Activities | Staff | Projects |
Publications | Research Students
The Hogeschool Gent (www.hogent.be) comprises an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary
R&D platform: the Centre for Applied Research and Services (CARS) or Centrum
voor Toegepast Onderzoek (CTO). The CARS is active in areas such as TEXTILE, chemistry, biochemistry and biotechnology,
plastics, electromechanics, agriculture, horticulture, agro and food industries
and landscape development.
TO2C was
established in 1997 in order to provide a focus of research close to the
textile industry within the section “Textile”. Since its inception, the Group
has been attracting external funding
from both Flemish and international sources for a range of textile
research areas. Continued collaboration with industry and research
institutions, both nationally and internationally, has expanded the range of
the TO2C’s research
activities.
MAIN ACTIVITIES: dyeing (yarns, hanks, woven and knitted fabrics), Coating & Laminating, inclusive hotmelt, UV-coating, Radiation Technologies (including laser and atmospheric plasma systems), biochemistry, Nano- and micro encapsulation, Nanotechnology,
Conventional and digital printing (inclusive UV-printing),
Equipment consists of up-to-date machines, including dyeing, printing, coating/laminating on lab- and pilotscale
Special equipment:
a) different atmospheric plasma systems including atmospheric assisted plasma depostion, corona (width 1,6m), 3D-corona and plasma torch
b) CO2-laser-unit for surface engineering of substrates c) UV-irradiation coating units (lab and pilot scale (width 1,6 m) d) water purification systems consisting of bioreactor, ozone-treatments, MBR, reverse osmose and ultrafiltration e) coating/laminating pilot line, including different coating systems such as DIP, stable and instable foam, squegee (on roll and in air), flocculation, powder coating, transfercoating, screen coating, Texicon systems dyeing machines (bobbines, hanks, woven and knitted fabrics up to 20 kg, dyeing dispensors conventional Printing units (screen, flat bed printing pilotmachines, magnetic squegee Digital printing unites (number 6), consisting of two valave-jet systems (Chromojet, Printos), Six digital printing units (latests drop-on demand systems of Mimaki, Mutoh and Roland), including software from Ergosoft, AVA, Scanvec, ColourInterlink
Increasingly, national and
international recognition for TO2C
is manifest in the form of external research funding. In broad terms external
funding sources can be classified as a) Flemish government sources such as IWT
HOBU/TETRA funding and SME Innovation funding and b) EU sources such as Mary Curie
Fellowships and BRITE EURAM II (BATEM), CRAFT- and projects
The activities of TO2C include significant
collaboration with industry, and research projects may be long-term development
projects or shorter contract experiments.
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The activities of the TO2C research group can be categorised in 4 areas:
1. TO2C has an established track record of expertise and advanced developments
in different areas of textile finishing wich is translated to the industry by
means of Tailor
made Training Courses. In this area TO2C has a close collaboration with COBOT and the Dutch Lift Group.
2. The lab
and pilotscale equipment of TO2C
is at service of the students and the industry. This includes:
ü fully automated pilotscale jet dyeing and yarn package dyeing machine;
ü 2 Autofoam systems for fabric and carpet coating (pile and backside);
ü Stork CT-IV coating system;
ü Zimmer screen and rotary printing machine;
ü Sophis system for Digital printing;
ü Colour matching system;
ü Discontinuous and continuous lab equipment for dyeing and finishing;
ü …
3. Applied research
and development. TO2C
focusses both on long term development projects and short contract experiments.
Collaboration with industry is significant. TO2C has already established great expertise in:
ü RFT dyeing;
ü Recycling of waste water;
ü Automation in dyehouses;
ü Digital printing;
ü Coating technologies;
ü …
4. Investigation into
quality claims.
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| Projects |
Currently there are three
externally funded projects – two on digital printing and one on waste water
recycling.
Starting from September and
further on our portfolio will be extended with four new projects – two on enzyme
processing, one on waste water recycling and one on digital printing. Our
partners for these projects are the University of Iashi (Roumania), Centexbel
and highly regarded domestic and foreign companies.
HOBU-projects are open to all
companies located in Flanders. Companies willing to participate in current or
new projects can ask for an application form at 09/244 79 11 or contact us by
e-mail cto.to2c@hogent.be.
HOBU Projects
v
“Optimalisation of the Recipe Transfer from Lab
Conditions to Industry” (01/01/98 – 31/12/00)
v
“Recycling of Waste Water from Discontinuous Bleaching
and Dyeing without Prior Treatment” (01/11/99 – 31/10/01)
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“Digital Printing on Textiles” (01/01/99 – 31/12/01)
v
“Enzyme Processing: the Clean Technology for Cotton
Pretreatment and Finishing” (01/11/01 – 31/10/03)
v
“Recycling after Treatment of Waste Water from
Discontinuous Bleaching and Dyeing” (01/11/01 – 31/10/03)
v “Digital
Printing on Textiles using the ORMOCERE Technique” (01/10/01 – 31/12/02)
Other Projects
v
VLIM-project: “Emissions in Textile Industry”
v
Brite Euram-project: “Best Available Techniques in
Textile Industry
v
Efro-project: “Engineering of PP Fibres for better
Acoustic Properties in Automotive Industry”
v
MKB-project: “Digital Printing on Hard Materials”
Marie
Curie Fellowships: “Methods to obtain Fine Flax Fibers” (starting September
2001)
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| Publications |
1.
A. De Raeve, N. Cappaert en M. Van Parijs, Optimalisatie van
de overdracht van labo-uitvervingen naar industriële productie, om door
gecontroleerde processturing met behulp van een expertisesysteem tot “blind
verven” te komen – deel 1: katoen, Unitex, N° 1, p. 34-38, maart 2000.
2.
A. De Raeve, N. Cappaert en M. Van Parijs, Optimalisatie van
de overdracht van labo-uitvervingen naar industriële productie, om door
gecontroleerde processturing met behulp van een expertisesysteem tot “blind
verven” te komen – deel 2: directe kleurstoffen op katoen, Unitex, N° 2, p.
38-43, mei 2000.
3.
A. De Raeve, N. Cappaert en M. Van Parijs, Optimalisatie van
de overdracht van labo-uitvervingen naar industriële productie, om door
gecontroleerde processturing met behulp van een expertisesysteem tot “blind
verven” te komen – deel 3: reactieve kleurstoffen op katoen, Unitex, N° 5, p.
44-51, november 2000.
4.
N. Cappaert en M. Van Parijs, Hergebruik van proceswater bij
discontinu bleken en verven op katoen, door selectief verzamelen en opnieuw
aanwenden van procesbaden zonder speciale behandeling – deel 1, Unitex, N° 2,
p. 42-47, mei 2001.
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| Research Students |
Every year a number of
research students is recruited. This is fundamental to the research progress
and a continuation of the teaching process.
Research students study
either at the Hogeschool Gent or are coming from foreign universities.
Research students are supervised
by a TO2C staff member
for the duration of their programme.
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