Most Recent Articles from Advances in Textiles Technology

• Teijin strives to improve the recovery of sulphuric acid during spinning and washing of aramid 

  Teijin Aramid of Arnhem, The Netherlands, has proposed a method for spinning and washing aramid fibre that allows for the effective recovery and...

  07/01/09 by Nick Butler · More from publication

• Biocatalyst treatment improves hydrophilicity of polyolefins 

  Treating the surface of a polyolefin or polyolefin copolymer fibre or fabric with oxidoreductase enzymes increases the hydrophilicity, according to...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Management changes announced within lenzing nonwoven fibers 

  Wolfgang Plasser (pictured left) has been appointed Vice President Nonwoven Fibers. The former managing director Lenzing Plastics took over the...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Salmon farmer opts for strong polyethylene fibre nets 

  Following a three-year trial period, a Norway-based salmon farming company has placed an order for cage nets made from DSM's ultra-high molecular...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Hybrid cord for aircraft tyres 

  A composite cable of aramid and polyamide yarns is proposed as a reinforcement for aircraft tyres by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co of Akron, Ohio,...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Making carbon fibre surfaces rougher 

  Korean scientists say that exposing carbon fibres to electromagnetic radiation modifies their surfaces simply and quickly, so improving their...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

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