Garments are often made from a blend of different fibres in order to improve fit, style, comfort and longevity. As yet no commercially viable separation and recycling technologies are available in the industry for the most popular blends such as cotton and polyester blends. This project has develope.....[更多]
Garment-to-Garment (G2G) Recycle System is a mini-scale garment-to-garment production line that recycles post-consumer garments so that they become clean and useful. The system takes an old garment as materials to make a new one by the following processes: sanitising, opening fibre, carding, drawing.....[更多]
An evaluation system of sleeping quality analysis is developed to assess and monitor sleeping comforts, bedding microclimate, skin touch and biomechanical function properties of the bedding system. It consists of a hardware and a software system. By integrating the software and hardware, together wi.....[更多]
This project developed a novel bioprocess which makes use of textile waste for the sustainable production of different value-added products, such as glucose, synthetic fibre, bioplastics, bio-chemicals and bio-surfactants.The process consists of pre-treatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and melt-spinning......[更多]
Textiles have been the fastest growing waste stream in various countries for over a decade, leading to concerns over the negative impacts imposed on the environment. Over 75% of the total fabrics used for clothings are made of PET or PET/cotton blend, which cannot be mixed or woven together to form .....[更多]
