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FAVILEIT

Development of a test stand for the simultaneous characterization
of fibers and yarns, regarding their electrical and mechanical properties

The rapid development of the smart textiles sector enables a new dimension Period
of functional integration and creates the preconditions of an innovative de- 01.04.2021 – 31.03.2023
sign for the future. In addition to the use in consumer goods such as heated
clothing, also technical e-textiles with integrated electronic and sensory func- Project management
tions can be developed and have a broad range of applications. An enhanced Prof. Dr.-Ing. Niels Modler
fibre composite component with sensory functions enables monitoring the
conditions of critical structural components (SHM) and damage detection in Contact
an early stage. For the selection and development of suitable fibre materials, Christoph Hildebrand
the electrical and mechanical properties of the fibres have to be known. Cur- Tom Ehrig
rently, there is no standardised or commercially available testing machine for
the combined determination of these properties. The project FAVILEIT wants Project partners
to close this gap within a two year ZIM-Project in cooperation with the Tex- Textechno Herbert Stein GmbH & Co. KG
techno Herbert Stein GmbH & Co. KG. Thereby, a suitable test method for the
simultaneous characterisation of the mechanical and electrical properties of Funding
electrically conductive fibres in a single device is developed and implemented
in the world's leading fibre testing device FAVIMAT+. In the second project
phase, the developed technology will also be implemented in an automatic
tensile tester for yarns of the STATIMAT series.

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and
Climate Action (BMWK): Central Innovation
Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
Funding code: KK5047604DF0

Managed by:

AiF Projekt GmbH, Subsidiary of the
German Federation of Industrial Research
Associations “Otto von Guericke” e. V. (AiF)

© Textechno Herbert Stein GmbH & Co. KG
Single fiber tester FAVIMAT+ with automation unit AIROBOT2 (right) and enlarged illustra-
tion of the measuring field (left).

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