Projets de recherche
ZEETEX
La Flandre, le Nord-Pas de Calais et la Somme disposent d’une industrie maritime assez vaste, avec une envergure mondiale. Afin d’augmenter la compétitivité dans une économie de plus en plus globalisée, cette industrie est à la recherche de possibilités pour mettre en marche des synergies avec d’autres secteurs industriels. Ceci est un des objectifs des clusters FMC (Flandre) et AQUIMER (France).
Textile Dyeing in Ionic Liquids
Lately, the scientific as well as practical (application-oriented) interest in the so-called ionic liquids (IL) has been growing. IL represent an important class of materials, called “Green Solvents”. In general, IL are to be understood as ionic substances, that are already fluid from room temperature up to 120°C and that are often thermo-stable far beyond 200°C. IL excel by their extremely low vapour pressure, which makes them easy to handle in contrast to organic solvents.
DURBIO
Bioplastiques durables
Applications de bioplastiques dans les processus d'extrusion pour des produits finis durables
Pour que la transition de polymères à base pétrolière aux biopolymères soit couronnée de succès, les propriétés (mécaniques) des derniers doivent être à l'hauteur de celles des polymères synthétiques, et la stabilité des produits finis doit pouvoir être garantie à plus long terme.
FR4TEX
Flame-retardant textiles 2015: how to reconcile legislation, ecology and economy?
Because of the high number of victims and damages caused by a fire, it is logical that the standards regarding fire retardancy and inflammability are becoming increasingly severe. Therefore it is essential that flame-retardant agents are added to textiles. However, the use of these FR-products is strictly controled for several reasons: strict European legislation (REACH, CLP), strict requirement of eco-labels (European Ecolabel, Oeko-Tex® 100…). It goes without saying that the sector voices its concern. The textile industry insists on the development of alternative products and treatments complying with all these requirements.
Barrier Properties
Assessment of the barrier properties to particles of clean-room textiles
This project aims at the characterisation of barrier textiles in view of their classification, for a better and easier product selection by their users.
OXO-Tex
Development of a controlled degradation of synthetic or biopolymer textiles for special applications
The degradation of textile materials in carbon dioxide is an interesting route to resolve the end-of-life issues of a number of applications. In the case of agro- or geotextiles it is not always feasible to recover or remove the products in a quantative manner. For these applications natural fibres can be used, although their processing into specific structures is not so easy. Another alternative is the use of biopolymers but these materials do not always have the appropriate (bio)degradation profile either.
EnCoMed - Collagens for Medical Applications
Enzymatic functionalisation of collagens for medical applications
The aim of this precompetitive project is to develop new methods for the enzymatic functionalizing of native collagen structures and to use these structures as scaffolds in tissue engineering and drug delivery systems.
Pomelad
Development of improved PolyOlefin MELt ADhesion fibres and yarns and their implementation in textile applications
The control of the melting and weakening trajectory and the adhesion of polyolefin fibres is becoming more and more important for many textile applications. Examples can be found in composites, where the polyolefin fibres are compressed to a composite structure. In new type of composites, the matrix and the strengthening fibres are made from the same family of materials. The combinations of many polyolefin materials lead to various possibilities for different types of composites.
Phthalates in textiles
Development of test methods to determine phthalates in textiles
The coating of flexible PVC’s is an important industrial activity in the Belgian production of floor coverings, cables, tarpaulins, (car) seats, dashboards, sun visors, clothing and tapes. PVC owes its economic importance to its durability (very high stability), the relatively low costs and large production runs.
Green Nanomesh
Hernia operations are among the most common surgical procedures performed today with over 20 million cases annually worldwide. Hernia incidents are associated with pain and poor quality-of-life for the patient and lead to enormous healthcare costs, exceeding US $48 billion in the US annually.
SmartNets
With the SmartNets project, Centexbel wants to study SME networking for the development of new products. We work together with the Belgian partners LAMPE TEXTILES and DEVAN CHEMICALS and several other European partners.
SmartNets is a European FP7 project.
Bio-based Flexible Materials
Recherche de l'application des biopolymères dans le textile et les emballages
Au cours des dernières années, les biopolymères sont devenus un thème actuel qui gagnent aussi en importance au sein du secteur textile européen. C'est la raison pour laquelle, Euratex les a inscrits à "l'agenda stratégique de la recherche textile".
Nature Wins
Research for the development of fully renewable thermoplastic bio-composites
Europe has set forward a new goal: the development of composites based on (nearly) 100% renewable products. This implies that both the fibre reinforcement and the matrix fraction (thermoset or thermoplastic) have to be bio-based.
ALL4REST
Integrated solutions for an improved sleep quality
ALL4REST, is focused on the development of comfort‐improved sleep systems, using non‐obtrusive technologies promoting a deeper and better recovering sleep and preventing nocturnal awakenings. The successful solutions will reduce the number of awakenings and/or the time to fall sleep after an awakening and reduce sleep onset latency (the length of time that it takes to accomplish the transition from full wakefulness to sleep).
Place-IT
Imagine a lamp that is not fixed to the ceiling, but that can be designed into any shape, or even blend into the surroundings. This would give a tremendous design freedom. Think of curtains that emit light to mimic the natural, daytime situation, children with illuminating jackets to safely bike home from school, or even bandages that shine light on the body to treat skin diseases or for infrared massage.
Hybritex: Enductions hybrides éco-efficaces
L'avènement de la globalisation a poussé les industries textiles européennes à implémenter de nouvelles technologies afin de maintenir la rentabilité du secteur. Parmi ces développements, nous pouvons noter l'application de fines couches d'apprêt de silane sur les textiles, un développement qui a été introduit au cours de la dernière décennie. Les propriétés extraordinaires de ces apprêts (fonctionnalisés) comportent entre autres une résistance à l'abrasion élevée et l'omniphobicité.
Bacteriosafe
The aim of the Bacteriosafe consortium is to construct, test and develop a unique active wound dressing, which incorporates novel colourimetric sensor and active therapeutic processes for detecting and counteracting pathogenic bacteria in wounds.
Nanotubes de carbone II
D’une part, l’objectif de la recherche est de développer la connaissance afin d’appliquer les propriétés exceptionnelles des CNT de manière optimisée. D’autre part, il y le besoin croissant de textiles faciles à traiter avec une conductivité élevée et durable.
Les applications envisagées dans le cadre du projet se situent surtout dans le domaine de la conductivité. Le niveau de conductivité dépend de la méthode d’application (extrusion, enduction, ennoblissement) et du produit final.
Ovart: assembly of artificial ovary
Assembly of an artificial ovary combining isolated human ovarian follicles, fibrin and a textile pocket
The objective of this project is the development of a 3D biodegradable matrix allowing the graft of autologous ovarian tissue or isolated follicles in patients with impaired fertility following a gonadotoxic treatment. This biofunctional fibrin-based matrix will limit the follicular loss due to post-transplant ischemic stress and will help to induce the formation of an extracellular ovarian-like matrix by promoting cell migration, cell proliferation and vascularization.
FAFEX ennoblissement "en ligne" de la fibre lors de l'extrusion
L’objectif du projet FAFEX est l’intégration de l’ennoblissement dans une phase antérieure de la production, et plus en particulier lors de la production du filament, en appliquant une solution aqueuse à la surface du filament lors du filage à fusion.
CleanCloth: Antibacterial Cloth Based on Microfibre
In the CleanCloth project, we propose to develop a superior cleaning cloth with constant and continuous antibacterial effect, ensuring that no bacteria is left in the cloth and making bacterial re-growth impossible, without need for special and time-consuming hygiene procedures. This will be accomplished by a unique technology with antibacterial agent integrated into the microfiber of the cloth. The advances in this technology will allow significant reduction of cross-contamination and bacterial regrowth. Infectious diseases arising in the home setting are a significant concern.
Safe@Sea
The main objective of Safe@Sea is to develop a new generation of advanced personal protective clothing for the fishing industry that will lead to a significant increase in safety without reducing work performance.
Cilab: composite innovation laboratory
CILAB (Composite Innovation LABoratory) is a 4 years project dedicated to innovation in the field of composite materials and structures including research, development and improvement of manufacturing processes (eg. liquid resin infusion, vacuum assisted processes, hybrid composites - continuous fibres and short fibres - with thermoplastic matrices, braided structures, ...), materials (eg. bio-composites), non destructive inspection techniques (eg.
Résistance à la pénétration bactérienne des textiles médicaux
Pour que le marché puisse se développer, il faut disposer d’une normalisation satisfaisante (donc reproductible) pour l’ensemble des textiles médicaux, et notamment pour les textiles utilisés en salle d’opération soumis à une réglementation européenne. Les textiles de salle d’opération sont considérés comme des dispositifs médicaux et doivent répondre à certaines exigences (EN 13795) pour le marquage CE.
Thermoplastiques renforcés de fibres
Les thermoplastiques renforcés de fibres (ou matériaux composites) sont appliquées mondialement dans un nombre croissant de produits.
Novel Temperature Regulating Fibres and Garments
NoTeReFiGa aims at developing novel temperature regulating fibres and innovative textile products for thermal management, selected by the SME segment of the European textile industry. The temperature regulating effect will be realised by incorporating large amounts of phase changing materials (PCM) into textile fibres.
WOODY
Currently the world of polymeric composite materials is exclusively based on fossil derived components. This fact represents a strong issue, as the non-renewable global oil resources are being exploited year after year, also as a consequence of the ever growing demand for plastics engineering materials. As a concrete answer to the increasing volumes of building and construction materials processed and transformed by industry in almost all sectors, renewable resources need to be exploited in order to reduce the depletion of oil reservoirs, and the associated ecological issues deriving, provided they can grant quality standards comparable with the currently available materials.
Dephotex: flexible photovoltaic texiles
The goal of the project is to research and develop photovoltaic cells in order to get flexible photovoltaic textiles based on novel fibres, which will allow converting solar radiation into energy.
Bioagrotex
The basic objective of the project is to develop new high end textile products, based for 100% on natural fibres and bio-based or biopolymers. The development of such products perfectly fits with the European objectives to fulfil the Kyoto protocol and to reduce the emission of “Green House Gases” by 2020 with at least 20 %, thanks to the reduced use of non renewable materials resources based on fossil fuels.
Dimetex: DIspositifs MEdicaux TEXtiles
DIMETEX s’inscrit dans un programme de coopération transfrontalière sur le textile Interreg IV et regroupe des acteurs de la partie Wallonne de la Belgique et des régions Nord Pas de Calais Picardie en France.
Le segment médical est l’un des principaux segments à atouts et forts attraits pour les producteurs de textiles techniques. Trois filières y ont été identifiées comme pouvant représenter des opportunités importantes de développement pour les PME de la région.
Envimedia
Envimedia/ Platform for health and environment
Open platform integrating lasers, sensors, technological components and systems for the detection, measurement and recognition for air quality monitoring, noise pollution monitoring, healthcare monitoring of the elderly at home, imaging and medical care.
MEDIATIC: Textiles aux différents capteurs intégrés
Textiles aux différents capteurs intégrés pour l'évaluation du confort, le suivi à distance et l'hospitalisation à domicile
Monsotex: Monitoring du sommeil à l'aide de textiles intelligents
Les problèmes du sommeil concernent 3 à 4% de la population, certains pouvant avoir des conséquences graves pour la santé.
L’objectif du projet MONSOTEX est la mise au point d’un système de (télé-)monitoring du sommeil basé sur l’utilisation d’un textile intelligent intégrant divers types de capteurs physiologiques (électrocardiogramme, respiration, température…).
CO2-Flex: Structure composite thermoplastique creuse
Structure composite thermoplastique creuse à préforme flexible de géométrie complexe
