The Apparel Innovation Centre is a state-of-the-art facility that provides businesses with services to test, design and manufacture innovative apparel products for the consumer apparel and industrial protective clothing markets. The AIC houses world-class hot liquid and steam protection testing chambers to test personal protective equipment for burn resistance. The Centre is also home to a thermal comfort testing chamber, equipped with a Newton Thermal Manikin. The chamber is capable of simulating a variety of physiological conditions that replicates the human thermoregulatory system.
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