New high-performance functionalised materials
CIRCULARITY IN REINFORCING TECHNICAL FIBRES TO ENSURE REVALUATION IN TEXTILE INTERMEDIARIES AND TO REUSE NATURAL AND CONVENTIONAL FIBRES TO ADAPT THEM TO CUT FIBRE SPINNING
FIBERSPIN
Motivation
Staple fibre spinning has evolved over time to address environmental challenges. The ability to recycle fibres and the adoption of more sustainable technologies in spinning are contributing to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. The business community of the Valencia Region is particularly interested in adapting its processes to the new staple fibre blends as their characteristics make it difficult to reuse conventional parameters, meaning that optimum processability must be studied on a case-by-case basis.
This project focuses on pre- and post-consumer waste, one of the most urgent problems to be solved in the textile industry. Currently, of the tiny percentage of fibres that are recycled, an even more insignificant part of those is recycled through staple fibre technologies. The complex process of fibre preparation and parallelisation has inhibited the use of carding technology.
Objectives
- Improve the processability of new blends and materials used in staple fibre technologies.
- To revaluate post-consumer composites by removing resins with pyrolysis..
- To create nonwoven fabrics from recycled reinforcement fibre with high-performance thermoplastic matrix, achieving more sustainable textiles without losing mechanical properties.
- To develop and produce hybrid yarns and fabrics from recycled reinforcement fibre (rCF) with thermoplastic commodity matrices and high performance thermoplastic matrices.
- To optimise punching and calendering technologies for use in nonwovens of natural fibres and recycled technical fibres.
Expected results
- To create an optimal working approach for the treatment of recycled reinforcement fibres, to maintain the characteristics of the material and its properties during the staple fibre process.
- To improve the properties of textile intermediates composed of recycled reinforcement fibres, enabling the development of demonstrators to validate the reintroduction of this type of waste in strategic sectors.
- New fields of application of natural fibres through the use of technologies and processes to achieve the characteristics required by the market.
- To evaluate the processability of pre- and post-consumer textile waste by means of opening and carding processes, with application of optimised spinning technology.
Grant number: IMAMCA/2024/6
Programme: Plan of non-economic activities 2024
Period of execution: January 2024 – December 2024
Status: In progress
More information: PLAN OF ACTION
Entity: IVACE
Project supported by the Conselleria Conselleria de Innovación, Industria, Comercio y Turismo de la Generalitat Valenciana, through IVACE
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