trinamiX, a Germany-based provider of mobile spectroscopy, has announced to now enable flexible on-site identification of textiles.
With trinamiX’s Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution, more than 15 textile types and compositions can now be identified and thus better sorted. Even pieces made of material blends can easily be determined without damaging the material, as claimed by the company.
The solution includes hardware with intelligent data analysis, an app for fast results, and a customer portal where in-depth analyses and reports can be created.
trinamiX thus opens up new ways for customers from the textile industry to exploit additional potential in the field of textile recycling.
“We are convinced that innovative solutions like ours make an important contribution towards a circular textile economy,” explained Adrian Vogel, Business Development Manager at trinamiX GmbH, adding, “Sorting is a key requirement for recycling and is largely done manually. Even experienced sorters cannot tell the difference between, for example, nylon 6 and nylon 6.6 just by looking at it or feeling it. This is where the handheld solution from trinamiX provides clarity.”
The solution supports a wide range of common textile grades used in clothing, furniture and household goods like acrylic, cotton, nylon 6/6.6, polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polyester, polypropylene (PP), silk, sisal, viscose and wool. Textiles made from more than one material can also be identified, according to trinamiX, which includes blends based on acrylic, cotton, nylon, polyester, silk or wool.
For the special requirements of recycling carpets, trinamiX has developed a dedicated application. It supports all common textile and plastic types used in carpets such as nylon 6 and nylon 6.6, polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) and wool.
The carpet application is the first one within trinamiX’s Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution to work offline. This means that the identification Page 2 of 2 of carpet materials can be carried out when there is no connection to the internet. The data is evaluated and stored directly on the device and smartphone.
