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Polymer bonding technology for smart textile components (PolyVeTex)

Subject of research

  • Research and development of highly conductive (>10⁵ S/m), elastic contact blends based on elastic plastics, metal fibres and low-melting metals.
  • Improvement of electrical contacting in smart textiles.
  • Development of new contacting methods: Polymercrimp (sleeve + crimping method)
  • Polymer solder (3D printing-based
  • contacting method)

Project goals

  • Development of highly conductive, elastic contact blends (>10⁵ S/m)
  • Validated manufacturing processes Polymercrimp and Polymerlot
  • 3D-printable conductive filaments made from blend materials
  • Test bench for mechanical-electrical endurance testing of textile contacts
  • Validated demonstrators for EMG/EEG sensor technology
  • Methodology for targeted morphology and conductivity adjustment

Project partners

Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Roth

ALLOD Werkstoff GmbH & Co. KG
Fabian Reuter

ITP GmbH – Society for Intelligent Textile Products
Dr. Daniela Zavec

Born GmbH, knitwear for fashion & engineering
Michael Schneider

Third-party funder

Logo of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

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