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- Title
ESD GARMENTS.
- Authors
SCARLAT, Răzvan; CĂRPUŞ, Eftalea; ENE, Alexandra; MIHAI, Carmen; VISILEANU, Emilia; DONCIU, Codrin
- Abstract
Protective equipment represents an alternative for the sustainable development of companies and for human health protection. The insertion of "invisible functionalities" in textile structures, the use of functional elements as part of the whole garment are just a few tools which define "freedom" of creation in the field of textiles. The electrical, chemical and mechanical properties of conductive textiles are crucial for intelligent textiles. ESD garments are used to protect sensitive devices from electrostatic discharges that can occur from the normal clothing of the human operators. ESD garments on the market don't solve all the problems raised by accidental electrostatic discharges. This is because the fabric, from which the garment is made, must fulfil at the same time two contradictory conditions: high resistivity, to limit the charging process and energy transfer in case of an eventual discharge, and high conductivity, to facilitate the dissipation process of charges, thus limiting the accumulation of charge on the fabric. To obtain an ESD garment with superior qualities, the present paper proposes the development of a bilayer structure using the integral knitting technique. The outer layer, which comes in contact with the working environment, is mainly dissipative (DL) which ensures the protection against short circuit and limitation of electrostatic energy transfer into the working environment, while the inner layer, which comes in contact with the human operator, is mainly conductive (CL), providing the controlled drainage of accumulated electrostatic charge.
- Subjects
ELECTROSTATIC discharges; PROTECTIVE equipment (Sporting goods); SUSTAINABLE development; MECHANICAL behavior of materials; ENERGY transfer; KNITTING machines
- Publication
Annals of the University of Oradea. Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 2, p95
- ISSN
1843-813X
- Publication type
Article