MANUTEX – BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING

22nd INTERNATIONAL IFATCC CONGRESS

Mohit Raina, Thomas Gries

RWTH Aachen University

Aachen - in the heart of Europe, close to §  Düsseldorf §  Cologne §  Belgium §  The Netherlands §  Paris

§  founded in 1870 by industrial initiative §  31.500 students in 106 courses of study §  450 chairs §  4400 assistant lecturers (mostly PhD positions) §  2500 non-academic members of staff §  650 apprentices §  650 Mio. € total budget incl. affiliated institutes §  thereof 30 % third party funding

Introduction ITA – Research fields

Simulation Production technology Product development

Functional, economical and ecological solutions for

Medical Technology

Smart Textiles

Civil Engineering Energy Nonwovens Automotive

Fibre Production

Fibre Processing

Fabric Production Composites Joining Finishing

Innovation process – from idea to product/market

- Ihr Innovationspartner Your innovation partner

Literatur - u. Patent -

recherche Product

innovation workshop

Schulung

Innovations - kunde

Literatur - u. Patent -

recherche Schulung Literatur - u.

Patent - recherche

Schulung Literatur - u. Patent -

recherche Schulung Literatur - u.

Patent - recherche

Literatur - u. Patent -

recherche

Literature and -

patent research

Concept study

Prototyping Implemen-tation

- Customer

Know - how - Transfer

Procurement consulting

The Transformation – New Challenges

Conventional Textiles Textiles of Tomorrow

MANUTEX - Introduction

Chairman – Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Thomas Gries

Stakeholders – §  The European textile & clothing industry and their representative organisations

§  The European textile/clothing machinery industry and their representative organisations

§  The European textile & textile machinery research community

§  The European Commission & national authorities

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European Technology Platformfor the Future of

Textiles and Clothing( )Textile ETP

ManuTEX

Textile and Clothing Production in Europe - Trends

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Newspecialityfibres&fibrecomposites

Functionalisationoftextiles

Biomaterials&biotechnologies

Newtextileproducts forhumanperformance

Newtextileproducts fortechnicalapplications

Smarttextiles&clothing

Clothing/fashionmasscustomisation

Newproductdesignconcepts&technologies

Integratedquality&lifecyclemanagementconcepts

NewTestingmethods

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Adaptivemanufacturing

Digitalmanufacturing

Manufacturinginnetworks

Knowledge-basedmanufacturing

Integratedonlineandofflinequalityinspection

Future Manufacturing in Europe – Key Manufacturing Trends

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77%

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Materials

Mechatronic&control&IT

Simulationofprocesses

Processes

Supplychainmanagement

Emissionsandenvironment

Key MANUTEX Trends

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Research Priorities

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MANUTEX

Advanced Materials

Innovative Products/

Production

Intelligent Production

Resource Efficiency

Research Priorities

Advanced Materials §  New textile products (technical, medical or smart textiles)

§  Research, design and utilization of new materials (e.g. fibre reinforced plastics for light

weight constructions, novel surface technologies including nanotechnologies)

§  Designing textile materials in the context of new material developments and surface

technologies

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Research Priorities

Innovative Products and Production §  New process developments

§  New textile products (technical, medical or smart textiles)

§  Development of non-conventional textile processes

§  New processes and technologies for direct 3D manufacturing of products made of

textiles and other flexible materials

§  Development of non-conventional textile processes for already existing products

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Artificial cornea One sided sewing mechnism (Concept)

3D-Hexagonal braiding approach

Research Priorities

Intelligent Production Technologies §  Targeting higher productivity in manufacturing existing products, customized or

individualized products, hybrid processes or shortened processes chains

§  Process simulation technologies and mechatronics are expected to play a key role for

progress in all these areas

§  New process developments for new (technical) textile products using process simulation

technologies and mechatronics

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Active Temple arrangement (Concept)

Pneumatikzylinder

Klemmleiste Riet Hebel

Gewebetisch

Warenabzug

Piezoaktor

Pneumatikzylinder

Klemmleiste Riet Hebel

Gewebetisch

Warenabzug

Piezoaktor

Realized warp tension sensor

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1 Trägerbalken 4 Dehnungsmessstreifen2 Querbalken 5 Kettfäden3 mittlerer Querbalken 6 Fadenlauf

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1 Trägerbalken 4 Dehnungsmessstreifen2 Querbalken 5 Kettfäden3 mittlerer Querbalken 6 Fadenlauf

1 girder2 crossbar3 middle crossbar

4 strain gauges5 warp threads6 straight grain

Research Priorities

Resource Efficiency §  New process developments

§  Material and energy efficiency, noise reduction

§  Existing Process developments with specific focus on material & energy efficiency, noise

reduction

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Klimatisierung Karden Spinnmaschine

Branch Energy Concept

Manutex – www.manutex.eu

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Best Practice Research Measuring Technologies Measurement of

§  Fluid flows

§  Fibres / yarns

§  Surfaces

Use of various measuring principles and sensors

§  Acoustic emission

§  Optical Detection of filament breaks

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PIV Image

Acoustic Emission-Sensor Pressure films LDA

Best Practice Research

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Adaptive Textile Prototyping Prototyping

§  Processing different fibre materials up to textile products

§  Machine components

Processing techniques

§  Validation of process techniques for various material

§  Staple fibre production

§  Opening and blending

§  Nonwovens

§  Yarns

Rotor und opening roller

OE-Rotor spinning tester (Oerlikon Schlafhorst)

Best Practice Research

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Textile production, Process and Machine Development Objective

§  Development and production of individualized 2D- and 3D-fabrics with increased strength

§  Development of handling processes and machines

Proceeding

§  One and multiple step preforming processes for reinforcement cages with positioning devices

§  Measurement and adaption of yarn tension in the knitting zone

Distance elements

Double needle bar raschel machine

Chain

Tricot

Waffle

Distance elements

Best Practice Research Coating of Yarns and textile structures

Process simulation

§  Simulation of fluids and gas flows

§  Prototyping

§  Flow measurement with Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

§  Development and construction of coating units

§  Development and production of prepregs

Foulard Flow measurement with PIV

Pilot Coater PCS-30 (Co. JWS)

Mohit Raina M.Tech. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Thomas Gries

Institut für Textiltechnik an der RWTH Aachen

Otto Blumenthalstrasse 1, 52074, Aachen.

Germany

Tel No.: 0049-241-80-23444

Fax no.: 0049-241-80-22422

Email : mohit.raina@ita.rwth-aachen.de

Website: www.ita.rwth-aachen.de

Thank you for your attention!!