
Fibre-Plastic Composites As High-Performance Products And Smart Materials
Technical textiles are assigned more and more properties. Fibre-plastic composites (FKV) are already being used as promising smart materials.…

Digital printing with pigment inks allows high colour fastness
Printing results in digital textile printing with qualities such as excellent edge sharpness, good colour fastness and a soft touch require a…

Bicomponent solvent spinning process developed for PLA fibers with pH-neutral degradation behavior
The Institute of Textile Technology at RWTH Aachen University (ITA) is developing PLA fibers with microgels that can be degraded pH-neutrally.…

Aqueous Latex Binder For Textile Wearers In Abrasive Applications Provides Flexibility And Heat Resistance
Textile-based abrasives are a key application in industrial grinding processes. In this process, aqueous plastic dispersions based on terpolymers…

The Production Process Of The Future Is Characterised By Expertise And Highly Specialised Solutions
Digitalisation and production 4.0 require flexibly designed fragmentation and individualisation of products. Suppliers must provide solutions…

Environmentally Friendly Adhesive Systems For Textile Rubber Composites
Due to regulatory requirements, formaldehyde has recently been classified as carcinogen category 1B. According to EU Commission Regulation No.…

Vulcanisation Systems For The Production of Latex Foam
Due to its properties, natural, organic latex has been an ideal material e.g. for mattresses for decades. In terms of sustainability, this is…

Weserland: New Environmentally Friendly Accelerator Combinations For Vulcanisation
The Hanoverian specialists for latex vulcanisation have developed solutions that provide contemporary, environmentally friendly vulcanisation.…

Technical Textiles Need Flame Retardants – New German Developments
Textiles for the technical domain usually consist of a number of high-tech materials. They are used in many areas, often to replace conventional…

Process Optimisation And Capacity Enhancement Via TPM
Specialist Weserland Aims At A Future With A Much More Effective Production
In just three days, the first step had been taken: In an exemplary…