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Made from Wood
This state-of-the-art manufacturing technology
integrates functional features directly into the
filaments opening up amazing and innovative
vistas for developing pioneering new products.
You can benefit from our know-how, our
experience and our resources.
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Teamwork
Our functional filaments are the product of three strong partners:
TITK (Thuringian Institute of Textile and Plastics Research)
TITK is our research and development partner. An internationally renowned
institute for functional polymer materials on the basis of cellulose. TITK
convinces with scientific pioneering achievements.
smartpolymer
smartpolymer is the manufacturer of our functional polymer materials.
They know how to unite idea, technology and manufacturing process for
our products to reach market maturity.
smartfilaments
smartfilaments is the name of our marketing and sales company but it also
represents our final product: functional filaments. smartfilaments has
been awarded with the exclusive rights to distribute globally these unique
filaments in the brush and paint brush industry. We know the market and
the product applications and stand for:
Know-how and industrial knowledge
Manufacturing experience
Innovation and continuous improvement
State-of-the-art technology
Our functional filaments are unique. Extracted from the renewable resource
wood (cellulose), smartfilaments are of a superior, consistent and
stable quality: a natural substance with all the advantages of a synthetic
material. smartfilaments are conserving resources and 100% bio-degradable.
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Made from Wood
The drawing displays the
manufacturing process of
diamond-impregnated filaments
used for polishing applications:
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2
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Cellulose is dissolved in a
solvent. Then diamond paste is
added to the pulp 2 and evenly
mixed 3.
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While the pulp is pressed
through nozzles, the solvent is
washed out in a closed cycle and
the filaments are dried. Thanks
to the gentle solvent and the
closed liquid cycle, the manufacturing
process of our cellulose
filaments is environmentaly -
friendly and sustainable.
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Summary: The entire filament
diameter is impregnated with
additives. This guarantees an
unusually high and long lasting
performance.
Our filaments can be enhanced
with combinations of additives to
obtain a variety of functional
features.
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smartfilaments are convincing with unique performance, high innovation
power and ecological sustainability.
smartfilaments‘ innovative high-tech products help industry leaders
strengthen their position in the market.
smartfilaments set new standards, reduce costs and generate competitive
advantages.
smartfilaments and its partners conduct research and development to im
plement the technological suggestions and requests of
its customers. The range of applications and the features
of our filaments are manifold and expand constantly.
smartfilaments’ integrated functional substances can:
polish
deburr
grind
exude a fragrance
nurture
vitalize
enhance the blood circulation
stimulate the circulation
peel
be antibacterial
be antistatic
be protective
smartfilaments open up amazing vistas for developing pioneering and sustainable
products – even for traditional industries.
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Industries
Innovation for Wellness & Beauty,
Health, Dental Medicine and Manufacturing Industries
Our industry solutions are convincing with uniqueness
and sustainability.
Is your corporate mission statement to constantly
improve and to position yourself as the market leader
thanks to groundbreaking new applications and features?
If so, then our innovative manufacturing technology
might be just what you are looking for.
Thanks to our functional filaments you will set new
standards, reduce costs and generate competitive
advantages. The range of applications and the features of
our filaments are manifold and expand constantly.
Following are a few examples of our product applications
in the areas Wellness & Beauty, Health, Dental Medicine
and Manufacturing Industries:
We are able to add fragrant, nurturing, vitalizing, blood
circulation enhancing and peeling ingredients providing a
relaxation and feel-good experience.
Furthermore, antibacterial, antistatic and protective
additives can be integrated in the filaments to obtain the
desired effect.
Our functional substances can also polish without
additional paste, deburr or grind.
All of these functional substances can be randomly
combined.
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Your Ideas
become Reality
Creative and innovative companies spot
technological trends early and seize the
opportunity to tap into new markets.
Which ideas on the basis of new functional
features and applications would
you like to realize in your future?
We provide the solutions – high quality
products that have never been launched
before.
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smartfilaments AG
Hubstrasse 56
CH-9501 Wil
Phone +41 71 913 90 22
Fax +41 71 913 90 20
www.smartfilaments.com
info@smartfilaments.com