Research and development of the implementation of magnetizable components in textile structures for magneto-inductive testing

• Applicants: Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Golder; Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert Schulz
• Subject Area: Lightweight Construction, Textile Technology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 533164108

Textile high-performance fiber materials have a high potential in new applications such as textile machine elements (ME). But there is a lack of sufficient experience and long-term studies on service life and signs of fatigue. In the proposed project, magnetizable textile components / semi-finished products based on ferromagnetically coated high-performance fibers for applications in the material handling sector are being produced for the first time. In this process, magnetisable particles are applied in a coating to semi-finished textiles (e.g. yarns, threads, ...) and/or textile products (e.g. braids, ...). With the help of the magneto-inductive test method, which has been a recognized method for many years, it should be possible to detect fiber breaks or similar in the product over time and as a result of wear and aging. This is intended to give an estimate of the lifetime. The aim is fundamental investigations with regard to: a) bond behavior between ferromagnetic coating and textile structures made of high-performance fibers, b) magnetization of high-performance fibers or textile semi-finished products and their implementation / incorporation into a textile structure and c) magneto-inductive testing to estimate the service life. The planned DFG research project will be carried out as a cooperation project between the Institute for Materials Handling and Plastics (ifk) at Chemnitz University of Technology and the Institute for Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT) at the University of Stuttgart.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants