3XDRY to boost performance at work

16 October 2009, Sevelen – Schoeller Technologies AG, a Swiss licensing company for innovative textile technologies, is to show a new range of workwear incorporating its 3XDRY moisture management technology at this November’s A+A safety and health at work show in Dusseldorf.

In many professions work is intensive, often stressful and at times carried out under extremely hot conditions. According to Schoeller, with its 3XDRY textile finish, the moisture management in workwear, protective clothing, uniforms and corporate fashion is tangibly improved. Schoeller refers to this as its ‘feel good technology’ and at A+A the company will show the latest applications for work wear and the security sector.

“When working physically hard the muscles generate warmth and heat the body. To cool the body down, one perspires and the sweat that remains on the body evaporates. Due to this ‘natural cooling system’, the body is protected from overheating. Many functional garments worn close to the body may take away sweat very fast but the natural human cooling system cannot work appropriately,” Schoeller says.

According to Schoeller, its 3XDRY advanced moisture management system quickly transports sweat on a large scale into the middle of the garment’s fabric. From there it starts evaporating, creating a comfortable cooling effect. “Thus the natural cooling mechanism of the body is supported and optimized. Sweat evaporation is enhanced, the body cooled and the body temperature remains stable, even during hard exercise. Over the course of a long working day, this can really pay off,” the company says.

“A loss of fluid amounting to just 2% of body weight due to perspiration means performance capacity drops by up to 20%. And those who lose less moisture also lose fewer vital minerals, “Schoeller adds.

“3XDRY supports perspiration and provides visible and tangible clothing comfort. Because only the interior side of the textile absorbs moisture, perspiration marks on the outside are practically invisible. Furthermore, textiles with the 3XDRY finish are water repelling and significantly less susceptible to soiling. The versatile finishing technology is particularly well suited to clothes worn next to the skin, such as underwear, shirts, T-shirts and pants,” adds Schoeller.

Schoeller says that 3XDRY feel good technology is increasingly being discovered for the workwear sector, now that the versatile functions have proven themselves in sports and sportswear. 3XDRY was developed in Switzerland in accordance with the criteria of the bluesign standard, a stringent textile standard for EHS criteria (Environment, Health, and Safety).