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As 2019 comes to a close, TAPPI NET would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of Caught In the NET a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 7.
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Mobile ID World
From June 4: A newly published Apple patent points to some of the wilder ideas that the company’s engineers sometimes explore. This one concerns biometric fabrics that can adjust things like temperature and odor based on changes in the user.
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Use the EasyWeb torque controller to maintain tension during unwinding or winding
operations on printing and web finishing lines. As a lower-cost
alternative to the high-precision transducer-based tension controllers
DFE offers, the EasyWeb works from a diameter calculator signal to
continually adjust winding torque and achieve roughly consistent running
tension throughout the process.
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Innovation In Textiles
From Aug. 13: A new report published by the two leading nonwoven trade associations forecasts strong market demand for nonwovens materials through the next five years, according to the Worldwide Outlook for the Nonwovens Industry, 2018-2023.
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Science Daily
From Sept. 17: Scientists expect that in the future, electronically active garments containing unobtrusive, portable devices for monitoring heart rate and respiratory rhythm during sleep, for example, will prove clinically useful in health care. Now researchers have developed physiological-sensing textiles that can be woven or stitched into sleep garments they have dubbed 'phyjamas.'
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Specialty Fabrics Review
From March 5: The future of fabric or any manufactured product boils down to the components that make it up. For fabric that means yarns and threads — the building blocks of fabric possibilities.
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PR Newswire
From April 9: The non-woven adhesives market size is projected to grow from USD 2.0 billion in 2018 to USD 3.1 billion, by 2023. The market is witnessing high growth due to rising demand from emerging applications such as baby care, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence.
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Nonwovens Industry
From Aug. 27: Shahinaz Soliman, MD, has launched Sexy Wipes. Each wipe is fortified with all-natural ingredients (with a provisional patent) to enhance female sexuality by increasing vaginal moisture, lubrication and blood flow and improving orgasm quality. Sexy Wipes are free of hormones. The convenient wipe delivery system ensures fast, easy and discreet use.
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Nonwovens Industry
From July 23: Massachusettes lawmakers are proposing legislation that would create a new fund to give grants to organizations that distribute free diapers. They envision an initial one-year pilot program that provides money to up to 12 organizations, distributed throughout the state. The size of the fund would be determined by the Legislature.
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Printed Electronics World
From Oct. 15: Advances in the fields of soft robotics, wearable technologies and human/machine interfaces require a new class of stretchable materials that can change shape adaptively while relying only on portable electronics for power. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed such a material that exhibits a unique combination of high electrical and thermal conductivity with actuation capabilities that are unlike any other soft composite.
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Romper
From June 18: Summer is here and so is swim season, which means it's time to start stocking up on sunscreen, beach toys and of course, swim diapers. But when it comes to a good swim diaper, you may be wondering: are reusable swim diapers worth it?
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Innovation in Textiles
From Aug. 6: Global spunbond nonwovens market is projected to grow by $7.4 billion, guided by a compounded growth of 7.5% by 2025, according to the latest report published by Research and Markets. Poised to reach over $12.7 billion by the year 2025, disposables will bring in healthy gains adding significant momentum to global growth.
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