INTEGRATION OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS WITH ACTUATOR ROLE ON TEXTILE SUPPORTS

Magnetic textile materials represent a new category of smart materials, whose properties are obtained either by adding magnetic materials during the technological processes of obtaining fibres and yarns, either by applying some magnetic materials on textile surfaces during the chemical finishing processes (electroless plating, electroplating, magnetron sputtering). Therefore, by adding magnetic nano powders in the spinning solution, fibres with magnetic properties are obtained, by adding metallic fibres, with magnetic properties, during the spinning process, magnetic yarns are obtained, and by the insertion of a certain percent of metallic/magnetic yarns during the weaving or knitting process, textile materials with magnetic properties are obtained. Thus, magnetic textile materials will possess the uniqueness of a textile structure due to specific features as flexibility, breathability or lightweight, but at the same time, also the magnetic properties necessary in multiple applications such as magnetic sensors, actuators and electromagnetic shielding used in technical applications for defence, automotive and aerospace.