Extra thin sidelight-emitting polymer optical fiber narrow fabrics for UV structural adhesive joints: design, preparation and performance experiments

• Published in: Textile research journal Vol. 94; no. 9-10; pp. 1159 - 1174
• Main Authors: Lingemann, Monika, Kallweit, Jan, Pätzel, Mark, Seewald, Robert, Gries, Thomas, Schiebahn, Alexander, Reisgen, Uwe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Acrylates; Adhesive joints; Adhesives; Bonded joints; Coupling; Curing; Curing (processing); Design; Fabrication; Fabrics; Fibers; Light; Light intensity; Light sources; Luminous intensity; Metals; Optical fibers; Optical fibres; Optical properties; Polymers; Substrates; Textile composites; Ultraviolet radiation; Warp; Weft; Yarn; Yarns; Polymer optical fibers; UV curing; narrow fabric weaving; POF weaving; UV adhesives; POF textiles

Ultraviolet (UV) bonding technology is widely used across industries. As the curing reaction is initiated via an external light source, the use of fast-curing structural UV acrylates has so far been limited to joint designs with at least one transparent joining part. By introducing a side-emitting p...