Eco-friendly fabric finishing system
Upholstery Journal | February 2009
North Carolina State University (NCSU) recently developed a new system of applying water repellent, stain repellent and moisture management properties to textiles. The new system is based on Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet technology. Plasma technology in industrial and medical applications reduces energy consumption, waste and chemicals, but previous plasma systems have had to be generated in a vacuum environment. This process greatly restricts the size and type of textiles that can be coated, and is also expensive to produce.
NCSU developed a process through which the textile can be coated under atmospheric pressures, rather than in a vacuum. This process, in turn, is more energy efficient and more powerful than current systems.
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Much Interest in Green Technology
Interested to learn more about the new atmospheric coating system at NC State based Plasma Jet Technology .
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