e-broidery

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e-broidery embroidery process

e-broidery (short for: electronic embroidery ) describes a process in which a functional or intelligent textile is produced with the help of the embroidery process and the use of electrically conductive yarns . Possible examples are sensor, heating or luminous textiles .

history

The term e-broidery was founded by a group of MIT scientists and was first used in a number of scientific publications on the subject of intelligent textiles between 1997 and 2000. With the help of the MIT media lab, the group, consisting of the physicist E. Rehmi Post, the physicist and electrical engineer Peter R. Russo, the designer Maggie Orth and the head of the media lab, Neil Gershenfeld , researched ways of developing so-called wearable computers . The aim was to produce an intelligent textile ( functional textiles / smart clothes ) that does not differ in its handling from normal textiles, i.e. that remains washable, wearable and drapable. With the e-broidery process, they were able to expand the function of the textile surface themselves for the first time without restricting their use with additional devices.

Manufacturing / power supply

LED corsage realized by Forster Rohner Textile Innovations for Valisère

Using an embroidery process, yarns that are partly or completely made of metal are applied to a textile substrate and connected to electronic components such as sensors or LED light sources . The components themselves are either soldered or welded, clamped or glued. The resulting intelligent textiles are connected to a power source via a cable (e.g. USB cable). Depending on the function and performance, this can be a mobile or fixed electricity supplier.

The special feature of the e-broidery technology, which has been further developed by Forster Rohner Textile Innovations, is the complete preservation of the textile character of the product, right through to washing resistance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Research results of the MIT media lab (PDF; 2.1 MB). MIT media lab website.Retrieved September 30, 2013
  2. ↑ partial publication of a paper by Minyoung Suh, PhD student of the Department of Textile & Apparel Technology & Management at North Carolina State University's College of Textiles in Raleigh, NC in Textile World 2010, April Accessed on 30 September 2013

Web links

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