Tech Notes

ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 will be held on October 15-19 this year at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai, China. Leading companies in the global textile and manmade fiber industries will show their state-of-the-art machines and technologies at this biennial expo.

By Adrian Wilson, International Correspondent

The combined Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas shows, which took place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from May 22-24, drew together some 536 exhibitors from 32 countries, setting new records for both exhibitors (up 26%) and square meters of space sold (up 14%).

The event was dominated by Germany’s 1,300-square meter High-Tex showcase featuring the technical textile technologies

Diamscope uses the light microscopy method to automatically scan and analyze fibers in water, measuring diameter (from 0.2 µm), curvature and length (less than 0.5 mm). The water helps disperse the fibers evenly and rapidly.

The whole measurement process takes less than two minutes to prepare the sample and measure up to 20,000 fiber snippets. The system is self-cleaning and self-contained,