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StretchEnergyProductVariations/TextileROICAAsahiKaseiCorporationFibers&TextilesSBU
WhatisStretchEnergy?
StretchEnergyisamaterialmadewithROICAfunctionalyarn,whichisdesignedtohaveanexothermiceffectwhen
stretching.Aslongasthematerialexpandsandcontractsrepeatedly,itwillgenerateheat.
Temperaturechangeduetoheatgenerationbystretching
Usethermographytoobservethetemperatureincreaseinthesurfaceoftheknitfabricwhentheknitfabricundergoes
repeatedexpansionandcontractioninanelasticrecoverytester.(Comparisonofassumedstretchingwhenwearing
garment)
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(Left)StretchEnergy
(Right)Conventionalproduct
AlldatafrommeasurementstakenattheAsahiKaseiCorporationProductScienceInstitute
Themechanismofheatgenerationbystretching
(Differencefromheatgenerationbyabsorbingmoisture)
Heatgeneration
Heatgeneration
bystretching
byabsorbingmoisture
http://www.asahikasei.co.jp/fibers/en/roica/variation/stretchenergy.html
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StretchEnergyProductVariations/TextileROICAAsahiKaseiCorporationFibers&TextilesSBU
WhentheROICAfiberisstretched,entropy(molecular
Sweatandotherwatervaporreleased
disorder)decreasesandheatisemitted.
fromthebodyareabsorbedbyspecial
fibersandheatisemitted.
Sustainedexothermicfunction
RepeatedexpansionandcontractiongenerateandabsorbheatThespecialknitdesignisdevisedtomaximizethe
amountofheatgeneratedandaslongasthematerialexpandsandcontractsrepeatedly,itwillgenerateheat.(Patent
applicationcompleted)
Exothermiceffectthroughmovement
Comparisonoftemperaturechangeswhendoingkneebendswhilewearingsportstights
Wearingtightsmade
withStretchEnergy
Wearing
conventionaltights
AlldatafrommeasurementstakenattheAsahiKaseiCorporationProductScienceInstitute
http://www.asahikasei.co.jp/fibers/en/roica/variation/stretchenergy.html
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