Protective Clothing Design - Grado Zero Espace Srl
Protective Clothing Design - Grado Zero Espace Srl
Protective Clothing Design - Grado Zero Espace Srl
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DESIGN OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING<br />
Giada DAMMACCO; Elena TURCO; Martinia Ira GLOGAR<br />
The lining is composed by a lightweight, double weave knitted fabric having a FR<br />
polyester hydrophobic layer on one side and a Kermel V50 hydrophilic layer on the<br />
other. This flameproof textile structure was developed in order to avoid wet feeling<br />
on the skin, creating an active suction channels that transport the moisture away<br />
from the body. This surface is then coated, by slightly modified resin coating<br />
process, using Hydrogel powder with small particle size and a special PU melt<br />
matrix.<br />
Hydrogel are hydrophilic polymer networks that are able to swell and retain large<br />
amounts of water and maintain their three-dimensional structures. Responsive<br />
hydrogel found many different applications also because of their bio-compatibility:<br />
in diapers, in cosmetic and pharmaceutics products, in wound dressings and in fire<br />
protection.<br />
Figure 20: Hydrogel polymer<br />
Finally, just to avoid the scattering of the swollen Hydrogel particles out of the FR<br />
plain fabric, a multilayer quilted fabric was realized using a FR cotton fabric. The<br />
whole design construction allows so the best functionality of the moisture barrier,<br />
increasing comfort and safety in fire fighter's protective clothing.<br />
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