May 14: Tours

FEDTEX attendees have the opportunity to tour North Carolina State University's textile-related facilities as part of their registration.

RSVP for a Tour. In order to provide transportation, attendees must select their tour time on their registration.  Shuttles to and from the McKimmon Conference Center will be provided.  Tours will be provided between 1:00 pm and 3:15 pm.

Shuttles.  Shuttles will pick and drop off at: North Carolina State University - McKimmon Conference Center, 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606.

A FEDTEX team member will be located outside the McKimmon Conference Center main entrance to assist with the shuttle loading and unloading. Several tours will be held as groups of attendees are dropped of at the Wilson College of Textiles.  The first shuttle will leave at 1:00 pm and return to the McKimmon Center after dropping attendees off at the Wilson College of Textiles.  The shuttle will continue to transport attendees to and from the Wilson College of Textiles until 3:15.  After 3:15 no other shuttles will be available for travel to the Wilson College of Textiles.  The shuttle will transport the attendees back to the Wilson College of Textiles following each tour ending.

Drive Yourself.  If you opt to drive yourself to the tours.  Suggested parking is in the Poulten Deck and Main Campus Drive spots on the Centennial Campus section of the visitor parking map.

About. Tour the North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles lab facilities, including the Weaving Lab, Knitting Lab, Short-Staple Spinning Lab, Physical Testing Lab and Dyeing and Finishing Lab. On this tour you will also get a sneak peak at the new Flex Factory Prototype Lab in anticipation of its grand opening this fall! These facilities are managed by Zeis Textiles Extension for Economic Development. All are fully functioning labs and are used for both educational purposes and contracted projects with industry partners for research, product testing and production.

In addition to the Zeis Textiles Extension, tour the Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC). There will also be an opportunity to speak with the ASSIST Center about their labs for innovation and testing.

TPACC , a Gold Sponsor of FEDTEX 24, is the only academic center in the U.S. that incorporates the capabilities to research, test and evaluate the comfort and protective performance of textile materials, garments, and ensemble systems all in one location.  The TPACC tour will feature several newly developed testing and evaluation assets, including  Dynamic PyroMan™ - a newly developed PyroMan™ system that incorporates movement during exposure to flash fire, Liz - a Female Sweating manikin,  the only one in use at an academic institution, and two animatronic head forms that can move and breathe, designed for testing the effectiveness of masks, hoods, and upper body garment interfaces in protecting against particulates.  Additionally, the TPACC tour will showcase demonstrations of PyroMan™, human physiological models and evaporative cooling tests from the material to the system level.

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