Ongoing R&D projects
Textil Santanderina is committed to continuous improvement and constant innovation. That is why the company is constantly developing new textile solutions and processes to achieve the goal of creating value to the entire production chain. Textil Santanderina participate in numerous R&D projects developed at national and international level.
Better processes
digital transformation DECENT Experiment
Textil Santanderina participates, together with INADE (Grupo Santanderina) and DIH-LEAF, in the Project entitled “Deep lEarning for automatiC tExtile iNspecTion” (DECENT). The Project starts in October 2022 and has been financed within the second call of DIH-WORLD, through the prestigious European research programme Horizon 2020. DIH-LEAF offers counselling and digitalization services in this innovation experiment.
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digital transformation MES for the spinning section and yarn wharehouse beaconing.
Strategic objectives of the project:
- Real time traceability by OF and machine
- Real time laboratory analysis traceability
- Real time machine monitoring (production, consumption, breakdowns…)
- Real time facilities monitoring (temperature, humidity, production flux…)
- Traceability in the opening of raw material and palletizing of the finished product
- Warehouse digitalization
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digital transformationNETARTVIS project.
Artificial Vision based on Deep Learning for quality inspection and defects recognition.
The main objective of the NETARTVIS project has been to obtain the necessary knowledge in Artificial Vision systems for its potential application in the automatic quality control of fabrics. The results of the NETARTVIS project have allowed to make progress on the state of the art in artificial vision systems for quality control in the textile industry, consolidating the first steps towards the future development of a system based on artificial intelligence that manages to automate the quality control process, operating in real time, optimizing production times and allowing a robust traceability of products and processes in order to obtain the highest quality standards.
This company has received a grant co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the ERDF Operational Program 2014-2020 of Cantabria through the INNOVA 2021 grant line.
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sustainability and circularity improvement of the energetic eficiency and resources managing.
Improvement of the energetic efficiency and resources managing in yarn dyeing. Cofunded by the Institute for the Energetic Diversification (IDAE, Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition).
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sustainability and circularity sustainability plan for improving the energetic efficiency.
Sustainability plan for improving the energetic efficiency in Santanderina. Change on the energy production systems with an average reduction of equivalent emissions of 12.000 TeqCO2 per year, based on a decline in gas consumption over 70% (and an energy demand reduction over 35 GWh per year).
It has been one of the 30 Industrial projects selected by the Spanish Ministry of Industry within the competitive call “Ayudas y subvenciones I+S en el ámbito de la industria manufacturera 2021”.
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sustainability and circularity installation of the 4th phase of our photovoltaic plant.
Installation of the 4th phase of our photovoltaic plant (394 kW) cofunded by the Institute for the Energetic Diversification (IDAE, Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition) through the competitive call “Actuaciones en instalaciones fotovoltaicas de autoconsumo”. It has led to a reduction of greenhouse gases emissions over 400 TeqCO2 per year.
Currently, we produce in our roofs 806 kW of photovoltaic energy in Textil Santanderina (Cabezón de la Sal, Spain).
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sustainability and circularity pilot plant for fiber detection and capture.
Development of a pilot plant for fiber detection and capture by using optical sensors and regenerative filters.
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sustainability and circularity improvement of heat exchanger and monitoring of water consumption.
Improvement of heat exchanger and monitoring of water consumption.
Improvement of heat Exchange in fabric preparation (mercerizing, bleaching, desizing) and setting up of digital flowmeters for monitoring and real time environmental impact assessing.
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Industrial Investment Project A more sustainable production chain.
This project addresses a set of investments in several parts of the spinning and weaving production chain, which will represent an improvement in the energy efficiency of the company, reducing the total energy consumption of the process by 103.47 tep/year.
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simca Remote monitoring and control system in real time.
The SIMCA Project consists of a pioneering development in the textile sector: a real-time remote monitoring and control system for chemical and synthetic fibers. It is based on a deeper analysis of the production process, combining intra and inter-company analysis in real time. This improves quality and allows an overall reduction in defects.
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Sicaba Advanced internal logistics localisation solutions.
The main aim of the project is to study and validate an innovative Integrated Solution for Warehouse Control and Asset Marking, as well as the development and pilot validation of advanced internal logistics localisation solutions for integrated textile manufacturing processes.
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Better solutions
Radioprotech New shielding fabrics against ionizing radiation.
RADIOPROTECH develops new shielding fabrics against Ionizing Radiation, such as high power radiation sources (X-rays, Gamma and neutron radiation).
The new fabrics have to fulfil requirements of breathability, water repellency and ignifugation, as well as Ionizing Radiation shielding. The potential uses of these fabrics as PPE are nuclear energy plants, nuclear waste management and medical environment exposed to radiation sources.
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Grafentex Fire resistant technical textiles with graphene.
CTC and Textil Santanderina take part in an innovation project based on the optimisation of graphene production and its application in the fire resistant technical textile. The project will make it possible to produce fire resistant textiles with a low environmental impact and high performance to Textil Santanderina, and will reinforce the European leadership of the Cantabrian company in the technical textile sector.
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Fiberproof Fabrics resistant to fibrillation.
Fiberproof is focused on bringing to market a new range of fabrics resistant to fibrillation (one of the most influential factors in the loss of quality of garments once they reach the consumer). In parallel, fiberproof developments will achieve a reduction in the consumption of resources needed to manufacture those fabrics. This will allow products to be launched on the market with higher quality and lower cost, leading to significant savings in water consumption, energy, CO2 and time.
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Fiberclean™ The textile project for cleaner water.
More than 80% of marine debris is microplastic (word of the year 2018 in spain). These particles accumulate in marine habitats, where this type of pollution extends from the coasts to the deepest waters seriously damaging the marine fauna.
FIBERCLEAN™ is an R&D+i project led by Textil Santanderina that aims to reduce the emission of microfibers through the manufacturing and the life cycle of fabrics and garments. The project gathers manufacturers of filaments, yarns and fabrics; manufacturers of auxiliaries for textiles and washing, manufacturers of washing machines and detectors, and wastewater managing companies, closing the loop of the textile chain. In addition, we collaborate with two textile technology centers and a university to evaluate the results.
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Wondrous® Highly luminous technical fabric.
This is a highly luminous technical fabric which maintains its high-visibility properties after 30 washes and which also shows long-lasting phosphorescence. It is the result of a research project carried out together with the University of Cantabria. The research project was cofunded by the Regional Ministry of Industry and Innovation, through the INNOVA program (INNPULSA 2012-2015). Ref. 2014/INN/013.
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field New antistatic fabrics (ESD) and electrically conductive fabrics.
FIELD (Fabric Improved against ELectrostatic Discharge) is a R&D project that will allow Techs to obtain new antistatic fabrics (ESD) and electrically conductive fabrics for both Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and technical applications.
Techstatic is an antistatic fabric resulting from an R&D project with 98% recycled polyester in its manufacturing and resistance to 30 industrial washes, making it far superior to the competition.
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Seaqual Initiative Polyester fabrics containing Upcycled Marine Plastic.
Textil Santanderina impulsed Seaqual Initiative project to manufacture recycled polyester from plastic taken from the sea.
SEAQUAL INITIATIVE works with the waste management and recycling industries to transform marine litter into Upcycled Marine Plastic. SEAQUAL® YARN contains approximately 10% Upcycled Marine Plastic (from plastic marine litter), the remaining 90% is post-consumer PET from land sources.
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