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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Textiles Technology"”.
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Industry Technology Roadmapping of Nonwoven Medical Textiles
… NCSU Economic Development, and the College of Textiles. The overall purpose of this research is to examine the process by which an Industry Technology Roadmap (ITR) is developed, to start the development of an elementary roadmap for the medical nonwovens industry, and finally to identify the …
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Designing wearable sensors for Preventative Health: An exploration of material, form and function
The financial burden on global healthcare systems has reached unprecedented levels and as a result, attention has been shifting from the traditional approach of disease management and treatment towards prevention (Swan, 2012). Wearable devices for Preventative Health have become a focus for …
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Biomimetic Textiles: Design and development of moisture sensitive adaptive textile prototype for application in casual clothing systems
This project investigates the experience of physiological discomfort during travel through an urban environment such as London or New York in winter. The over and underground networks that lace a current metropolis, form vital passages that lead the traveller though a multitude of spaces each …
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Laser Shaping: A method for controlling the elastic behaviour of stretch fabrics for a targeted and graduated compressive effect on the body
… of this research was to develop capability in textiles joining, particularly ultrasonic and laser welding technologies, which is relatively new to TWI. The appointed researcher adopted a ‘multi-strategy’ (Cresswell 2009) approach to the research; encompassing methods that were both familiar and …
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Bio-Inspired Textiles: a poetic approach to raise awareness about air quality at home
At home, we are exposed to the hidden effects of microbial and chemical factors that affect air quality and have a negative impact on our health. This practice-led textile research addresses the challenge of raising awareness about air quality in the home environment. It aims to establish a poetic …
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Design for Recycling Knitwear: a framework for sorting, blending and cascading in the mechanical textile recycling industry
The problem of difficult-to-recycle textile waste is usually laid at the designer’s door. However, the strategy ‘Design for Recycling’ is not only underexplored in the field of textile design, but the solutions offered are oversimplified and impractical for the complex materials that we have been …
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Interfashionality: Body-oriented Parametric Design and Parametric Thinking 2.0 for 3D-printed Textiles and Fashion
… and modelling techniques in fashion and textiles development. Considering that developments in the technology of 3DP are primarily driven by materials scientists and engineers, and that parametric design is regularly used for architecture, product design as well as animation, this …
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Gods, kvinnor och stickning : tidigindustriell verksamhet i Höks härad i södra Halland ca 1750–1870
The aim of this dissertation has been to examine the growth, development, and organisation of the knitting industry in southern Halland during early modern times. This proto-industrial enterprise was conducted primarily via a putting-out system in the goods districts. Wallen's estate in Våxtorp …