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Outlast & Waxman to develop new flame retardant fabrics
29 Mar '11
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Protex is a modified acrylic (modacrylic) fibre designed specifically for workwear and industrial applications. This means that it has all the attributes of an acrylic fibre: softness, lightness and good handle as well as the added benefit of flame retardancy. This is due to the co-polymerization within the production process, involving flame retardants, which result in permanent flame retardancy. As a modacrylic gains its flame retardancy through a co-polymerization process, the attributes are built into the molecular structure – i. e. they are inherent, and cannot be washed out or worn away. This is an excellent reason for using Protex - it takes away the worry of product performance, as the flame retardancy will remain as good as on the day it was produced, and the wearer will remain protected.
Outlast technology was originally developed for NASA to protect astronauts from temperature fluctuations in space. Outlast phase-change materials (PCMs) absorb, store and release excess body heat. The principle of PCMs is simply demonstrated. Looking at PCMs two well-known technologies are successfully combined: On the one hand is the
microencapsulation, as known from the chewing-gum inside which microcapsules are embedded. While chewing the shell is destroyed, and the taste is released. Another example: perfume probes in magazines. The microcapsules being destroyed while rubbing on the paper, as the smell is released.
The difference in Outlast materials: Microcapsules are also used, but the shell is stable and doesn't get destroyed. The capsules are very tiny: Around 1,000 fit on the head of a pin (ca. 3 million per cm²). Inside the patented microcapsules, called Outlast Thermocules, substances similar to paraffin are stored, which are capable of phase change. This simple physical principle is well-known to everyone, example H2O: Water becomes ice or vapour when energy is added or taken away. PCM technology takes advantage of exactly this same law of physics. The advantages of Outlast Adaptive Comfort products at a glance:
? Absorbs excess body heat
? Manages moisture
? Reduces overheating
? Reduces chilling
? Reduces perspiration
? Continuously adapts to thermal changes
Everybody's sensitivity to temperature changes is different, which means everyone sweats or becomes chilled at different rates; quickly or slowly. But the temperature corridor in which we feel comfortable is relatively narrow: when the body core temperature of 37°C fluctuates only 2°C upwards or downwards we are subject to fever or hypothermia. Here Outlast products help. They reduce temperature swings and influence the comfort zone efficiently. The microclimate is well balanced, one sweats less and is less chilled. You feel not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
Outlast presents this new innovation at Techtextil from 24 to 26 May, 2011, in Frankfurt; Hall 3.1, Stand E 61. Waxman Fibres presents this new innovation at Techtextil from 24 to 26 May, 2011, in Frankfurt; Hall 4.1, Stand G 21.
Waxman Group Ltd, West Yorkshire/UK, was established in the early 1960s and has a 50 year partnership with the Kaneka Corporation of Japan, manufacturers of Kanecaron specialist modacrylic fibres for flame retardant fabrics. Waxman Fibres & Waxman International today boast exclusive distribution rights for Kanecaron modacrylic fibres across a vast range of territories including Europe, Turkey, Israel, North Africa and the Middle East.
Outlast technology was originally developed for NASA to protect astronauts from temperature fluctuations in space. Outlast phase-change materials (PCMs) absorb, store and release excess body heat. The principle of PCMs is simply demonstrated. Looking at PCMs two well-known technologies are successfully combined: On the one hand is the
microencapsulation, as known from the chewing-gum inside which microcapsules are embedded. While chewing the shell is destroyed, and the taste is released. Another example: perfume probes in magazines. The microcapsules being destroyed while rubbing on the paper, as the smell is released.
The difference in Outlast materials: Microcapsules are also used, but the shell is stable and doesn't get destroyed. The capsules are very tiny: Around 1,000 fit on the head of a pin (ca. 3 million per cm²). Inside the patented microcapsules, called Outlast Thermocules, substances similar to paraffin are stored, which are capable of phase change. This simple physical principle is well-known to everyone, example H2O: Water becomes ice or vapour when energy is added or taken away. PCM technology takes advantage of exactly this same law of physics. The advantages of Outlast Adaptive Comfort products at a glance:
? Absorbs excess body heat
? Manages moisture
? Reduces overheating
? Reduces chilling
? Reduces perspiration
? Continuously adapts to thermal changes
Everybody's sensitivity to temperature changes is different, which means everyone sweats or becomes chilled at different rates; quickly or slowly. But the temperature corridor in which we feel comfortable is relatively narrow: when the body core temperature of 37°C fluctuates only 2°C upwards or downwards we are subject to fever or hypothermia. Here Outlast products help. They reduce temperature swings and influence the comfort zone efficiently. The microclimate is well balanced, one sweats less and is less chilled. You feel not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
Outlast presents this new innovation at Techtextil from 24 to 26 May, 2011, in Frankfurt; Hall 3.1, Stand E 61. Waxman Fibres presents this new innovation at Techtextil from 24 to 26 May, 2011, in Frankfurt; Hall 4.1, Stand G 21.
Waxman Group Ltd, West Yorkshire/UK, was established in the early 1960s and has a 50 year partnership with the Kaneka Corporation of Japan, manufacturers of Kanecaron specialist modacrylic fibres for flame retardant fabrics. Waxman Fibres & Waxman International today boast exclusive distribution rights for Kanecaron modacrylic fibres across a vast range of territories including Europe, Turkey, Israel, North Africa and the Middle East.
Outlast Technologies Inc
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