Architectural Shielding

RFI/EMI Shielding Materials-Benefits and Drawbacks!

Metalized Textiles in the Home!

Metalized Textiles in the Home!  Metalized textiles are now transforming homes, recreating interior design and functionality.  Once used mainly for decorations, these fabrics with metallic coatings now offer many advantages beyond their visual appeal.  MetalizedTextiles serve as exceptional insulators, reflecting both heat and light.  They are perfect for curtains and blinds, regulating interior temperature and curbing energy consumption by keeping interiors cool in the summer and warm in the winter.  They provide an energy-efficient solution for comfortable living.  The reflective...
Everyday uses of Metalized Textiles!

Everyday uses of Metalized Textiles!

Everyday uses of Metalized Textiles!  We often think of metalized textiles in terms of their RF Shielding characteristics.  Metalized Textiles, infused with innovative metallic elements have significantly made their way into our daily lives.  Theses versatile fabrics play a crucial role in enhancing our comfort, style, and well-being, seamlessly integrating into various parts of our daily routines.  Within our homes, metalized textiles go beyond aesthetics.  Curtains and bedding containing these fabrics not only elevate our living spaces visually, but also...
Digital Forensic Evidence-Handle with Care!

Conductive Metalized Textiles in Forensics and Security

Conductive Metalized Textiles in Forensics and Security.  Conductive metalized textiles, frequently overlooked in our everyday lives, make a significant impact in the fields of forensics and security.  These amazing fabrics, containing metals and polymers play an important part in many applications.  Let's look into how these textiles are instrumental in ensuring safety and maintaining the integrity of sensitive information in these critical domains. The use of metalized textiles in forensics include: Electromagnetic Shielding- Forensic labs depend on conductive textiles to create...
Metalized Conductive Textile Sensors-Versatile!

Conductive Non-Woven Textiles-Very Useful!

Conductive Non-Woven Textiles-Very Useful!  Conductive non-woven textiles have emerged as game-changing materials that blend fabric functionality with electrical conductivity.  Their unique properties find applications across diverse industries.  Innovative solutions in electromagnetic shielding, resistance heating advance technical progress along with the medical and healthcare fields.  Our conductive non-woven materials play a pivotal role in mitigating electromagnetic interference (EMI), by containing or blocking electromagnetic radiations.  This use protects sensitive electronic equipment in electronics manufacturing and telecommunications. ...
RF Shielded Enclosures for Optimum EMC!

RF Shielded Enclosures have many Applications!

RF Shielded Enclosures have many Applications!  In our increasingly interconnected world, the need to manage environmental electromagnetic interference grows daily.   RF Shielded Enclosures, also known as Faraday Cages, play pivotal role in achieving this objective across several industries.  These unique structures are specifically designed to block Radio Frequency (RF) and electromagnetic radiation, serving many purposes.  Today, we will delve into the key applications of RF Shielded Enclosures and the industries that depend on them.  RF...
RFI/EMI Shielding Materials-Benefits and Drawbacks!

RF Shielding-Valuable in Electronics!

RF Shielding-Valuable in Electronics!  We all know that all electronic devices must pass EMC compliance testing prior to marketing.  Without RF Shielding, EMC would be impossible to achieve!  Shielding protects electronic devices from RFI and EMI emissions that would make optimal performance impossible.  Shielding is valuable in several ways, firstly, by blocking emissions that will adversely affect the operation of nearby devices, increasing the overall operation of the component.  Secondly, shielding materials block emissions from other nearby devices that will...
RFI/EMI/RFID Shielding Curtains-Versatility!

RF Shielded Curtains-many Options!

RF Shielded Curtains-many Options!  RF Shielded Curtains are known for their work in warehousing and inventory management.  They separate a large room into multiple distinct areas, allowing fast and accurate inventories.  This certainly isn't the only use for Shielded curtains.  They allow adding a foyer, division, or a room to an RF Shielded Enclosure, creating mor workspace.  Shielded Curtains are important in telemetry areas of hospitals, keeping the patient's vital signs and medical conditions separate and securely...
Coatings Enhance Metalized Textiles in many ways!

Military uses for Conductive Textiles!

Military uses for Conductive Textiles!  The Department of Defense has many uses for Conductive Textiles.  Obviously, the military has many sophisticated electronic devices in their vehicles, whether planes, tanks, or boats.  The lives of the soldiers depend on these devices working smoothly without any interference from RFI or EMI.  Proper RF Shielding allows these devices to work together efficiently in a shared electromagnetic environment.  Conductive textiles are the best shielding materials for vehicles due to their light...
RF Shielded Garments-what are their Applications?

Who uses Conductive Metalized Textiles-Everyone!

Who uses Conductive Metalized Textiles-Everyone!  Until I came to work at V Technical Textiles, Inc., I didn't know anything about them.  Today, I am amazed at the number of ways metalized textiles are involved in our lives.  One of the first uses of them made it possible for me to listen to an FM radio in my car!  I recall FM radios seemed particularly sensitive to RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) and were not easy to listen to.  This due to...
Personal/Home Shielding reduces EMI Exposure!

Privacy and Protection-RFI/EMI Home Shielding!

Privacy and Protection-RFI/EMI Home Shielding!  RF Shielding offers protection from RF/EMI exposure.  We live in a wireless environment, using RF to send and receive messages, communicate via cell phone, and make financial transactions.  Though the long-term health effects of exposure to RF/EMI radiation haven't been exactly defined, there is true concern that they exist.  Electromagnetic HyperSensitivity (EHS) is a self-reported condition that hasn't been proven by science.  It consists of nervous system symptoms such as headache, fatigue, sleep disturbances, skin symptoms...