Technical textiles are extensively used in interiors, furniture, and as textile floor covering. Applications include carpet padding, carpets, curtains, padding, wrapping and covers for furniture and mattresses, among others. The materials used in these applications require specific physicochemical characteristics for which IPT offers characterization tests and performance evaluations based on Read more…
The use of textiles by the transportation industry is expanding. The main applications are hoses, safety belts, filters, floor linings, and ropes. This segment offers opportunities for the increasing use of textiles that offer interesting performance and processing characteristics. Composite fibers used as inner lining and padding is an example Read more…
The construction and architecture sector has made increasing use of technical textiles whose mechanical properties are the same as or often better than those of traditional materials. Textile materials offer attractive characteristics such as lightness and resilience, as well as resistance to deformation and deterioration due to the shrinkage of Read more…
Textile products for the medical industry are materials used in dental-medical-hospital settings, e.g., sutures and implant threads, hospital apparel, orthopedic textiles (such as compression stockings), and personal hygiene items such as dental floss, disposable diapers, and moist towelettes. The materials used in these applications require specific physicochemical characteristics for which Read more…
Technical textiles designed for the sports market is a segment which is growing in product variety and functionality, aiming constant improvements of the athlete’s performance and comfort. Highlights are new fibers, fabrics, and finishes for athletic apparel, equipments (sport bags, boats, tents, protective equipment, and balls), and textile surface for Read more…
The segment of textiles for industrial applications is extremely diversified, involving the use of fibers and fabrics developed for several types of industries (chemical, mechanical, civil engineering, and automotive, among others). These textiles are used in a wide variety of applications, including separation and purification of industrial products; cleanup of Read more…
The evaluation of the performance of non-metallic materials in response to exposure to different conditions during their production or subsequent use is helpful in determining characteristics such as the mechanical strength and wear of textile products, weathering of polymer products, and the sun protection factor (SPF) of textiles. IPT provides Read more…
Technical textiles are used in many agro-industrial applications involving the cultivation and harvesting of vegetable crops, as well as in the husbandry of terrestrial and aquatic animals. The materials used in these applications require specific physicochemical characteristics for which IPT offers characterization tests and performance evaluations based on national and Read more…
Geotextiles are a class of materials that include fabrics, technical textiles and non-woven fabrics which serve a variety of functions such as support, and surface and subsurface drainage and separation. They are used in a variety of applications, including the construction of buildings, bridges, dams, roads and highways, as well Read more…
IPT offers courses in the areas of textile quality control, laundering processes, and characterization and analysis of textile materials performance, according to the client’s needs. These courses may be conducted at IPT or in-company.
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