Novel fabrication of electronic textiles based wearable technology

基于可穿戴技术的电子纺织品的新型制造

• 批准号: 10047139
• 金额: $ 6.19万
• 依托单位: MATTHEW GHABRIAL LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10047139
• 关键词: Novel; fabrication; electronic; textiles; based

This project addresses an opportunity of integrating wearable technology into everyday fashion and apparel design that will ultimately confer comfort and wearability. Its manufacturing process has the potential to build on the UK's long legacy of textile innovation, and hence revive a once-thriving textile industry that will result in socio-economic prosperity.The manufacturing and export of textiles was Britain's single most important industry; it defined the Victorian era and was the driving force behind the industrial revolution. It achieved this by the revolutionary invention of technologies such as the flying shuttle, stocking frame, spinning jenny, Compton's mule, and the power loom. Consequently, Britain led the world in textile innovation and dominated the global textile industry beyond the industrial revolution and leading up to its Zenith in 1926\. Subsequently, it went into a systematic decline, and by the 1940's the majority of the industry was decommissioned due to the competitiveness of offshore manufacturing. Currently, China and India are the major exporters of textiles and apparel enjoying the lion's share of a 3 trillion-dollar global market, yet the UK's portion of this is a mere 91 billion dollars, an insignificant contributor considering it was once at the pinnacle.There are tremendous opportunities in building innovative e-textile garment products that can revolutionize our lifestyles. Amongst the various wearable equipment, electronic textiles (e-textiles) show great potential in the form of functional devices such as sensors, displays, microprocessors, energy storage systems, and communication units that can easily be integrated into textiles. This project aims to integrate wearable technology into everyday garments through novel materials, textile structures, and fabricating techniques. These techniques upscale the production of smart fashion for humans and significantly reduce the manufacturing cost to a level comparable to fast fashion. Thus, it plans to return onshore manufacturing and revive a once-upon-a-time thriving British textile sector.In addition to the smart Characteristics of this innovation, the novel construction methods eliminate the use of seams owing to its 3D construction, this improves Ergonomic comfort by increasing factors such as flexion, extension, and abduction. Furthermore, the method enables designers to conceptualize and design with a zero-waste philosophy. This in turn will enable a fully connected digital network for the electronics. This new technology will be price competitive seeing our industry return to our shores and create yet another revolution in the next chapter of smart fashion, apparel, and footwear.

该项目解决了将可穿戴技术融入日常时尚和服装设计的机会，最终将赋予舒适性和可穿戴性。它的制造过程有可能建立在英国长期的纺织创新遗产的基础上，从而重振曾经繁荣的纺织业，带来社会经济繁荣。纺织品的制造和出口是英国最重要的单一产业;它定义了维多利亚时代，是工业革命背后的驱动力。它通过诸如飞梭、织袜机、珍妮纺纱机、康普顿走锭织机和动力织机等革命性的技术发明实现了这一目标。因此，英国在纺织品创新方面引领世界，并在工业革命之后主导了全球纺织业，并在1926年达到顶峰。随后，它进入了系统性的衰退，到20世纪40年代，由于离岸制造业的竞争力，该行业的大部分都退役了。目前，中国和印度是纺织品和服装的主要出口国，在3万亿美元的全球市场中占据最大份额，而英国的份额仅为910亿美元，考虑到它曾经处于顶峰，这是一个微不足道的贡献者。在构建创新的电子纺织服装产品方面存在巨大的机会，可以彻底改变我们的生活方式。在各种可穿戴设备中，电子纺织品（e-textiles）以传感器，显示器，微处理器，能量存储系统和通信单元等功能设备的形式显示出巨大的潜力，这些设备可以很容易地集成到纺织品中。该项目旨在通过新材料、纺织结构和制造技术将可穿戴技术融入日常服装。这些技术使人类智能时尚的生产升级，并将制造成本显著降低到与快速时尚相当的水平。因此，它计划回归本土制造业，重振曾经繁荣的英国纺织业。除了这一创新的智能特性外，由于其3D结构，新颖的构造方法消除了接缝的使用，这通过增加弯曲，伸展和外展等因素来提高人体工程学舒适度。此外，该方法使设计师能够以零浪费理念进行概念化和设计。这反过来又将为电子产品实现完全连接的数字网络。这项新技术将具有价格竞争力，看到我们的行业回到我们的海岸，并在智能时尚，服装和鞋类的下一章创造另一场革命。