作者：约翰-罗斯博士产品开发总监
As someone who has worked for many years in the coatings industry, I am used to watch things dry! An early thought when I joined Technical Absorbents (TAL) was “would watching fabrics dry be more interesting than paint?” However, more importantly, how could TAL repeatedly and reproducibly replicate someone drying one of its super absorbent fabrics on their home washing line?
也许首先应该介绍一下我为什么突然对观察织物晾晒产生了兴趣。
超级吸水剂的本质是吸水。最好的超强吸水织物能保持吸水性，因此需要更长的晾干时间。在开发新的可水洗超级吸水织物时，TAL 的产品开发团队一直在努力寻找吸水性之间的平衡点，同时确保最终的可水洗卫生服装可以及时清洗和重复使用。
To evaluate our theories, we needed to devise a simple test. I would like to say I had a Eureka moment, but if I am honest I was sat in my office on another video call – I am sure you have all been there in the last eighteen months or so – and spotted a fan! Perfect a controlled environment (TAL’s laboratory) set an air source (the fan) set distance and there you have it – a crude but effective means of assessing the potential of our new fabric designs.
这项工作中最令人满意的可能是，我们苦苦思索的理论在上述测试中得到了验证，并在随后的消费者试验中得到了证实。我们的织物可能需要比平时更长的时间才能干透，但由此获得的吸水性能是值得的！
