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Interactive Packaging
Interactive packaging is an approach to and form of packaging that connects the user and the product via an interactive technology. Specifically, the term is more so used to describe tailored, …
Miniscape: 3D Printing – Disrupting Packaging
In this month’s Miniscape, we are looking at how 3D printing is disrupting packaging. The 3D packaging industry was valued at $12.6 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow by 70% in 2023. 3D …
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Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Packaging
Primary packaging is packaging that comes in contact with the product of interest and, in many cases, is typically considered as a product component itself. Common examples of primary packaging …
Material Profile: DURAN® Tough
MC 560107 / DURAN® Tough from SCHOTT AG This is a round glass tubing with a clear tough coating on the inner surface for safe structural applications in both interior and exterior settings. The …
Top Five Materials: March 2022
MC 534334 / Ruby from Omnipel Technologies srl Omnipel Technologies offers a collection of fabrics with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPE) rubber injection-molded onto the surface for three-dimensional …
Out of the Bio-box Thinking – Renewable Carbon Materials
In this seminar, Dr. Gayatri Keskar reviews some of the noteworthy innovations that are rethinking our reliance on Earth's all natural support systems like water, land, oceans, climate, and …
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Piece Dye, Yarn Dye, and Solution Dye
Piece dyeing is a process in which a continuous length of dry, pre-constructed fabric is passed through a trough of hot-dye solution, and then passed through a pair of padded rollers to squeeze the …
What fiber parameters are important for ultimate performance?
In this Ask an Expert, Dr. Andrew Dent has been asked What fiber parameters are important for ultimate performance? When we talk about ultimate performance we're dealing with synthetic fibers. …
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Miniscape: Carbon Fiber
In this Miniscape, Materials Specialist Jessica Brenner talks about carbon fiber. Carbon fiber offers a great way for companies to reduce the weight of their products. This not only offers …
Denier, Tex, and DTex
Denier is a unit of measurement for the mass-per-length, or linear mass density, of a fiber. Specifically, denier measures the grams per 9,000 meters of a fiber. This value can also be interpreted as …
Trilobal and Multi-lobal
The term lobal refers to the number of “lobes” or sides of a circular cross-section. Here, we refer to a trilobal yarn as one whose cross section has three distinct sides and, in practice, slightly …
Material Profile: FILAVA™
MC 827301 / FILAVA™ FILAVA™, a volcanic rock filament, was developed by the company Isomatex as a more environmentally friendly option to carbon or aramid fibers. The volcanic rock is aggregated …
Comfort and Performance in Circular Fashion: A Talk with The LYCRA Company
Today, Dr. Gayatri Keskar was in conversation with Melissa Stewart, Global Technology Director - R&D and Materials Innovation, at The LYCRA Company to discuss how the textile giant is continuing its …
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Eye On: Enhanced Naturals
For this Eye On, Dr. Andrew Dent discusses enhanced naturals. Here he touches upon ways in which our natural fibers are moving away from their standard form and towards performance. In other words, …
Microfiber
Microfibers are fibers that are of an extremely small diameter. In popular culture, “microfiber” typically refers to two things that we discuss below: Microfiber fabrics and microfiber …
