The recycling of post consumer cotton textile waste is highly requested, due to the high environmental impact of cotton production. Often cotton is mixed in blends with polyethylene terephthalate (PET). For the generation of high value products from recycled cotton, it essential that PET is separated …

In reaction to the lack of intrinsic motivation of construction site workers, to wear their safety helmets at all times, a series of research projects studied causes and possible solutions. Goal is to gain an inspirational discussion to get the design onto the next level. This paper describes a study …

This paper describes a demo for the Persuasive Conference 2014 (21-23 May, Padua, Italy) which shows the result of a design project in the edutainment field. The tries to raise safety awareness among construction site workers. The purpose of the demo is to raise safety awareness amongst construction …

The aim of this applied research is to design a sustainable industrial scale enzyme based flax retting process. A systematic approach has been adopted. The screening and selection of enzymes for flax retting has been carried out. Alkaline pectinase has been identified as the most appropriate enzyme for …

The medical back belt with integrated neuromuscular electrical stimulation is anorthopedic device, which has two main functions. The first function is to stimulate the backmuscles by using a neuromuscular electrical stimulation device that releases regular,electrical impulses. The second function of …

For the recycling of carpet and artificial turf the latex backing is often a real stumble block. Many strategies have been developed like freezing the carpet, followed by grinding and subsequent separation of the milled particles. Once it has been separated from its backing materials, PA 6 is relatively …

In de textielindustrie wordt veel water gebruikt.Tijdens vrijwel alle veredelingsprocessen speel water een rol. In het Europese samenwerkingsverband 'The Textile flagships: TFE 2, from wet to dry ' wordt hierover nagedacht. De belangrijkste doelstelling is de textielindustrie in staat te stellen om …

In een serie artikelen in het vakblad Safety! beschrijven studenten die bij het Saxion Kenniscentrum Design en Technologie werken binnen het project Veiligheid op de werkvloer aan innovaties voor de industrie. In dit vierde (en laatste) artikel uit de serie Ambient technologie zijn dat Svenja Passler …

In the SaxShirt project Saxion is working on smart textile solution, but Saxion is not the only organization; commercial products are popping up in the market everywhere. This paper gives an up-to-date overview of the commercially available products, to have a clear view on the current market, to learn …

De verwachte groei van de wereldbevolking zal ook leiden tot een toename van de textielconsumptie. Deze overtreft de verwachte procentuele groei van de bevolking als gevolg van de tegelijkertijd stijgende consumptie per capita. De stijging van de consumptie van textiel tot het jaar 2050 zal tussen de …