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Webinar | Woven Narrow Fabrics: KevlarEXO Development

Webinar | Woven Narrow Fabrics: KevlarEXO Development

Member Pricing: Free

Non-Member Pricing: $39

High performance technical fabrics have been a strong market for the US textile industry for many decades. However, new and innovative developments in technical fibers does not happen very often. Dupont's roll-out of Kevlar EXO fiber provides new opportunities for high performance fibers and the end-use applications of the fabrics constructed of this new fiber. Bally Ribbon Mills accepted the challenge of developing woven narrow tapes and webbings utilizing Kevlar EXO. While this development process is currently in its 3rd year, work and market development is ongoing. This presentation will highlight a successful development process and address some of the challenges and considerations that hinder development of new materials.

1. Understand what goes into fabric R&D 2. Understand more about the properties of Kevlar EXO and why this is a tool in the toolbox fabric design 3. Learn more about the US textile industry and what it can do for OEM applications

Organizer:

Tara Houston

tara.houston@textiles.org

Event Speakers

  • Ted Fetterman

    Ted Fetterman

    Ted Fetterman is Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) located in Bally, PA, USA. Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) is a manufacturer of woven, narrow fabrics that range from simple webbings such as those used in seat belts & safety equipment to high-tech 3D thermoset composite materials that are used in the Aerospace industry (several of our product rests on Mars). Ted has been with Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) for 31 years. Although he possesses a B.A. in Economics from Bucknell University, he has great interest and work experience in several Engineering disciplines. Ted is responsible for all front office sales operations as well as R&D and Engineering. Part of Ted’s responsibility is new product innovations. He has been responsible for bringing to market E-WEBBINGS® which are smart textiles constructed of structural narrow fabrics that contain embedded conductive elements which enable the transmission of data, sensations, and power. Ted has spent the last several years promoting E-WEBBINGS® into various industries and identifying both barriers and opportunities relative to Smart Textiles. In addition to managing BRM’s medical market strategy, Ted is leading current new developments in narrow fabrics for NASA’s Artemis program as well as LEO commercial space applications. Ted is married with young adult children. He enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening, carpentry, cooking, and musical performance.

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