Dow Corning to offer presentation at IFAI Advanced Textiles 2008

Dow Corning Corporation’s Senior Technical Service Chemist Graham Budden will be presenting “The Active Protection System: A Smart Impact Protection Textile” at the IFAI Advanced Textiles 2008 symposium this June.

Budden will discuss key features and benefits of the Dow Corning® Active Protection System, the patented “smart” technical textile that provides an unprecedented combination of defense and comfort for personal impact-protection applications. The fabric remains soft and flexible under normal conditions, but hardens instantly upon impact to absorb and distribute energy over the entire protective area.

When the impact force is removed, the material immediately returns to a flexible state. Since the delivery form is a textile on a roll, the Active Protection System offers considerable design versatility. It can be cut into different shapes and sizes, built up in layers, and fully integrated into apparel.

In October 2006, Rukka, a Finland-based manufacturer of sports apparel, launched the first commercially available product to use Active Protection System fabric: the SRO Anatomic motorcycle riding suit. Budden will discuss the case study behind this product launch. He will also present applications beyond motor cycling for the Active Protection System.

More information: (www.activeprotectionsystem.com).