WELDING USED TO CONSTRUCT SMART TEXTILES FOR PROTECTIVE GEAR PRODUCTION
April 1st, 2018
A TEAM of Turkish experts has discovered how to use welding techniques to construct e-textiles for use in firefighters’ protective gear.
Since 2015, under a European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research programme-financed project led by the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, universities, clothing manufacturers, and experts in smart textile technologies and electronics have been investigating the use of welding techniques to construct interactive textiles.
Now the EUR1.2 million ETexWeld project has used conductive yarns and ultrasonic welding onto ...
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