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ITM's award-winning presence at the leading international trade fairs Techtextil and Texprocess 2024
The Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) at TU Dresden can look back on a successful time at the Techtextil and Texprocess 2024 trade fairs in Frankfurt am Main with many highlights.
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Artificial intelligence for workwear with an optimal fit
An innovative web application now enables independent, flexible, and digital fitting when selecting workwear. By using Sizekick's AI-based technology, which the start-up developed together with Hohenstein, the textile service provider Elis is offering its customers personalised size recommendations based on individual body measurements for the first time.
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Sustainable, flexible, space-saving: Graywater treatment with 3d textiles
The demand for water in Germany is increasing and used water is not being utilized sufficiently. Graywater in particular, i.e. wastewater from showers, bathtubs and washbasins, offers great potential for further use. It can be brought to service water quality on site and reused for flushing toilets or watering gardens, for example. Thanks to flexible 3D textiles, it can even be used in almost any building to save space.
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SA Dynamics receives Innovation Award
Making buildings and clothing completely sustainable in the future and thus protecting the climate - SA-Dynamics is making this a reality. Dr Sascha Schriever and Maximilian Mohr were honoured with the a Techtextil Innovation Award in the "New Technologies on Sustainability & Recycling" category on behalf of the SA-Dynamics team at Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main.
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Walter Reiners Foundation Award for two ITA prizewinners
How can production steps be optimised through transfer learning? How can the environmental impact of geotextiles made from petrochemical plastics be compared with that of biodegradable plastics in order to find a decision-making aid for more sustainable products? Lennart Hellwig and Fabio Bußmann from the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University were awarded the Walter Reiners Foundation's German Textile Engineering 2024 prizes on 25 April for developing these methods.
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Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Award 2024 presented to ITM
The Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) and the Institute of Concrete Structures (IMB) at TU Dresden receive one of two Techtextil Innovation Awards in the "New Concept" categoryfor a new manufacturing process for precast concrete elements using carbon, which is said to save up to a third of concrete.
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DITF honored with Techtextil Innovation Award for research on self-cooling textiles
With 1700 exhibitors from 53 countries this year, the international trade fair Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main is the leading forum for the textile sector. The presentation of the 'Techtextil Innovation Award' once again met with great interest from trade visitors and the press. The prize is awarded in various categories for noteworthy achievements and innovations along the Techtextil product range. In the 'New Technology' category, the concept of self-cooling textiles developed at the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) came out on top.
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Providing Turkey's visa facilitation will make ITM 2024 a global destination
Leading textile machinery manufacturers, global industry investors and professional visitors will meet at ITM 2024 to see the latest textile technologies. The fact that the textile manufacturers of the countries that have visa problems when travelling to Europe will not have this problem when coming to Istanbul will increase the number of exhibitors and visitors of ITM 2024 Exhibition.
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ITM showcases cutting-edge innovations at Techtextil and Texprocess 2024
In a groundbreaking move, the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) of TU Dresden will be showcasing its latest advancements at Techtextil and Texprocess 2024, with an impressive presence across three stands at the Frankfurt/Main trade fair from April 23rd to 26th.
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ITA/BIOTEXFUTURE/ITA Augsburg at Techtextil
At Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the ITA Group will be presenting its entire range of research on sustainability and recycling at the Elmatex joint stand in Hall 12.0 D63 from 23 to 26 April 2024: The BIOTEXFUTURE innovation area is gaining speed and is presenting most of the exhibition items at its own stand and at the stand of ITA Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University. Specifically, these are the projects BIOBASE, BIOTURF, CO2TEX, DEGRATEX and LIGHTLINING projects.
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3rd Dresden International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibres
From March 20th to 22nd, 2024, the 3rd Dresden International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibers took place after 2018 and 2021. This time, the RCCF hosted the event at the Radisson Blu Conference & Hotel Center in Radebeul, Dresden. The event was attended by leading international researchers in the field of carbon fiber research, including guests from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST Jeonbuk, South Korea), the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Greece), Deakin University Geelong/CarbonNexus (Australia) and the technology and research institutions CANOE (Pessac, France) and WoodK+ (Linz, Austria).
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The DITF will be present in Frankfurt with a booth and five presentations
The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) will be providing information on new developments along the entire textile value chain.
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Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year – Award for the project HEREWEAR
At the "International Conference on Cellulose Fibers 2024" in Cologne, Germany, the Nova Institute for Ecology and Innovation awarded first place in the Innovation Prize to the project partners of the EU-funded HEREWEAR project. They presented a dress made of cellulose fibers, which is entirely made of straw pulp.
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CO2-negative construction thanks to new composite material
A new composite material is finding its way into the construction industry. Made from natural stone, carbon fibers and biochar, it is an alternative to reinforced concrete. It is characterized by a particularly good CO2 balance.
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Toray develops diaper-embedded urination sensor tapping on-film semiconductor circuit technology
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has developed a diaper-embedded urination sensor that notifies caregivers when changes are necessary. In developing this sensor, the company used a technology to form semiconductor circuits on a flexible film that employs high-performance semiconductive carbon nanotubes composites (see note).
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ITA’s melt spinning facilities: A unique winder for elastic filament yarn development
Since March 1st 2024, the technical centre of Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (ITA) has been equipped with an additional winder.
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Spinning sustainable and functional fiber materials
The DITF have modernized and significantly expanded their melt spinning pilot plant. The new facility enables research into new spinning processes, fiber functionalization and sustainable fibers made from biodegradable and bio-based polymers.
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