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Premium Fabric Finishing for Upholstery and Home Decor: Biancalani’s Solutions
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| With an efficient and cost-effective open-width continuous finishing process, Biancalani Textile Machinery obtains a controlled shrinkage and the opening of the chenille.
This ensures those top-quality features such as softness, volume, uniformity and evenness of surface – that is an incredible hand – and tridimensionality, depth and richness of colors! |
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Microplastics
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New findings on shedding behaviour of polyester
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| Swiss researchers from Bernd Nowack’s group at Empa’s Technology and Society laboratory have joined forces with colleagues from China to examine nanoparticles released from textiles more closely. 12 different polyester fabrics were washed up to 4 times, and the nanoparticles released in the process were analysed and characterised. Here’s what they found. |
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ETV: Winning Solutions to be Competitive on the Market
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| The instruments engineered and manufactured by the company ETV allow the control and the automatic adjustment of the machines through the measurement of the main processing parameters.
Among these, SFERA PLUS, the modular system for the drying and finishing process, and HYGROFASTER-e, the portable instrument to measure the residual moisture on fabrics, yarns, and fibers. |
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Research
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Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Technologies For Fiber-Based Products
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| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland announces a new initiative, ‘Energy First’, to address the challenges of energy and resource consumption in the forestry and textile industry. The aim is to act as a starting point for an entirely new technology, which creates the conditions for the manufacture of low-carbon, energy-efficient, and recyclable fiber-based products. |
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Regulations
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EURATEX welcomes the EU Customs Reform package
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| The European Textile and Clothing Industry – EURATEX expressed its satisfaction with the proposed reforms to the EU’s customs system. The association emphasised the need for a modernised framework that addresses the challenges of the digital age and fosters a level playing field. |
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Tecnomeccanica Biellese: Bale Plucker for Fibres
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| The automatic bale plucker designed and produced by Tecnomeccanica Biellese is used to mechanically strip fibres from pressed bales and automatically drop the fibre on to the feed table of the opening machinery at the beginning of spinning lines. |
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