TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – January 3, 2024 – Smart wearable devices have become a focal point of future development. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness regarding the monitoring of physiological data. Smartwatches and wearable monitors continue to gain market traction.
Despite the focus on smart clothing, manufacturers have faced challenges in maintaining stable signal transmission in response to the demands of human movement and clothing washing. However, Maeden, after two years of dedicated research and development, managed to create an elastic thread that could withstand washing in water and stretching without altering its strength.
Overcoming challenges with Maeden’s expertise
From the early stages of technical development, the research team encountered hurdles related to the washing requirements of smart clothing, facing issues where stretching the wire led to variations in resistance, resulting in unstable signal reception.
Applications such as products providing vibrational haptic feedback, such as virtual reality or gloves, have faced similar challenges. If the driver could not withstand the vibration or stretching of these equipment, it presented a risk of malfunction during use. Ultimately, they advance the elastic threads of clothing to resist water exposure and stretching, while maintaining aesthetics for user comfort.
Ko noted that Maeden’s years of focus on dynamic conductor winding, braiding techniques and specialty composite materials have given him extensive experience. Overcoming these technical hurdles would result in a highly differentiated product in the market.
Innovative elastic yarn resistant to washing and stretching
Many companies in the market have started to explore the potential of smart clothing, covering applications in sports or everyday life. These devices cover health monitoring and assistive technologies such as physiological monitoring, electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), and body temperature regulation (heating, cooling). However, to create qualified smart clothing, it is essential to meet the quality requirements of the textile industry and carefully consider materials, structure and chemical components to ensure compliance with safety regulations and habits of customers. consumers.
Maeden, as a leading conductor manufacturer, has achieved its first technological breakthrough, ensuring that its elastic thread meets smart clothing standards. Additionally, it has passed ISO6330 100 washes and AATCC135 200 washes tests, proving its ability to withstand human movement, ease of cleaning and functionality while also helping customers achieve FDA certification.
The second breakthrough is that many conductors on the market fail to return to their original state after stretching. However, Ko proudly mentions: “With Maeden’s current technical specifications, these ultra-thin elastic conductors, with a diameter of approximately 0.2 mm, have a resistance of 6.5 ohms/meter. They can be stretched up to 50%, and once reached the maximum stretch, not only do they not relax, but they also completely return to their initial length. Maeden was able to effectively lengthen and stretch the conductors while maintaining stable resistance.
Continuous development of high-tech reference yarns for industries
Ko said the company is moving toward developing conductors of varying thicknesses and stretch rates to meet diverse market demands. Moreover, that of Maeden
reliability testing have received accreditation from many renowned international giants. Currently, efforts are underway to develop new verification testing standards, such as abrasion resistance, ensuring that elastic conductors for smart clothing are practical and durable.
Currently, Maeden’s elastic conductors for smart clothing have been successfully deployed in customer applications. The conductors developed by Maeden for use in MRI garments were demonstrated in public presentations by Purdue University to the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
The company is actively engaged in the research and development of semiconductor projects, robot joints and robot nerves, with promising initial test results. Maeden’s ultra-thin conductors can endure more than 10 million
bending and torsion tests without breaking.
Finally, Ian Ko mentioned that when promoting smart clothing elastic conductors, interested parties can visit
Maeden official website to request free samples. Those interested in understanding the limitations of their current wire usage can also contact Maeden through the website for a free analysis before March 1, 2024.
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