Sustainable Technical Textiles & Composites
What's our research focus?
Technical Textiles
Technical textiles have many applications in our daily lives (filters, carpets, insulation, protective equipment, etc.). They are used in the automotive industry, in buildings and in industrial equipment and installations.
Smart textiles are also part of our developments and are of interest to many sectors.
In the field of medical textiles and devices, we are a key player in tissue engineering, from simple cell culture to the implementation of 3D carriers and biocompatible materials. We are active in numerous research projects at regional, national and international level.
Our team is dedicated to listening to your needs and delivering the best technical solutions to develop materials and processes that meet your requirements.
Composites
Our department is proud to have established a strong competence in the area of composites.
A composite is a multi-material, often composed of a resin matrix and a fibre reinforcement. The fibrous reinforcement, whether structured or unstructured, gives the composite material exceptional properties, making it a strong contender to replace metallic parts. The result is either a loss of weight for the same mechanical strength, or a gain in mechanical strength for the same weight.
Our team has the expertise to implement the multitude of existing materials, structures, processes and combinations.
What's our goal?
We support the manufacturing industry in search of innovative materials through the acquisition of new knowledge, theory and techniques in order to develop a know-how for our industry for the production of new performing and durable materials and the maintenance of their competitiveness.
Labs & Platforms
We have specialized laboratories and a dedicated platform for prototyping structured reinforcements, as well as equipment for light RTM consolidation and vacuum infusion. We have a 3D printer that can make TP parts with continuous filament reinforcement in various materials.
Our R&D team
Our team is staffed by researchers and engineers with expertise in materials and processes for textiles and composites, mechanics and electronics.
Olivier Jolois
Rémi Tilkin
Hichem Hassaïne
Ana Monteiro
Baptiste Herlin
Jun Yin
Maxime Houbben
Recent R&D projects
Centexbel INFO 2021-05 Technical Textiles
Worldwide, about 60% of technical textile products are produced with fibres that have been developed within the last 50 years.
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