Main focus of our offer is the integration of electronic functionalities in textiles. Our core competencies are in the area of textile conductors, textile heating, textile sensors and textile lighting. Besides a fully integrated textile production we can offer our customers designated know-how in the fields of material science, electrical engineering, textile technology and mechanical engineering. Our production infrastructure is made up of the latest generation of industrial embroidery machines, unequalled in quality and productivity. Our production facilities in Switzerland, Romania and China allow a flexible and cost effective production.
WE PRODUCE CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES ON TEXTILES ACCORDING TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS.
To offer our customers the optimum support in their specific developments we have acquired a comprehensive portfolio of conductive materials. It reaches from pure metal yarns, metal or conductive polymer coated yarns, carbon fiber or carbon nanotube coated yarns to a vast number of material combinations. Our materials fulfil specific textile requirements like wash resistance, pressure and temperature as well as chemical durability.
APPLICATIONS
Textile wiring | Flexible and drapable conductive structures | Textile RFID and other antenna structures | Textile sensor structures | Textile heating structures | Etc.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
R = 1 Ω/m – 1 MΩ/m
TEXTILE HEATING STRUCTURES – SAFE, FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL.
Textile heating structures can be realized in a number of different ways. Each offers distinct advantages based on material specifications, textile construction or desired connection strategy. Forster Rohner Textile Innovations is able to realize a large variety of possible textile heating structures and to offer the optimum solution for a specific customer project. Besides our own portfolio of materials and technologies we are able to draw upon the know-how of an extensive network of partners.
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Heated clothing | heated upholstery | interior heating for the mobility sector | heating pads for medical and technical equipment
TYPICAL PROPERTIES
Textile substrate | hotspot free isolated or non isolated heating wires | 5 – 50V | > 1000 Watt/m² possible | surface area 0.1m x 0.1m to 3 x 15m variable heating power over surface area
WE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED TO WHICH TYPE OF APPLICATIONS OUR CUSTOMERS ARE INSPIRED BY OUR CAPABILITIES.
Fact is: when it comes to applying precise conductive textile structures onto a fabric and manufacturing them on an industrial scale, modern day embroidery machines are unsurpassed. Specific developments in diverse scales and sizes are realizable: Be it highly conductive, wash resistant small area sensors for EEG or ECG or large area sensor networks that allow the punctual measurement of pressures in fabric. With our extensive know-how of conductive materials and its textile processing in a highly modern production infrastructure, Forster Rohner Textile Innovations is the perfect partner to realize your ideas.
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Temperature sensors | humidity sensors | pressure sensors | EEG | ECG | electrostimulation (EMS, TENS) | antenna structures/RFID
E-BROIDERY® – THE NEW DIMENSION IN THE DESIGN OF TEXTILE SURFACES BY ACTIVE LIGHTING,
The e-broidery® technology allows the integration of active lighting into fabrics without compromising the textile properties such as washability and drapability. The textile interconnection, LED fabrication and integration procedures as well as many other innovative processes were custom developed for the e-broidery® technology and transformed into an industrial production process.
Our LED fabrics allow new and unforeseen textile expressions and functionalities for a great variety of application fields. E-broidery® can be a textile display or large area textile panel, placed motive or delicate ribbon with freely distributed subtle or animated lights – be inspired.
E-BROIDERY® ELEMENTS is our offer of LED-Textiles for interior and exhibition, customizable and available as running meter fabrics.
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Interior and Scenography | Fashion | Event and Trade- shows | Sport and Safety | Medical Technology | etc.