Personal protection through sensor surfaces on smart high performance fibres - Smart RESCyou

Project summary

This research proposal focusses on the development of a digitally controlled metallisation of high performance fibres in order to integrate innovative sensors into multipurpose personal protective equipment (PPE). With this innovation, the research consortium is developing solutions to push PPE into the new era of digitally supported PPE. The global PPE market is expected to reach 59.5 Billion Euro in the next five years and increases by 7 % per year in the fields of textiles. This development still is triggered by an increased need for work safety. The demands on functionality combined with light weight material have been growing steadily over the last decades. While the changes to more fashionable workwear led to growth in the last ten years, smart work wear and digital interconnection will be the new challenges for the European textile industry in order to keep their market share. The research proposal therefore focusses on the integration of smart textiles into PPE.