Digitization as a disruptive force? Absolutely! From blockchain technology to digital muster and color fastness apps, the textile industry has recognized the capabilities of digital helpers and is increasingly using them for new systems and processes. Digital helpers are now an indispensable part of the supply chain, ensuring efficient communication and promote a cleaner, less wasteful, transparent and traceable textile industry.
Material color fastness app more reliable than the eye
Kuraray has developed Color Fastness, an app that allows the color fastness of materials such as leather and textiles to be conveniently determined via iPhone or iPad. This new app enables textile laboratories, testing institutes, and manufacturers and processors of fabrics to quickly and cost-effectively analyze their color fastness for the first time.
All that is needed to use this app is a mobile iOS device with a camera, suitable lighting conditions, a treated and – as a reference – an untreated material sample, and a gray scale. The major advantage of Kuraray’s new color fastness app is that it provides more reliable results than the human eye – without the need for complex and expensive high-tech cameras.