(ESMTEXMIL) PPE undergarments in modular structure intended for operational personnel

Funding institution: Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation, CNCS-UEFISCDI

Funding program: National Plan III (PN III), Program 2: Increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy through research, development and innovation

Subprogram 2.1. Competitiveness through research, development and innovation

Financing instrument: Transfer to the economic operator

Project code: PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2016-0132

Contract no. 31 PTE/2016

Project duration: 24 months: 06.10.2016 – 05.10.2018

Project budget: 2,217,008.00 Lei (of which 556,967.00 Lei co-financing)

1. Research team

Coordinator: SC STIMPEX SA

General Manager: Eng. Marcel Istrate

Project Manager: Eng. Marcel Istrate

Partner 1: MAGNUM SX S.R.L.

General Manager: Eng. Daniel Radu

Project Manager: Eng. Maria Buzdugan

Partner 2: National Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather

General Manager: Dr. Eng. Pyerina Carmen Ghituleasa

Project Manager: Eng. Doina Toma

2. Project Objective

The project objective is to develop functional undergarment equipment, designed to be integrated into specialized protective equipment systems, in order to ensure the survival and resistance of operational personnel in defense/public order/security structures, in variable conditions of temperature, activity levels and weight of the equipment transported.

3. Abstract

The specific objectives to achieve the general objective are: • design and manufacture of modular functional PPE underlay elements, in simple and/or multilayered structure, by using woven/knitted textile supports, in different configurations, which incorporate the latest high-performance fibers and/or functionalized fibers (e.g. functionalized fibers with PCM content, Vitamin E, ZnO, Ag ions, Permethrin, etc.), in different participation rates, including the functional finishing of the supports made, to ensure the multiple protection and comfort functions, imposed by the end users of the PPE, as well as testing-validation under laboratory conditions through specific tests; • design and production of prototypes of undergarment PPE in modular structure, adapted to areas of the body with high thermal sensitivity, capable of ensuring on the one hand increased thermal comfort and on the other hand protection against multiple threats, imposed by the field of use (e.g. protection against biological agents, extreme temperatures, electrostatic charge, etc.); • validation through testing in real conditions of use of prototypes of undergarment PPE, for the field of defense/public order/security.

• Estimated results

The development within the project of functional undergarment equipment in modular structure will ensure a higher level of integration of specialized equipment for the protection of the fighter, regardless of the field, thus promoting Stimpex S.A. among the producers of complex integrated equipment, increasingly requested for acquisition, both by domestic and international institutions.

• Results obtained

Stage I: Design of undergarment PPE in modular structure for the field of defense/public order/security

Reported period: October 2016 – December 2016

Activities:

1. Industrial research in effective collaboration or with the dissemination of results (responsible P2);
2. Industrial research in effective collaboration or with the dissemination of results (responsible Co and P1);

Deliverables:

D1. Technology required report-Report – performance and comfort requirements imposed on undergarment PPE; -Report – design of modular undergarment PPE elements