High quality reflective tape and seam sealing tape for work wear is quickly moving from the future to the past. Many companies are trying to develop electronic, otherwise known as "smart," textile systems. One of the common dreams behind this is clothing that has its own ability to store, exchange, process, analyze, display and send data.
The impact and applications would be extensive- such as smart technology used to read the space around a vehicle for collision detection, adjustments to clothing and textiles worn by the military, marine workers and other industry professionals could use more than seam sealing tape to stay dry and reflective tape to remain visible. Smart clothing could transmit a person's position, read the surrounding conditions and environment in places where there is no light and provide a sonar map, and even communicate with other transmitted signals and GPS systems in order to prevent the common outdoor enthusiast from getting lost in the great outdoors.
Today's current wearable computers consist of bulky boxes and other awkward units instead of simply comfortable clothing. This must be addressed if people are going to see the professional use of smart textiles. Textiles are important: people love clothing. It's an extension of their personality, it's flexible, soft, tough, and is worn both in professional settings and at home. Currently, it is this overall use that is providing the momentum in the industry to develop fibers and fabrics used for electronic functions.
To understand electronic textiles, a definition is needed. Electronic textiles are materials that have electronic functionality as well as the traditional characteristics of textiles that both professional and consumers dress in daily. Synthetic fibers are filled with either carbon or metallic particles to create electronically conductive fibers. Once the fibers are created, they are then coated with conductive polymers. The textiles can also use short fibers that are made of conductive material instead. If properly developed, these fibers can be utilized in garments by being embroidered, woven, knitted, or sealed (if the garment is waterproof and is using seam sealing tape).
Optical conductivity has the most advantages with textiles because there aren't issues with electronic shorts, there is no corrosion in the conductivity system, and there are no parasitic field effects. The only downfall is that most optical fibers are made of plastic and therefore are very stiff. The stiffness limits the bending radius and makes the optical fibers much harder to weave or knit into materials.
The concept seems a bit far off, and it generates images of Tron-like suits - or the type of body armor system worn by Batman. In reality, there are already a number of smart garment systems in production. It's simply a matter of creating conductive suit that is flexible enough to be worn comfortably. It's also important to consider the type of technology inclusions that would allow for high frequency conductivity to handle communications such as wireless networking.
The goal of the textile industry is clear: replace convention wires and high performance circuitry with textile fabrics. The future vision of safety alerts, collision detection, inventory scanning, and atmospheric readings being generated right in the harbormaster's safety jumpsuit are quickly becoming a present sight.
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Loxy is setting the standard in seam sealing tape , and we're looking forward to the future of smart textiles and wearable technology. From reflective tape , networking and more, every worker can have a safer environment with smart textiles. Contact us for more information about what Loxy is doing to prepare for the future.
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