3D-KNITTED ACOUSTIC TEXTILE

THE NEED

Increase personal protection while improving comfort, mobility and thermal burden, often limited by rigid, heavy and poorly breathable constructions.

THE TECHNOLOGY

We use linear technical knitting to engineer multi-layer textile architectures that manage drape, local reinforcement and energy dispersion, enabling ergonomic shapes and modular integration with carriers and accessories. Materials are selected case-by-case (e.g., high-tenacity and cut-resistant fibres) and validated through structured prototyping and lab characterization.

THE APPLICATION

Functional demonstrators and pre-qualification samples that improve the protection-to-comfort trade-off, with scalable manufacturing routes and customization by mission profile, fit and integration constraints.

THE NEED

Enable lightweight deployable satellite reflector antennas with stringent RF and stability requirements.

THE TECHNOLOGY

We design and produce ultra-light reflective metal meshes via linear technical knitting, combining materials research with unit-cell engineering to optimize RF reflectivity/transparency in targeted bands. The textile is tuned for tensioning stability and compatibility with deployable architectures (incl. LDR and wrappable concepts), targeting only a few kilograms for large reflector surfaces.

THE APPLICATION

Demonstrator lots for qualification and integration, supporting reduced inertia and stowage volume and higher satellite agility. Collaboration with Thales Alenia Space Italia supports validation and industrialization for future Earth-observation systems.