Development of a new generation of eco-designed and automated circular knitting machines.
The EcoTex project focuses on reducing the environmental impact in the production of circular knitting machines, implementing a sustainable design and optimizing the use of materials.
EcoTex improves the ergonomics of the operator with a solution that contemplates the redesign of the machine in order to reduce its environmental impact, the development of specific sensors, predictive maintenance, and improving the ergonomy throught automated needle feeding and loading systems.
This initiative arises as a response to the urgent need to reduce the environmental impact in the textile industry and improve the working conditions for operators.
Eurecat, together with CANMARTEX, participates through its Units of New Manufacturing Processes, Product Innovation and Multiphysics Simulation and Functional Textiles.
General details
Project
EcoTex – Development of a new generation of ecodesigned and automated circular knitting machines
Project reference
CPP2022-009761
Programme and call for tender
Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the call “R&D&I Projects in Public-Private Collaboration”, State Program to Promote Scientific-Technical Research and its Transfer, of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan
Related SDGs
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
