Development of a new, stronger,3D printed, all direction-stretchable, cloth-like polymer fabric

我们希望开发下一代POC无纺布，全方位拉伸，聚合物布织物，显著提高其强度和坚固性，以推向市场。这项研究是由全球品牌在运动服市场的潜在需求推动的，在这个市场上，对传统制造技术无法实现的独特无纺布网、面料和设计的需求不断增长。目前领先的3D打印织物，包括我们自己的，都被迫在聚合物织物的悬垂和柔韧性与重量，厚度和强度之间妥协。为了满足运动服市场的需求，我们的目标是开发一种新的无纺布聚合物织物，利用我们的Cosyflex技术和新的聚合物化合物来创造一种比现有技术强15倍的织物。这将得到多向静电植绒技术发展的支持，使不同的厚度、强度和聚合物应用于服装的不同部位。这项技术的发展将立即为我们打开运动服和鞋类市场，我们预计到2015年将产生150万英镑的收入，其中70%是出口，使我们成为3D打印纺织品市场的全球领导者。

We wish to develop the next generation of our POC non-woven, all-direction stretchable, polymer cloth fabric, significantly increasing its strength and robustness to bring to the market. The research is driven by latent demand from global brands in activewear market where there is growing demand for unique non-woven meshes, fabrics and designs not possible through traditional manufacturing techniques. Current leading 3D printed fabrics, including our own, are forced to compromise between the drape and flexibility of the polymer fabric and the weight, thickness and strength of it. In order to meet the demands of the activewear market, we aim to develop a new non-woven polymer fabric, utilising our Cosyflex technology with new polymer compounds to create a fabric 15x stronger than current technology. This will be supported by the development of a multi-directional electrostatic flocking technology, enabling different thicknesses, strength and polymers to be applied to different parts of a garment. The development of the technology will immediately open up the activewear and footwear markets to us – we expect to generate £1.5m t/o Y1 -> £9m t/o by Y5, 70% of which is exports, enabling us to become a world leader in the 3D printed textile market.