © vlad61_61/stock.adobe.com

30/01/2020 – Lower microplastic pollution during washing

Lower microplastic pollution during washing

Niederrhein University presents preliminary findings

With the aid of a washing and filtering lab on campus, Niederrhein University is working to determine how washing behaviour influences the emission of ... By Editorial staff

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