From Home To The Seaside, These 3 New Textile Technologies Allow You To Embrace The Whole Summer.

The hot summer days brought us the scorching sunshine and the intoxicating scenery. At the same time, it also brought us many troubles such as the embarrassment of sweat and odour, the sunshine and so on. How to get rid of these troubles through the new textile technology? These 3 new technologies of foreign textile enterprises give us inspiration.

One

With its cotton fabric, it can emit light mint flavor and has antibacterial properties.

Yama Netai, Switzerland (Sanitized) has introduced the technology of fabric odor control, which can suppress peculiar smell in textiles and shoes and socks, and make the fabric emit a faint mint flavor. This technology is used to treat cotton fabrics with peppermint active additives. The fabrics with antibacterial properties conform to the requirements of textile manufacturers and brands that focus on sustainable development.

　　 Shan Ning Tai is the main business of providing fabric sterilization technology to textile enterprises. Its sterilization products can act on plastic products and mattresses, inhibit the growth of fungi and algae, reduce dust mites and odors, and provide long-term material protection for polymers and coatings.

Antibacterial property is an aspect of textile comfort. Textile manufacturers and brands dedicated to sustainable development want to provide their customers with comfort and antibacterial properties. It is understood that this peppermint active additive is highly washable and can effectively inhibit gram positive and gram negative bacteria, without metals and without adhesives, made from sustainable and renewable natural mint leaves.

The natural substance of this additive, natural mint leaves, is planted in plantations. It contains menthol, an essential oil with antibacterial activity. This natural bactericidal action is the foundation of this disinfectant. By refining the peppermint oil and applying it to the back processing of textiles, the fabric has antibacterial properties without metallic components, and 100% of the antibacterial additives come from natural plants.

This menthol active additive is resistant to a variety of bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can be used in combination with other textile additives for extraction and filled with textiles without using adhesives.

Underwear, T-shirt, coats, bed linen and towels are suitable for this Mint additive. Consumers can comfortably wear or use fabrics without worrying about the odor of sweat. In terms of washing, this peppermint active additive has an antibacterial and deodorizing function that can withstand 50 household washing. The product conveys differentiated competitive advantage to consumers, and supports consumers to inspect microorganisms in the fabric during their use. Urs Zihlman, the product manager of the company, said: "manufacturers and consumers of eco textiles have finally found a natural, safe and reliable textile odour management product, which is used for the antibacterial and sporadic smell of cotton fabrics."

Two

"Super UV protective agent" makes the interior trim better.

　　 Archroma is the world leader in color and specialty chemicals sustainable solutions. The company has launched a new super UV protection agent, Fadex AS New, to make automotive textiles more durable.

Some parts, such as polyester decoration, seat covers or carpets of doors and car columns, will be exposed to high levels of sunlight and ultraviolet light during the long service life of automobiles and other transport vehicles. This strong light and heat can easily cause fabric color fading faster, polyester fibers damaged, so that automotive interior looks obsolete. However, the automobile manufacturers are very demanding on the light fastness of automotive textiles. Only carefully selected products can meet their requirements.

Archroma developed the Fadex AS New product to meet this challenge. Fadex AS New provides an advanced light resistant improver for the automotive industry, especially when used in the Archroma light fast vehicle system with Dorospers A&K high light speed dyes.

Fadex AS New is developed according to the concept of Archroma: safety, University and enhancement. This idea stems from Archroma's insistence on the sustainable development of textile industry. Archroma's light and fast automotive system is based on Fadex AS New, Dorospers A K dye and Lyocol ELD alkaline buffer. Textile manufacturers can achieve more efficient processing, substantially reduce water and energy consumption at all stages, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, shorten processing time, reduce rewinding and fiber breakage, and achieve optimized and efficient processes.

Fadex AS New light resistant agent and Dorospers A & K dye meet the high requirements of light and fast automotive manufacturers. Fadex AS New can also maintain tear strength of polyester fibers as a new product. This product has low mist characteristics and is suitable for exhaust, continuous and printing processes, especially for the thermosetting dyeing process of seatbelt fabrics.

Fadex AS New light resistant agent and Dorospers A & K dye can be used together with Archroma waterproofing agent. It is a degradable, antibacterial, flame retardant and wear-resistant finishing agent in soil. It can provide a complete solution for textile manufacturers to help them stand out in the fierce market competition.

Fadex AS New, as a new product, meets the requirements of VDA 278 test for automotive industry and has been registered under REACH regulations.

"Fadex AS New is the first innovative product launched by the center in May 6, 2019," said Mark Dohmen, director of Archroma automotive and synthetic dyeing global competitiveness center. "The whole team has continued Archroma's innovation and development concept to textile manufacturers, and enhanced end-user functionality and aesthetic characteristics."

Three

A carbon fiber surfing board that beginners can also manage.

Though the sun is shining in summer, clothes with light mint fragrance and driving cars that are not easy to fade inside the interior will feel a little refreshing this summer. And the newly developed carbon fiber material surfboard has its own power storage function, which enables rookie beginners to enjoy surfing. New textile technology is improving people's quality of life in many ways.

Cobra International, in cooperation with Flite, Australia's electric surfboard manufacturer, has developed an electric composite surfboard with speeds up to 45 km / h. The board itself chose carbon fiber or high modulus polypropylene fiber prepreg foamed polystyrene (EPS) sandwich laminate to obtain maximum strength and stiffness at low weight.

　　 The cooperation between Cobra International and Flite includes the design from prototype to engineering implementation, as well as the supply of foil and accessories. The surfboard is expected to produce 600 units in 2019. Its foil is manufactured in Cobra's 10 thousand square meter factory area, and deck pads and board bags are manufactured in the company's independent parts manufacturing department.

　　 Due to its complex structure and design, this surfboard is easy to customize, transport and assemble, and provides a noise free and no wailing experience for the surfer. This surfboard has unique surface design that can provide luxurious black or white decorative surfaces or grey wood veneers.

The weight of each plate is between 22-28 kg, depending on the choice of plate, battery and wing. The electrical and electronic components are contained in a leakproof thermoforming carbon cell box, which has a full carbon sandwich lid, which makes it easier for key components to be placed in the inflatable panels.

For the surfboard, it is very important to establish an effective drainage system. It is also very important to establish a solid connection between the battery box and the Bluetooth receiver. In order to solve these problems, Cobra and Flite cooperate to produce several prototype boards in parallel, evaluate the thickness of the board to adapt to the electric box, and design the lid and mast box for the aluminum foil.

"Flite and Cobra work closely together to ensure that every detail of the Flite surfboard is carefully designed to get the best performance, durability, beauty and enjoyment," said Bruce Wylie, Chief Cultural officer of Cobra's water sports. This surfboard is suitable for beginners as well as experienced surfers.

Cobra is a composite manufacturer whose products are currently playing a very important market share in non pneumatic composite panels. Composite materials can create strong, light and beautiful equipment for water sports. In 1978, Cobra began producing hollow panels for Windglider, and quickly transferred to the epoxy polystyrene sandwich panels and foamed polystyrene (EPS) cores.