Institute of Textile Technology and Process

Milwich et al. (2006) combined ideas of cellulose fiber orientation in wood with the structure of the stem of giant reeds to create a hybrid model realized using advanced braid protrusion machinery at the Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering (ITV) Germany. The outcome called Technical Plant Stem is a commercially scalable architectural textile composite that demonstrates excellent strength and impact resistance with the minimal material use (Speck and Speck, 2006). 

X STEGMAIER, P. SCHNEIDER, A. VOHRER and H. PLANCK, Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering Benkendorf (ITV), Germany and R. BLUM and H. BOGNER-BALZ, Laboratorium... 

Vohrer and H. Planck Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering Benkendorf (ITV)... 

Dr. Dieter Veit is, since 2001, Academic Director of the Institute of Textile Technology and the Chair of Textile Engineering of RWTH Aachen University. He is a recognized expert in the field of chemical fiber engineering and simulation of textile processes and machines. Dieter Veit is reviewer of several international journals and author and coauthor of several books on subjects of textile engineering. For his scientific and educational services within the scope of his activities at RWTH Aachen University, he received a number of awards. 

The Institute of Textile Technology of Charlottesville, Va., is mainly interested in cotton fibers, although information on all fibers is collected. Data on production, new products and new equipment, as well as processes and production facilities are accumulated. The information is mostly confidential, although some is released to the public. 

Since several years the Institute of Textile Technology in Aachen (ITA) develops, in close interdisciplinary cooperation with engineers, chests, biologists and medical partners, production processes, products and testing methods in die field of medical textiles and biomaterials. 

L. Hunter, Mohair A Review of Its Properties, Processing and Applications, CSFR Division of Textile Technology, South Africa International Mohair Association and the Textile Institute, U.K., 1993. 

Schmenk B, Ratke L, Gries T (2008) Solution spinning process for porous cellulose aerogel filaments, In Dorfel A (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference, Dresden, December 04-05, 2008. Dresden Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology, TU Dresden, 2008. 

The technical plant stem , as developed by the Plant Biomechanics Group of the University of Freiburg and the Institute for Textile and Process Technology (ITV) in Benkendorf, is described in a separate chapter in this book. It is the result of biomimetic research based upon a great number of structural principles from different plant species. After a comprehensive... 

Dr Martin Jacobs, Executive Director of the US National Textile Center (NTC), discusses some of the eco-friendly processing research imder way at NTC. The NTC is a research consortium of eight US imiversities Auburn University, Clemson University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University and Philadelphia University... 

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