INTERNATIONAL
The latest developments in the fields of mechanical engineering, detergent chemistry and textile research aimed at maintaining the value and functionality of professional, protective and outdoor clothing and surgical textiles will be one of the main themes for Texcare International 2016, which takes place 11 - 15 June in Frankfurt.
According to Dr Jan Beringer, head of research & development at the function and care department of the Hohenstein Institute for Textile Innovations, the care of function textiles and protective clothing should be left to professionals because this, and the restoration of the special treatments on difficult-to-launder garments, calls for great expertise.
"Complex textile systems with membranes as the moisture barrier, as used, for instance, in weather-proof jackets or surgical textiles, call for special processes with an optimised mechanical washing action, chemicals and drying temperature, which prevents, for example, the delamination of textiles and membranes," he said.
Particularly difficult to launder are garments with fluorine-based water, oil and chemical resistance, which require special surfactant blends.
