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French Company protechnic has developed a range of co-polyamide and co-polyester web adhesives for use in the automotive industry.
Protechnic says its adhesives will be used to bond fabrics or leathers that are applied as decoration when injecting rigid parts such as ABC pillars, doors panels and armrests.
The adhesives webs available with a variety of fusion points ( 850C to 1600C )and differing viscosities. These features provide for excellence adhesion to multi-layer backing supports, such as decorative fabric and felt, leather and polyurethane film, the developed claims.
The webs can be adopted to various types of injection parameters, including temperature of numbers of injection points and materials such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene-polycarbonate, polypropylene and PU foam. They are applied to prevent the glue rising to surface.
According to protechnic, the webs stretch easily to follow the curves of the part. Further there is no excessive penetration into the backing support enabling an optimum glue weight/glued surface ratio to be obtained.

BBA FILTRATION has extended its range of filter media with the addition of Reemay X-Treme.
Reemay X-Treme is a spunbond made from multi-denier polyester that can be pleated. The media has excellent dust-holding capacity and causes only a low drop in pressure, making it an excellent pleat support media for both liquid and air filtration, claims BBA Filtration. It can also be used stand-alone.
The non-woven web consist of multiple layers of polyester spunbond fibers. Various compositions of shapes of the fibers can be supplied, depending on the specific requirements of the application. Variations of the linear densities of the filaments also provide precise tailoring of the media's properties.
With the heat stability of polyester, Reemay X-Treme also offers strength and uniformity. It is area-bonded and contains no chemical binders, add BBA. Both rotary and push-bar pleaters can pleat the media, which is available in weights of 16.96-20.35g.m².

Makspec is a textile material with outstanding resistance to bacteria such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus, the bacteria responsible for many hospital infections and phathogenic colibacillus O-157.Its antibacterial performance is 3 to 5 times stronger than that of conventional antibacterial fabrics, even after repeated industrial laundering. Because the antibacterial treatment uses no formai, Makspec offers greater safety and lower environmental impact, and is widely used as a fabric for rented uniforms such as nurse's uniforms and a variety of other nursing garments and bed linens.

Axtar a non-woven fabric composed of uniform of 100% polyester filament features properties of strength, durability and dimensional stability. Utilizing these advantages, Axtar finds use in a wide range of applications: as an industrial material in civil engineering, agriculture and filters, as a carpet underlay and furnishings in interior materials; and in warping bags and as a packaging material in daily goods.

Dermizax is a material with functions including moisture-permeability, waterproofing and reduced condensation along with its excellent functional durability. Compared with conventional highly-functional clothing materials, lightweight Dermizax offers a supple feel. Perfectly suited for sports undertaken in rigorous weather conditions, Dermizax is widely used in mountaineering, outdoor and marine sports applications.

Fieldsensors is a high-performance sportswear material with a refreshing touch and easy wearability which eliminates the perspiration-induced stickiness and clinging of traditional materials. By scientifically analyzing the movement of water through materials, Toray's R & D effort created a technology which applies the principles of capillary transport to the structure if knitwear to absorb, move, disperse and evaporate perspiration from skin, thus providing a refreshing feel during exercise. Fieldsensor has gained an excellent reputation for its properties in golf wear and athletics wear.

The BeiCo-Tex fibre an inorganic fibre was introduced as early as techtextil 1999-now weft knitted fabrics in the 300 to 3000g/m² weight class, thicknesses of 2 to 20mm and different structures, including weft knitted spacer fabrics. Have been presented by BeiChem. Application fields are tube casings for temperatures upto 1000⁰C.

Kermel fibres have already been on the market for some time, and now there are defined fabrics too: Kermel A90 contains Kermel and antistatic fibres, complies with important heat and flame, chemical and electrostatic danger protecting standards. Kerpro combines Kermel fibres with proban-treated cotton in a blend ratio of 30/70, is obtained in a wide selection of shades and has a pleasant handle and drape, making both fabrics suitable for industry personnel.

Flexir, an aluminium-coated warp knitted or raised circular knitted fabric, is new. Its elasticity its low weights and excellent heat-insulating properties distinguish it. Certification in accordance with the stricter European standards is still to come but it is used successfully in fire-resistant clothing in the USA.

Kermenl and Dystar have developed flame retardant camouflage fabrics which also counter the infrared detection of military camouflage colours by establishing the degree of reflection of camouflage shades in specially different ways.

Accordis specialty fibres includes in its range fibres based on wound dressing alginates and carboxy methyl cellulose a highly absorbent material with an enormous water retention capacity, plus micropake, a yarn for wound dressing which is visible on X-ray images.

Trevira microfilament yarns can be processed into plush-type textile such as floor cleaning mops and also two-dimensional structures like polishing cloths. The large number of individual capillaries, which are smaller than 1 dtex, have a large surface, guaranteeing tremendous water absorption capacity plus good dirt pick-up the cleaning operations is qualitatively better and simultaneously quicker.

Nichida-Shokusan Co. and Fukui-Buseki Co. have developed a polyactide fibre from corn. It decomposes in CO2 and water, or is completely incinerated in the recycling process. It is used as a building insulating material and also as a packaging material and it replaces foams. It also has a bacteria repellent action.

These types of fibres and yarns have been used for home textiles in the corporate sector and also for interior trims in vehicles-industrial applications are a new field of application demanding particular specifications. KoSa is presenting the new high tensile type 704 flame retardant finished polyester, which is suitable for pressure tubes, light weight conveyor belts or filters for example.

The new polyimide-amide fibre Kermel-Tech has been developed so as to be able to deal with the increasingly stringent thermal and chemical requirements in the industrial application field. It is used for hot gas filtration, electrical insulation at high temperatures, thermal and flame-resistant composite materials etc.

Tensinet is a European project in the 5th EU framework programme, which will bring together textile structure development partners- R&D, manufacturers, architects and builders. An information platform, a design for membrane structure buildings a databank, newsletter, workshops and symposia are offered for this purpose.

BaKaSave is the name for roller blinds and louvres with a special catalyst which is capable, at ambient temperature, of lastingly converting toxic subtances like formaldehyde or nicotine into uncritical substances like water and carbon dioxide. This action is permanently kept up. The producer is the textile finisher Bamberger Kaliko, which has received the innovation prize of the leading exhibition for roller blinds and sun shades R-T 2003 in Stuttgart.

One of the latest spacer knit products D3 introduced by Gehring Textiles, Inc/Militex, Inc Newyork, NY/USA is new advanced technology in medical application, which is a substitute of neoprene that not only offers comfort and breathability but also promotes healing. D3 is produced in two needle bar raschel m/c. It consist of two independently constructed fabrics connected by a system of yarns, using polyester and spandex in various blends.
The construction allows to breath with control amount and direction of stretch. The polyester content gives a good wicking by transferring the sweat from the skin to the outer surface where it evaporates. This wicking action gives advantage over neoprene products by keeping the injured body dry and preventing growth of any fungus and infection. As neoprene products are bonded to nylon fabrics which absorbs and hold perspiration making the products clammy and uncomfortable.
D3 is lighter with elongation and better insulation. D3 can be washed, reused and environmentally friendly, while neoprene products tend to break and are not biodegradable. D3 is lower in cost than neoprene and economical facture.
It can be used in orthopaedic devices such as braces, orthopaedic components as well as other medical devices where neoprene was used so far.