Linen Lace Concrete - Back to Source to commercialise lab based findings from 'Woven Concrete'

亚麻花边混凝土 - 回归源头，将“编织混凝土”的实验室研究结果商业化

• 批准号: AH/P008526/1
• 负责人: Patricia Belford
• 金额: $ 10.13万
• 依托单位: University of Ulster
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP008526%2F1
• 关键词: Linen; Lace; Concrete; Back; Source

Trish Belford (PI) and Professor Ruth Morrow (Co I) a textile designer and architect have been working together for 9 years, bringing together the technologies of textiles and concrete, innovatively blending these two diverse materials to produce highly innovative surfaces. This follow on funded project aims to commercialise unresolved findings in the original AHRC practice led grant 'Woven Concrete' (AH/E006248/1) That lab based project aimed to create innovative concrete textile surfaces. The original findings of using linen as the most suitable base fabric to withstand the harsh alkaline properties of concrete will be brought to a conclusion with this collaboration with MYB textiles, Scotland. We will develop a range of woven linen lace concrete surfaces using knowledge gathered over the intervening years to generate large scale panels. Inspired by the initial grant Belford and Morrow continued their collaboration eventually developing patented products. Those developments were an extension of the thinking and learning from the original grant however they were carried out by different means, which ultimately proved to be time consuming and expensive to produce. These new methods of production with MYB will result in commercially viable and more sustainable methods of manufacturing a linen lace. Belford and Morrow in the intervening years have generated many world wide contacts, through promotion of the existing expensive technologies, also finding time to present and write about the process, reflecting on the cultural significance and tension of bringing two diverse cultures - concrete and textiles into one process. Marketing feedback has indicated that scale and a one stage process for making would place this product in a much stronger position. This has been unachievable due to limitations on current technology available.This project application is therefore intended to: a) Return again to the original findings of the earlier grant and with the knowledge and experience developed in the intervening years by using large scale textile manufacturing techniques to make commercially viable lace textiles for infusing with concrete, hence opening up new commercial opportunities . MYB currently weave lace with cotton yarns and a diversification to linen will be a response to recent client interest in linen. b) Present the story of this collaboration in an imaginative way that engages the general public; specialist interest groups in traditional and innovative textiles; and the concrete industry. The lab based research of 'woven concrete' identified linen as suitable to withstand the alkaline conditions of concrete, in the original grant the textile pattern was created by a post devore (burn out) print process to create lace-like textiles, this however was laborious, costly and uncontrollable, so in order to try and commercialise the embedded textile processes the researchers later created the lace structures by laser cutting on pre woven imported textiles. This is currently one of the three patented processes that went forward for commercialisation. However this is costly, energy inefficient and time consuming and we have now identified a need to find an alternative method for creating lace linen. A feasibility study funded by Ulster University research confirmed MYB as the most suitable Company to collaborate with, they have the technology and a forward thinking outlook, but are not yet weaving in linen lace. MYB, is a 115 year old textile company based in Scotland and the only remaining UK industrial producer of woven lace. They currently only weave lace effects with cotton but are willing to collaborate and alter loom settings and yarn in order to take part in this project. They view this as a valuable addition to their existing portfolio. The final pieces of work (large panels) will be exhibited in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, attracting audiences from both Textiles and Architecture

Trish Belford(Pi)和Ruth Morrow教授(CoI)是一名纺织设计师和建筑师，他们合作了9年，将纺织品和混凝土技术结合在一起，创新性地将这两种不同的材料混合在一起，创造出高度创新的表面。这个后续资助的项目旨在将最初的AHRC Practice主导的赠款“机织混凝土”(AH/E006248/1)中未解决的发现商业化，该实验室项目旨在创造创新的混凝土纺织品表面。通过与苏格兰MYB纺织品公司的合作，最初的发现是使用亚麻布作为最适合承受混凝土苛刻碱性性能的基布的结论。我们将利用多年积累的知识开发一系列编织亚麻花边混凝土表面，以生成大型面板。在最初拨款的启发下，贝尔福德和莫罗继续合作，最终开发出专利产品。这些发展是对最初赠款的思考和学习的延伸，但它们是以不同的方式进行的，最终证明制作起来既耗时又昂贵。使用MYB的这些新的生产方法将导致商业上可行的和更可持续的亚麻花边制造方法。在其间的几年里，贝尔福德和莫罗通过推广现有的昂贵技术，在世界范围内产生了许多联系，也抽出时间来介绍和撰写这一过程，反映了将两种不同的文化--混凝土和纺织品--纳入一个过程的文化意义和张力。市场反馈表明，规模和一个阶段的制造过程将使该产品处于更强大的地位。由于现有技术的限制，这一目标无法实现。因此，这个项目申请的目的是：a)回到先前拨款的原始结果，并利用其间几年来积累的知识和经验，利用大规模纺织制造技术来制造商业上可行的花边纺织品，以注入混凝土，从而开拓新的商业机会。MYB目前用棉纱编织花边，并将多样化地编织到亚麻布，这将是对最近客户对亚麻布兴趣的回应。B)以富有想象力的方式介绍这种合作的故事，让公众、传统和创新纺织品方面的专业利益集团以及混凝土行业参与进来。“机织混凝土”的实验室研究确定亚麻布适合于混凝土的碱性条件，在最初的拨款中，纺织品图案是通过后迪沃尔(烧坏)印刷工艺创建的，以产生花边般的纺织品，然而这是费力的、昂贵的和无法控制的，所以为了尝试嵌入的纺织工艺并将其商业化，研究人员后来通过激光切割在预先编织的进口纺织品上创造了花边结构。这是目前正在商业化的三种专利工艺之一。然而，这是昂贵的，能源效率低，耗时，我们现在已经认识到需要找到一种替代方法来创造蕾丝亚麻。由阿尔斯特大学研究资助的一项可行性研究证实，MYB是最适合合作的公司，他们拥有技术和前瞻性的前景，但还没有编织亚麻花边。MYB是一家有115年历史的纺织公司，总部设在苏格兰，也是英国仅存的机织花边工业生产商。他们目前只用棉花编织花边效果，但为了参与这个项目，他们愿意合作并改变织机设置和纱线。他们认为这是对现有投资组合的宝贵补充。最终的作品(大画板)将在苏格兰和北爱尔兰展出，吸引来自纺织和建筑的观众