Therefore, active lighting materials such as electroluminescent (EL-) wires and polymer optical fibres were integrated in a modular safety vest during the SmartSeam project. Those materials are delicate to handle and often impossible to process with common textile manufacturing techniques. However, with a special sewing machinery set-up, it was actually possible to apply these materials as laying thread in a decorative seam. In this way, we hope to make the roads brighter and the people safer.
Material:
Electroluminescent (EL-) wires, polymer optical fibres
Technology:
Sewing of active lighting materials with modified double lockstitch machine and laying thread device.
Special Quality:
The Modular safety vest can be changed in style but also mode of active lighting and was developed as final thesis by B.Sc. Theresa Grümpel as part of the SmartSeam project.
Contact:
Email: anne.schwarz-pfeiffer(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Email: rike.brendgen(at)hs-niederrhein.de
