Saati S.p.a.

Mascioni S.p.a.

Paolo Canonico

Carmine Lucignano

Marco Mietta

Paolo Gariboldi

Franco Merletti

Thomas Della Vedova

Elisa Grimoldi

Martina Simone

Valentina Sabatini

Anna Maria Muzyczuk

Paolo Debandi

Maddalena Ganna

Matteo Grimoldi

Roberto Momente'

Vasco Marelli

Jason McIntosh

Liuba Napoli

Anna Muzyczuk

Massimiliano Battistelli

Marco Mauri

Roberto MomentÈ

Irina Boutourline-Young

Egidio Fasana

An intelligent filter construction for household appliances, in particular for drying/washing-drying machines, for separating solid particles from liquid or gaseous fluids, comprises a synthetic monofilament precision fabric material, of a weft and warp type, with which is integrally associated a capacitive sensor adapted to measure in real time values of a moisture in an air flow passing through the fabric material thereby optimizing the household appliance operating cycle.

Intelligent filter construction for electrical appliances, in particular drying/washing-drying machines, method for making the construction, and method for detecting in real time a partial or total clogging of the construction and a value of residual moisture for optimizing the operating cycle of the appliance

A ballistic protective material, characterized in that it comprises a laminate made of aramid fabric having one or more layers of thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix. The resulting composite can be produced by using a film, by applying powders or resins; the material is very flexible, in the form of a roll having the desired width and length.

Ballistic protective material for the reduction of impact trauma

Method and related equipment for the production of filtering panels () made up of a filtering fabric () locked and tensioned inside a frame () consisting of two mutually coupled half frames (), wherein the moulding of said frame () of said panel (), the unwinding of said fabric () from a feeding roller () and the tensioning of the same fabric () in the frame () are carried out, the latter being performed automatically during said moulding step. Compared to the solutions employed in the prior art, the equipment and the method of the invention offer the advantage of automating every operation for assembling the filtering panel, locking the fabric in a centered position on the frame in the making, tensioning it and cutting it out around the frame already moulded on the panel.

Equipment and method for the production of filtering panels

A composite filtering medium comprising a precision fabric, of the type with weft and warp, on the surface of which nanofibres are deposited by electrospinning. A method for producing the composite filtering medium, comprising a step of electrospinning for formation of nanofibres and a subsequent step of deposition of said nanofibres on a base fabric; the method comprises injection of the material for formation of the nanofibres, dissolved in a solvent or mixture of solvents, through a nozzle in order to spread it on an electrode; the method comprising application of a difference of potential between the nozzle and an electrode; the nanofibres being formed as a result of evaporation of the solvent or mixture of solvents, due to the electrical field, and stretching of the polymer deposited on the electrode, by means of the nozzle; the nanofibres thus formed being subsequently stretched and deposited on said base fabric.

Composite filtering medium and method for production thereof

Structure for the ballistic protection of vehicles in general, characterized in that it comprises at least a first textile element and at least an additional element formed of a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix. The structure forms a ballistic system for light armor plating obtained from at least one textile element and one or more thermoplastic or thermosetting base elements. The first textile element includes textile fibers. The second element can include thermoplastic matrices, thermosetting matrices, matrices based on rubber, elastomeric polymers and thermoplastic films of various kinds, the purpose of which consists in providing mechanical properties such that the use of the element can be extended to the field of armor plating while maintaining a high degree of flexibility. The aforesaid elements together contribute to define an efficient ballistic solution while maintaining a relatively low areal density.

Structure for ballistic protection of vehicles in general and method for the production thereof

An acoustically transparent protector for an audio device provided with a sound generating transducer having a sound port covered by said protector for use with a human ear for the reproduction of sound which allows sound to pass through with little attenuation or distortion but does not allow foreign material such as ear wax, dust, debris, or water to pass into the sound port. The protector of the invention is provided with a sound radiating element having at least a curve portion and a suspension part. The protector of the invention realizes a 'perfect' barrier that attenuates the sound entering the audio device as little as possible and does not suffer from significant sound distortions.

Acoustical protector for audio devices and audio device provided with said protector

A shaped component made of technical fabric for protection of the speakers of electronic devices with waterproofing characteristics of IPx7 degree or higher, which have water-tight speakers. In addition to the function of protection from solid particles, the invention is optimised for guaranteeing fast and efficient draining-off of the water that has penetrated into the water-tight speaker so as to recover as fast as possible the initial acoustic functionality, in an improved way as compared to the solutions currently available. The component according to the present invention comprises within it one or more openings covered by synthetic technical fabric with hydrophilic treatment, to guarantee rapid exit of the water that has entered the speaker module, and one or more openings covered by synthetic technical fabric with hydrophobic treatment, to favour entry of air into the volume in front of the speaker, thus ensuring proper emptying thereof. In detail, among the various possible embodiments, the present invention may be implemented as a multilayer die-cut part that combines a hydrophilic synthetic fabric with a hydrophobic synthetic fabric and with one or more layers of adhesive to enable assembly inside the end products.

Component for draining off water from the speakers of a waterproof electronic device

A composite multilayer filtering construction for use in filtering applications requiring a high filtering efficiency for particles of the order of microns and a high permeability of the filtering medium, and for use as a sub-component within acoustic and electronic products, in particular microphones and speakers, comprises at least a first layer of polymeric nanoporous membrane and at least a second layer of a synthetic monofilament precision fabric, the first polymeric nanoporous membrane layer being coupled to the second precision fabric layer thereby providing an integral filtering medium adapted to prevent a passage therethrough of particles even of 1-2 &#x3bc;m and of pressurized liquids.

Composite multilayer filtering construction for use as a subcomponent in acoustic and electronic products in general

A method for making, by a laser etching, a partially metallized single thread fabric material for aesthetic or marking applications, does not use polymers, inks, pastes and additives. The inventive method comprises a pre-metallizing step or a partial metallizing on the fabric and a following metal removal step, being performed by a quick and localized evaporation thereof, performed either on one or both the surfaces simultaneously, by a specifically designed laser.

Method for making partially metallized precision synthetic thread square mesh fabrics for aesthetic or marking applications

A fabric material composite construction, for use as a filter means or media, characterized in that said construction comprises a combination of one or more nanofiber layers and a synthetic single-thread squarely knitted precision fabric.

Fabric material composite construction for use as a filter means

A method for laminating or coupling a first and second precision fabric layers each being formed by weaving a plurality of synthetic monofilaments to achieve a two-layer textile structure, for application to loudspeakers and microphones of electronic devices in general providing at least an audio function, either a sound emitting (voice or music) or receiving function, both for protecting said electronic device from water and solid particle intrusion and for preserving the designed sound emitting and receiving characteristics, the method comprising coupling the first and second layers by a glueing material sprayed on the synthetic monofilaments of at least one of the first and second precision fabric layers.

Method for making a multilayer textile structure for protecting acoustic devices, method for making a component for protecting acoustic devices by the multilayer textile structure and the obtained acoustic device protecting component

A composite ballistics protective textile structure comprises at least a textile element and one or more textile or thermoplastic matrix elements. The first textile element comprises unidirectional yarn fibers or flat strips. The second textile element comprises flat strip elements consisting of unidirectional yarns or thermoplastic films. Additional elements comprise thermoplastic matrix arrangements, based on rubber, elastomeric polymers or being laminated with thermoplastic films, for stabilizing the structure and reducing bullet trauma impacts.

Ballistic protective textile structure and method for making it

A method for removing a metal from a single-thread fabric for making a pattern, characterized in that said single-thread fabric is a square-mesh metallized and etching laser made fabric.

Method for making flexible circuits

A laminated double-layer textile product comprises a square mesh ferromagnetic alloy metal filament or thread technical fabric layer coupled to a square mesh synthetic monofilament technical fabric layer by laminating to provide a diffused joining of said two layers, said laminating comprising a hot-melt laminating.

Magnetic field protecting and screening multi-layer textile construction

A novel multiple orientation construction for the ballistic protection, the process for making it and the main ballistic results obtained thereby. Said construction comprises at least a textile element and one or more thermoplastic or thermosetting based elements. The first textile element () comprises textile fibers. The second element () may comprise thermoplastic, thermosetting, rubber or polymeric elastomer based matrix arrangements or thermoplastic films for adjusting the textile construction characteristics according to the intended applications and for assisting in reducing bullet impact damages. The above elements jointly cooperate in absorbing and spreading a bullet impact stress.

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