PARIS: The French fabric house Avelana and Roudiere has created a hermoregulator fabric line using new Klimeo process, which absorbs ambient thermal changes and offers wearable garment at a similar temperature regardless of the weather, much cooler in summer or much warmer in winter.
The new Klimeo process involves the application of a treatment to pure or mixed wool fabrics and is ideal for traditional woven textile markets, and is beneficial for knitwear used in active outdoor and sports markets, as well as other next-to-skin applications.
However, Klimeo is invisible to the naked eye, and does not change the aesthetics, fall or texture of fabrics, and retains its new properties even after machine washing and dry cleaning.
To create Klimeo, microcapsules are grafted to the fabric which change their phase depending on the temperature as the substance in microcapsules is solid.
The fabric is seen as an excellent everyday fashion fabric and had been trialed successfully this season in 100 percent Australian Merino wool and wool blend suits, trousers and dresses also.
At the launch of KLIMEO thermometers were put in both non-Klimeo and Klimeo fabrics and they were warmed up using a hair dryer to about 34 or 35 degrees Celcius; whereas when the fabrics reached the same temperature deep cold air was thrown on them at the same time as each time the Klimeo fabric remained warmer than the non-Klimeo fabric by 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.
Chargeurs Fashion is in process to create a variety of knitted textiles with the KLIMEO technology and is expected to produce knits in-line with the requirements of performance apparel manufacturers around the world.
Mr Pascal Senkoff, General Manager Product Marketing at Australian Wool Innovation has been working on the KLIMEO project said that KLIMEO procedure is seen as a treatment that will increase demand for lightweight Australian Merino wool based knitted and woven apparel products including men, women, and corporate within key global markets.
The new Klimeo process involves the application of a treatment to pure or mixed wool fabrics and is ideal for traditional woven textile markets, and is beneficial for knitwear used in active outdoor and sports markets, as well as other next-to-skin applications.
However, Klimeo is invisible to the naked eye, and does not change the aesthetics, fall or texture of fabrics, and retains its new properties even after machine washing and dry cleaning.
To create Klimeo, microcapsules are grafted to the fabric which change their phase depending on the temperature as the substance in microcapsules is solid.
The fabric is seen as an excellent everyday fashion fabric and had been trialed successfully this season in 100 percent Australian Merino wool and wool blend suits, trousers and dresses also.
At the launch of KLIMEO thermometers were put in both non-Klimeo and Klimeo fabrics and they were warmed up using a hair dryer to about 34 or 35 degrees Celcius; whereas when the fabrics reached the same temperature deep cold air was thrown on them at the same time as each time the Klimeo fabric remained warmer than the non-Klimeo fabric by 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.
Chargeurs Fashion is in process to create a variety of knitted textiles with the KLIMEO technology and is expected to produce knits in-line with the requirements of performance apparel manufacturers around the world.
Mr Pascal Senkoff, General Manager Product Marketing at Australian Wool Innovation has been working on the KLIMEO project said that KLIMEO procedure is seen as a treatment that will increase demand for lightweight Australian Merino wool based knitted and woven apparel products including men, women, and corporate within key global markets.
