Conductive garment for fencing

An electrically conductive garment designed for use in the sport of fencing is disclosed. The wire free garment is made from a combination of conductive and non-conductive yarns, with front, rear and side panels that are connected such that the torso of the wearer is completely surrounded. The fabric can incorporate nylon yarns that are c..

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Laundry Products Kill Odors, Battle Bacteria.

Nitoms introduced a fabric softener that uses green tea extract for deodorizing and a bamboo extract for antibacterial properties. The softener is effective in killing odors on wet laundry, as well as those from perspiration, urine, perfume, fish, and cigarettes. An 180 gram bottle retails for 800 yen. Daisan Company offers a fabric softe..

Servicing Geriatric Care Facilities.

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates that healthcare services will account for 14 percent of all new jobs created from 1998-2008 due to the increasing healthcare needs of the ageing population. Because many long term care facilities are ill equpped to handle the increasing volume of laundering, and few have adequately ..

Recyclable Polyester Nonwovens for the Automobile Industry

A presentation at the 1999 torn fibers colloquium addressed recyclable nonwoven automobile upholstery fabrics. In Germany, approximately 1.5 million vehicles are scrapped per year. Recycling recovers approximately 75 percent of the materials used in each vehicle. A change in vehicle component materials would allow recovery and reprocessin..

Selection and Use of Chemical Protective Apparel: Survey of User' Concerns

A survey of users of chemical protective clothing(CPA) in a variety of industries focused on selection, user comfort, and product stewardship. Data showed that the most important factor in choosing CPA was impermeability to chemicals. Areas of product weakness that concerned users included the lack of standardized testing, quality control..

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Protective Clothing Standards: Past, Present & Future

The ASTM F-23 Committee on Chemical Protective Clothing first established standards for chemical protective clothing in 1978. The committee later changed its name to the Committee on Protective Clothing and increased its scope to include other types of protective clothing. Subcommittees include Particulates, Physical Properties, Chemicals..

The Future Impact of Standards on the Chemical Protective Apparel Market

Factors expected to affect the chemical protective clothing industry in the future include the development of standards in areas not previously addressed, revision and extension of current test methods, application of chemical resistance tests to other forms of protective clothing, globalization of standards, greater use of risk assessmen..

LAUNDRY DETERGENT THAT MIGHT HELP SOLVE SOME WASTEWATER PROBLEMS

Regulations affecting laundry wastewater discharges have varied tremendously since the United States EPA allowed local agencies to set regional standards. In order to help launderers meet these regional guidelines, chemists are developing a pH sensitive detergent that lowers the pH of wastewater. This detergent breaks up emulsions and dec..