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JC가 발표한 섬유제품의 2002년 추동 트랜드

Avantex-the dress codes of the future are to be seen in intelligent functional garments

Avantex is a symposium first organized in 2000. The second symposium is described here and was held in Frankfurt, Germany sometime in 2002. Dealing with the overall subject of advanced textiles, the symposium blocks ranged from high technology textiles to textile manufacturing tomorrow via discussions on innovative yarns and fibres, digit..

The Functional History of Clothing -2

Histories of clothing concentrate mainly on changes in fashion and display with little on clothing's evolution to meet basic physiological needs. A review of different fibres by writers from the 17th Century onwards advocates the merits of (woo1) flannel against the skin. Clothing physiology is then explained, taking in fibre type, cloth ..

Sensors in garments

This paper, presented to the Textile Research Symposium at Mt Fuji, focuses on the use of fibre optic sensors to produce ‘smart clothing’. It presents a systematic study of reflective spectra and polarization behaviour of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) which are subject to various modes of deformation, ie. tension, and lateral compression.

Trend toward modular protective clothing (German) (Trend zu modularer Schutzbekleidung)

A report on the symposium relating to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) is presented. Camouflage is examined and military garments for use in different climatic zones when German soldiers take part in NATO and UNO deployments are discussed. Research carried out at various institutes is summarized.

Clothes get a mind of their own

An entirely new clothing concept being developed by Philips Electronics mixes electronics, fashion and textile technology. The technological benefits of fabric development are summarized with future possibilities of the incorporation into clothing of digital objects and interactive media for an increasingly mobile society. Fashion retaile..

Evaluation of the physical and psychological functions of an existing child patients' garment in a hospital environment in Bong Kong, China

The research reported in this paper evaluated the weaknesses of an existing child patients' garment and generated ideas to develop a new practical garment to be used in a hospital environment in Hong Kong, China. The design procedure was based on the principles of product development, with the aim of achieving functions on physical and ps..

Comfort and performance

The influence of fabric construction and fibre selection on sportswear was a major theme at the 40th Dornbirn Man-Made Fibres Conference. The main sportswear trends are the introduction of new fibres enhancing wear comfort and improving skin’s natural properties; seamless knitting techniques; evolution of the classic three-layer protecti..

Therapeutic properties claimed for X-static silver fibre

Penn Nyla, UK and Noble Fiber Technologies, US are working together to produce a range of innovative sportswear fabrics. The US company’s X-Static nylon fiber contains silver ions permanently bonded to the fibers surface and is clamied to be antimicrobial, thermoregulating, antistatic and therapeutic. Penn Nyla is developing a range of f..