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Developing Natural Easy Care fabrics

Lightweight, easy care wool fabrics have been made possible by new developments in spinning technology, and they’re meeting consumer demand for more functional fabrics. Discover how Natural Easy ...

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Testing Natural Easy Care fabrics

Natural Easy Care (NEC) fabrics are designed to retain all their aesthetic and functional properties after machine washing and tumble drying. Performance testing provides assurance they are fit ...

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New stab and flame-resistant fabric

A unique new stab and flame-resistant material has been made using wool and a special synthetic fibre. It looks and feels like regular wool jacket fabric and is lightweight and comfortable to ...

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In this activity, students compare the rate of degradation of disposable plates using three different disposal methods. Purpose To experiment with a range of disposable plates made from different ...

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Making felt

In this activity, students create felt from wool fibres to illustrate how the surface structure of wool fibres affects its washability. Purpose This activity will help students understand the ...

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Exploring wool fibre properties

In this activity, students explore the microstructure of wool fibre and how it relates to the properties and uses of wool. Purpose This activity will help students understand how the ...

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Visit to a lavender farm – case study

A Year 9 class visited a local lavender farm as part of a biotechnology unit investigating the production, packaging and marketing of lavender oil for aromatherapy. The purpose of the field trip ...

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Designing a new product from potato starch – unit plan

Students develop their knowledge to design a disposable product as a sustainable alternative to an existing product. Purpose To consider the issues of increasing plastics use and understand why ...

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Marketing a reusable product: potato plates – unit plan

Students develop their knowledge to design a disposable product as a sustainable alternative to an existing product. Purpose To understand why increasing use of non-degradable materials is not ...

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How Solospun works

Solospun is a simple device you attach to a conventional spinning frame. Developed by AgResearch, Solospun changes the way the fibres are twisted, creating a stronger fine yarn that allows ...

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Developing NEC fabric – key stages

Developing Natural Easy Care (NEC) fabrics involved modifying standard processes of wool fabric production. Dr Surinder Tandon of AgResearch explains how the fabric was developed in 3 key stages ...

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Target markets for NEC fabric

Natural Easy Care (NEC) fabric was initially developed at AgResearch for men’s business shirts, but researchers soon recognised its lightweight and easy care properties make it suitable for many ...

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Wool fibre structure and properties

This interactive shows the cellular structure of wool fibre and how this relates to its properties.

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O-Sialon production

This interactive shows the process of creating an advanced ceramic, O-Sialon, in the laboratory. Click on the labels for more information. Select here to view the full transcript and copyright ...

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