Non-conventional textile structures with technical destination, designed and developed at S.C. Cora Trading & Service S.R.L.

Abstract

Wool fibers are a natural, renewable, sustainable, low impact on the environment, with huge potential for humanity. Given the exponential growth of the Earth’s population, raw materials are getting less and less, a business based on the processing of renewable raw materials, especially wool fibers, has a high chance of survival and development. Romania, with an overwhelming agrarian economy, has a population of nearly 10 million sheep and a production of over 16,000 tons of medium and coarse wool. Given the need to set minimum energy performance requirements for new buildings and for the major renovation of existing ones at European Union level, the development of new materials and technologies is necessary, so that the opportunity to capitalize on wool for buildings be a workable item on long term. This paper presents the experimental results of the characteristics of 4 non-conventional textile structures (UTS) made of 100% wool fibers, designed and developed at S.C. Cora Trading & Service SRL, on their existing adapted technology. The fibrous blend used, consisting of both tanning wool and coarse shared wool allow development of innovative structures, with potential of use for their thermal insulation capacity and great potential of sustainable development of the manufacturer.