US company targets revolution in moisture management
21/07/2017
The company takes its name, Atacama, from the world’s driest non-polar desert. Its new patent-pending technology is said to mimic the workings of real skin.
Atacama has said it uses advanced microfluidics to manipulate sweat into “channels” in the fabric of a garment. These channels are formed by “driving the surface tension of the liquid”, it explained.
Among the benefits the company attributes to its technology is a lower fabric weight gain than the leading moisture-wicking fabric, and a dryer inside to a fabric than when using other technologies.
Atacama developed the technology following extensive research into advanced microfluids. It has said its executive and advisory team includes scientists from the biomedical engineering and material science departments of University of California, Davis, as well as executives from leading apparel and sports companies.
The company believes its technology has “major implications and applications” across a number of industries, including sportswear apparel and accessories, medical clothing and military uniforms.
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