Lectures
The professorship offers lectures in English language in winter semester. Therefore we advise international students with no or limited German language skills to come for an exchange in winter term. For the full overview of lectures held by us please turn to the German version of our website.
Following topics are taught:
- Areas of applications for textiles in sport, medicine and technology
- Functional textiles and design
- Manufacturing process and characteristics profile of different textile structures
Lecture/Seminar for Studium Generale
Following topics are taught:
- Design, development and implementation of innovative surgical gowns for hospitals
- In cooperation with a leading manufacturer for textile surfaces
Lecture/Seminar for Studium Generale
The module provides a basic overview of textile fibers and their sustainability assessment using the Higg Index or the Made by Study. The production of fiber materials is considered under the aspects of energy and water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, human- and environmental toxicity. In addition, sustainable production processes, such as the lyocell process, and their further developments are presented. In addition, the recycling fibers and their processing methods are treated, and the topic of microfibers in the food chain is examined from a textile point of view. The Cradle to Cradle principle and the circular economy are presented and discussed in comparison with the recycling approach.
Modern textile machinery is characterized by the innovative power of technical textiles. At the same time, it´s exposed to cost pressures in the global markets. Thus, the textile machine construction is in the area of tension between maximum material utilization, fulfillment of the required service life and minimization of the manufacturing costs. The students are taught the following topics:
- Systems of complex motion sequences in textile machines
- Analysis of existing machine concepts and their functional components
- Analysis of technology components
- Cost analysis of components of textile machines
- Conception of new plants
- Cost reduction strategies
The module provides a structural insight into the world of textile process chemistry. Starting with chemical textile pretreatment, dyeing and printing via chemical or mechanical textile finishing processes, the field of application extends from chemicals to laundry and textile care. It examines the individual process steps in the global textile supply chain, the respective manufacturers, taking into account the regional and global regulations as well as corresponding developments and future scenarios. Terms such as the toxicity of different substances and the establishment of limit values are discussed.
Following topics are taught:
- Basic knowledge concerning fibre materials as well as yarn- and surface creation
- Differences between various textile manufacturing processes and resulting material properties of medical products
- Range of applications for medical textiles in practice (bandaging materials, bandages, surgical textiles, implants, prosthetics)
Lecture/Seminar in the major Medical Engeneering
Following topics are taught:
- Basic knowledge concerning manufacturing methods for textile reinforcement structures for high performance fibre-reinforced plastics
- Yarn- and surface manufacturing processes
- Relation between material- and process parameters and properties of created fibre materials and textile fabrics
- Potentials for the variation/adjustability of compound properties
Lecture/Seminar for the major Merge Technologies for Resource Efficiency
During the module basic contents for the handling of knitting machines of the company Stoll on the basis of the machine program M1 Plus will be taught. The module includes the following components:
- Construction and operation of a knitting machine (practical)
- Dealing with programming of knit patterns based on the M1 Plus software (practical)
- Production of knitwear (practical)
- Textile knowledge is required
The following contents are taught:
- Basic terminology, definitions and calculations of textiles
- Overview of manufacturing processes of textile reinforcement structures
- Influence of manufacturing processes on textile properties
- Practical knowledge of dry fiber placement techniques for use in composite materials.
Please register for the lecture and exercise via the online education portal Opal.
The following contents are taught:
- Presentation of machines and processes for nonwovens
- Nonwoven bonding based on mechanical, chemical and thermal principles
- Explanations of the functionalization by means of refinement as well as the special test procedures required for this purpose
- Treatment of the fibrous materials and polymer materials necessary for the implementation of various nonwoven fabric variants from an application-specific point of view.
- To impart practical skills and abilities to identify nonwoven structures and their association with each manufacturing process.
Please register for the lecture and exercise via the online education portal Opal.
