From the Sector

Dassault Systèmes hat bekannt gegeben, dass der Schwimmbekleidungsanbieter Arena 3DEXPERIENCE Works von Dassault Systèmes einsetzt. Arena ist einer der führenden Anbieter von Schwimmbekleidung und ein zunehmend wichtiger Akteur im Sport-Lifestyle-Segment.

Mit 3DEXPERIENCE Works erweitert Arena den bisherigen Einsatz der SOLIDWORKS-Anwendungen von Dassault Systèmes auf die 3DEXPERIENCE Plattform. Diese bietet Zugang zu einem Portfolio von Design-, Simulations- und Kollaborationsanwendungen in der Cloud, die auf die Anforderungen von Arena zugeschnitten sind.

In einer virtuellen Umgebung arbeiten Entwicklungsteams und Partner von Arena zusammen und nutzen Informationen und Feedback in Echtzeit. Auf der Plattform entwickeln, testen und optimieren sie virtuelle Zwillinge von Produkten und reduzieren gleichzeitig die Anzahl physischer Prototypen sowie dafür benötigte Zeit und Ressourcen. So konnte das Unternehmen den Prototyping-Zyklus für seine Schwimmbrillen um 70 Prozent verkürzen und die Markteinführungszeit beschleunigen.

Dassault Systèmes hat 3DEXPERIENCE Works im Jahr 2019 als Anwendungsportfolio auf der 3DEXPERIENCE Plattform eingeführt. Dieses richtet sich an bestehende SOLIDWORKS-Kunden sowie kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen.

On 21st October the Managing Director of Officina+39 Andrea Venier has joined a panel discussion in the prestigious arena of the Kingpins24 Digital Show. He contributed to the discussion with his and Officina+39’s point of view on “Water Conservation”, together with Emrah Özkorkmaz from Bregla and Taimur Malik from Stylers International, with Edward Hertzman from Sourcing Journal & Rivet as moderator.

Water crisis remains one of the top issues for humanity and 90% of the world's natural disasters are related to water. Officina+39 has been working hard to rethink the way water is used throughout the denim processes: Andrea's contribution emphasized the company’s practical and consolidated experience in this field, as in recent years their main objective has been to drastically reduce water use in line with UN SDG6.

Andrea pointed out how “fashion industry is still currently deeply rooted in a linear approach: make, use, dispose.” Accordingly to Andrea and Officina+39, the fashion world is becoming aware of this reality and is trying to reinvent itself in order to decrease the use of this precious resource and its negative impacts but there is still work to do in order to redesign a better sustainable model, where circularity should represent the new sustainability: circularity not only when it comes to the materials, but also to water.

In the textile industry water is used as the vehicle for colors and chemical auxiliaries but luckily today many technologies aim at significantly reducing water consumption. Officina+39 is really focused on this target: Andrea explained that “Officina+39 has developed the AQUALESS MISSION, a process suitable for conventional machines that leads to a 75% reduction of the water typically used in denim and garment laundry processes, using a waterless technology and saving costs for producers.”

Despite the start-up cost of investing in the development of sustainable technologies may discourage some in the industry, it is about time to realize that these actions cannot be delayed and that we will increasingly hear about water scarcity, water stress and water risk.

Andrea stated: “It is necessary to develop water management strategies and systems in any company: today there is ISO 14000 related to environmental management, but I believe that governments, brands and related organisations should think about an ISO related just to water management. In this way, every company can understand how much value can be generated in the medium-term and how much money could be saved by investing in this kind of technologies. To create new standards related to water management, we must change the approach.”

Monforts Head of Technical Textiles Jürgen Hanel will take part in the next international webtalk to be held by the VDMA’s textile machinery division on May 20th.

He will be joined by Johannes Lutz, Research and Development Engineer at Pleva, to provide full details of how the latest Monforts coating technology is supported by special microwave measuring systems.

The Montex®Coat magnetic roller coating option allows a wide range of coatings and finishes to be carried out, while being easy to handle for operators and much easier to clean at the end of the process.

“This roller provides textile finishers with an expanded range of options due to the fully-adjustable positioning of the magnet within the roller and with four different magnet positions possible, can be set to operate both as a direct coating system and as an indirect coater,” Hanel said.

Lutz will provide an overview of the use of Pleva microwave measurement technology in coating processes, in addition to the latest developments in electronic evaluation.

To ensure a constant high quality in coating operations it is necessary to accurately measure and control the amount of chemical being applied, and Pleva’s series 700 devices achieve this via contact-free microwave moisture measurement technology which can be supplied either as single- or three-point units, or as a traversing measurement unit.

The free-to-attend webtalk will take place on May 20th from 2-3pm (CEST) and registration can be made here, along with further information.