Prof. Dr. Robert Groten

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Robert Groten
Technical Textiles Head of TUB/Textile Technologies Head of Textiles INNOVATORIUM
Overview of my courses

Publications, from the period of study:
Publications in the period of study

Together with an elective research work carried out by me at the DWI in 1986, the thesis was presented at the International Wool Textile Organization, Nice Meeting, Report No. 7, in December 1990 by Prof. Dr. H. Höcker under the title ''Reactions of Oxidation Intermediates of Cystine in Wool'', Groten, Föhles, Schumacher-Hamedat, Höcker.

 

Submission of my doctoral thesis by Prof. Dr. H. Höcker to the Comité International de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques to receive the CIRFS Chemical Fibers Prize 1993 (International Chemical Fibers Conference Dornbirn).

 

Applied Macromolecular Chemistry 209 (1993) 131-144 (no. 3624):

''Modification of the surface of polyamide-6 monofilaments'', R.Groten, H. Höcker.

 

 

Publications (papers), from the period at FREUDENBERG:
Publications in the period at FREUDENBERG:

Publication of Carl Freudenberg, Central Research and Development, distributed to internal and external customers: ''Biodegradability of polymers, definition, examination and examples'', contact (and authors) Dr. L. Klein, Dr. R. Groten, 1993.

 

Techtextil Symposium '95, Dr. R. Groten (presenter), J. Baravian, Dr. U. Jahn: ''BridgeFoil - A new system for crack-bridging coatings''.

 

Techtextil '97: Receipt of the TECHTEXTIL Innovation Award 1997 for ''Biodegradable spunbonded nonwoven for anoxic degradation of nitrate in drinking water''

and about the innovation award publications in:

  • Nonwovens Industry, June 1997, p.64, abstract
  • Nonwoven Markets, June 1997, p. 5, abstract
  • Asian Textile Journal, June 1997, p. 26, abstract
  • Environmental Letters No. 13 - 14, July 09, 1997, p. 4
  • Nonwovens Report International, July 1997, p. 20-21, 106
  • Water, Air, Soil - Journal for Environmental Technology, 7-8/1997, p. 32-33
  • Textiles à Usages Techniques, TUT, 3me trimestre 1997, N° 25, p. 41-42
  • World Textile Abstracts 12/97 p. 660, 7546 and 01/98, p. 26, 199
  • Nonwoven International No. 131 / 1997, p. 122 and 136

 

Symposium 1998 in Paris: Nouveaux Textiles et Vêtements Fonctionnels '98, Table ronde 2, ''Enjeux et Bénéfices, Les Impacts de l'Environnement''

 

November 2000: Receipt of the AVANTEX Innovation Award 2000 for ''Evolon - a new generation of microfiber face fabrics''

 

Techtextil Symposium 2001, Dr. R. Groten (lecturer), G. Riboulet: ''Evolon fabrics, products, properties, applications'' published in Textiles à Usages Techniques, TUT N° 41, 3e TRIMESTRE 2001.

 

40th International Man-Made Fibers Conference, Dornbirn 2001, Dr. Robert Groten:

Properties of Evolon Fabrics'' published in ''Nonwovens - Technical Textiles 4-2001, p. 37''

42nd International Man-Made Fibers Conference, Dornbirn 2003, Dr. Robert Groten, Uwe Marg:

"Evolon, functional textiles for the home".

 

International Textile Bulletin, 1 2004, p. 54ff; Anti-allergenic bedding.

 

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of IST Publishing; 50 years of nonwovens

 

Techtextil North America, Symposium, March 2006, Session 206: Technical Nonwovens- News from Research and Product Applications, invited by Prof. Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Director Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center, North Carolina State University: "Advances in Durable Microfiber Nonwovens" (English, brochure, presentation)

 

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), 29.01.2008, "Water jets break fibers into pieces like cake".

 

Aachen-Dresden International Textile Congress (ITC 2008), Dresden, December 2008,

"Durable, Technical Packaging Fabrics"

 

Personal article in Freudenberg Magazine 3/ 2009 based on an idea submission with successful further development in FREUDENBERG NEW TECHNOLOGIES (FNT).

 

October 2009, 1st Innovation Award of the Freudenberg Group for the above-mentioned idea, published in Freudenberg Magazine 4/2009 (see also Freudenberg Magazine 4/2013).

 

50th International Man-Made Fibers Conference, Dornbirn 2011, Dr. Robert Groten, Dr. Andreas Eisenhut: "Silver doted Evolon for sustainable cloth at FHP Professional".

 

Co-author in "Nonwovens", edited by Hilmar Fuchs and Wilhelm Albrecht, WILEY-VCH, 2nd edition 2012, pp. 493 - 503 (reader link).

 

Freudenberg Magazine 4/2013, "der Ideensprudler", published in D, GB, F, I, E, P, CN

 

Freudenberg Magazine 2/2014, p. 30, "...or how cake comes off by compressed air".

 

56th International Man-Made Fibers Conference, Dornbirn 2017, Dr. Robert Groten:

"Evolon® Next Generation"

Impressions of distinctions

On the basis of my about 70 patents (co-inventors) my fields of activity can be traced chronlogically. The best source in my opinion is the database of the German Patent Office (Depatisnet). You will find a short user guide in the linked PDF file.

Instructions patent database

Materials
Melt-spinnable thermoplastics:
Polyamides (PA6, PA6.6, CoPA), polyesters (PET, PBT, PEN, CoPES), polyolefins (PP, PE, sPS), additives
Biodegradable polymers (PCL, PHB, PHV, PLA, PU)

Products and applications
Airbag (-protective cover), allergy textiles, automotive applications (-roof lining, -door interior lining, A-,B-,C-pillars), car wash textiles, apparel (industrial safety, sanitary, sleeping, sports), bedding (allergy-proof, down-proof, incontinence mats), floor and wall coatings (crack-bridging), roofing membranes, filters, linings (pocket linings, thermal nonwovens), insect protection (clothing), light protection, microfilament nonwovens, furniture laminates (thermoformable HPL worktops), engine sealing elements, mouse pad, cleanroom clothing, wipes, footwear (inner lining, heel lining), sound absorption, synthetic leather, drinking water treatment (nitrate removal), wipes, weather protection, wound dressings (bioabsorbable, "Scaffolene®")

Processes
3D structuring, printing, dyeing, impregnation, calendering, laboratory spinning, meltblown, polymer synthesis, PU coagulation, rotary spinning, spunbond process, finishing processes, stretching device, hydroentanglement

Patents
(see there)

Raw Materials
Melt-spin-able thermo-plastics:
Polyamides (PA6, PA6.6, CoPA), Polyesters (PET, PBT, PEN, CoPES), Polyolefines (PP, PE, sPS), additives, biodegradable polymers (PCL, PHB, PHV, PLA, PU)

 

Products and Applications
Airbag (-cover), anti-allergic textiles, apparel (work wear, sanitary, sleeping, sport), automotive applications (headliner, trim-parts, A-, B-, C- columns), bed linen (anti-allergic, comforter, incontinence), car wash textiles, clean room -garment and -wipes, clothes, drinking water purification (denitrification), filters, furniture-laminates (thermo-formable HPL), interlining (pocket-lining, thermo-lining), light protection, micro filament nonwovens, mosquito protection (apparel), mousepad, seals (motor-elements), roofing, shoes (lining, heelgrip), sound absorption, synthetic leather, wall- and floor- covering (crack-bridging), weather protection, wound dressing (resorb-ables "scaffolene®")

 

Processes
3D-structuration, calendaring, drawing process, dyeing, finishing processes, hydro entanglement, impregnation, laboratory spinning, meltblown, polymer synthesis, PU-coagulation, rotation spinning, spunbond process, printing,

 

Patents
(see there)

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