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General description of print media

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20170815Print Media have been developed especially for use on digital full-colour large-format printers.

In our current digital printing market, more and more solvent and other high quality inks are being used, not only because they look magnificent and colourfull, but also because they have a considerably long life when used outdoors.

Wedeveloped a wide range of Grafiprint Print Media, especially for use on these digital full-colour large-format printers. Are you looking for a monomeric film for indoors, a polymeric film for outdoors or a cast film for extremely long term outdoor applications ? Or do you wish to print on photo paper, canvas or banner material ?

The uncoated Print Media are perfectly suited for all large-format printers that are available on the market today. For some print media, like e.g. photo paper, canvas or banner materials, an additional print coating is required to achieve a good print result. With our print coating, which we developed especially for these media, you will get magnificent results on these materials as well.

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Evolution of Technical Textiles

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Owing to the success of the 7th International Istanbul Textile Conference which was held in 2016 in Istanbul for the textile and apparel industry, we want to take this opportunity to discuss and share the new development in technical textiles and apparel industry by inviting you again to the city where East meets West, to a place steeped in culture and history. Istanbul is proved to play host on this auspicious occasion to the 8th International Istanbul Textile Conference on Evolution of Technical Textiles (ETT 2018) with a theme of “Recent and Future Advances in Innovation and Enterprise in Traditional Textiles, Technical Textiles and Clothing”. It is clear that the role being played by textile in the applied materials science is considerable and that there is still ample scope for further development. For this conference, the focus is on looking beyond the gadgets and the broad spectrum of papers demonstrates when, where and how technical textiles are selected for their true value and applications.

The conference will provide a unique opportunity to meet leading personalities with research, management and technology experience from all over the world and to discuss with them any ideas and proposals in your particular field. The ETT 2018 is intended to intensify and promote cooperation among academics, inventors, textile specialities and producer companies. This time, International Istanbul Textile Conference and International Textile Machinery Exhibition (ITM) have signed a collaboration agreement for the contemporary scheduling in synergy of the next editions of their respective events ETT Conference and ITM Exhibition, which will now be held 14-16 April 2018 in the Istanbul TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center. ITM is the largest exhibition in Turkey and in the region, is among the most important exhibition in the World. ITM 2016 is a global textile show with 49.730 visitors and more than 1.000 textile technology producer companies presented their latest models and technologies in operation. As usual the papers cover a wide spectrum of issues, all of which are pertinent to the successful use and application of technical textile. The papers represent current research on technical textile issues and within the nine conference themes, contributions cover:

• Latest development on spinning, weaving and knitting

• Latest development on dying and finishing

• Medical Textiles

• Technical Textiles

• Smart and Interactive Textiles

• Surface Coatings

• Advances in Apparel Design

• Ecological Textiles

• Composites Materials

• Textile Innovations

• Computer Technology for Textiles and Apparel

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Print Media Departmental Philosophy

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The Print Media department is characterized by an expanded concept of printmaking through interdisciplinary practice. This expansive approach to print as process allows for innovation with traditional and new print media. A print can exist as a drawing, graphic, photograph, sculpture, video, sound file, digital file or performance. The department supports a broad investigation of print media. It builds a framework for critique beginning with the historic role of print as a Democratic Voice and continues with media ecology and the circulation of images in the 21st Century.

Challenge begins in the studio. Each student that enters the department should have a high level of self-motivation to create work, a restless curiosity about self and world, the maturity to handle the interface of life and creative practice and be willing to work with others for mutual artistic growth within a constructive but demanding learning environment.

Program

The Print Media Department is a community of individuals from diverse backgrounds that enthusiastically consent to work together and contribute their efforts toward a shared purpose, which is to research, discuss and produce work that will define a leading position within the vanguard of contemporary art practice. Ongoing critical dialogue is fostered through peer review during weekly critiques, one-on-one meetings with the artist-in-residence, weekly reading group, meetings with visiting artists and critics and through the campus wide critical studies program.

The Department’s operation schedule reflects our program’s dedication to the development of each member’s individual studio practice, as well as the growth of a shared set of critical thinking, writing, and social practice skills that will contribute to and advance the discipline of Print Media.

In addition to visits by notable artists, critics, and curators from around the world the department schedules numerous field trips in the City of Detroit. Students have the opportunity to engage with artists, collectives, museums, and galleries in the city. There are also yearly field trips to other cities in the states and abroad.

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Facilities

The Print Media Department is located within two adjacent buildings. The department occupies two floors in the Academy Administration building. A cluster of semi-private studios for students, a small computer lab, a critique room, and a kitchen occupy the first floor. The lower level houses recently renovated print shop facilities for water-based screenprinting, intaglio, lithography, and letterpress processes. Additional studios and a large, communal workspace are located across the street in the Lone Pine building. The Academy’s professionally staffed and well-equipped Central Media Lab, Wood Shop and Library further enhance the department’s resources. The metro Detroit business and manufacturing community offers many possibilities for outsourcing of work if required.

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Applications Of Technical Textile

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Applications of technical textile products can be explained depending upon its classification as follow:

1. Agro Tech

Technical textile has extensively used in food production mostly by the fishing industry in the form of nets & ropes. But also used by agriculture and horticulture for a variety of covering & protection application. In agriculture base industry knitted, woven & non-woven products are used for wind and hail protection. Polyethylene sheets are laid on the ground for weed control. Altra high molecular weight polyethylene (Dyneema & Spectra) are finding their way in fishing, mainly due to its light weight & ultra strong strength.

2. Build Tech

Technical textiles are used in many ways in the construction of building both permanent & temporary phase. Dams, bridges, tunnels & roads in this structures technical textiles are used extensively. Temporary structures such as tents are most obvious and visible application of technical textile. Initially, these products were used to be heavy cotton fabric but nowadays cotton is replaced by lighter, rot proof, strong, UV-proof, weatherproof synthetic material.In Japan, carbon fibers are used as reinforced fibers for earth quick prone building.

3. Cloth Tech

This category includes fibers, yarns & textiles used as technical components in the manufacturing of clothing such as sewing thread, interlinings, wadding and insulations etc. other products used in clothing are press canvas, zipper used in trousers, buttons, cuff & collar canvas. Also, some decorative products used in women’s & kids garments like lace, embroidery etc. are included in this category.

4. Geo Tech

Geotextiles are generally used for four applications i.e. separation, filtration, drainage & reinforcements. The wide use of geotextiles is under the structure of road due to which life of road increases. Geotextile is also used for preservation of riverbanks, coastal protection, dams, water canals etc. geotextile is also used under the structure of railway tracks as a shock absorber in order to improve the life of railway tracks.

5. Home Tech

Technical textile products which are included under home tech are door mats, curtains, sofa covers, carpets, filters used in domestic vacuum cleaners etc. It also includes bedsheets, pillow covers, beds etc. textile materials are also used for filtration of tea granules, flour of wheat, etc.

6. Indu Tech

This includes textiles used in industrial products such as filters, conveyor belts etc. priorly cotton materials are used for this purpose but nowadays cotton replaced by synthetic materials. It is reinforced in printed circuit boards (PCB) for better workability. These are also used as different seals and gaskets. The driving belts are used for transmission of drive in various machinery.

7. Medi-Tech

The largest use of textile is for hygienic application such as wipes, baby diapers, sanitary napkins etc. These applications account for over 23% of all non-woven production.

The other sophisticated textile material used in medical are artificial ligaments, skin replacements, hollow fibers used for dialysis, artificial levers etc. even with the help of tissue engineering human organ can be grown with the help of textile fibers.

8. Mobi Tech

The products range from carpeting of a vehicle, tyre cords, air bags etc. Composite reinforcements are used for manufacturing civil and military aircraft bodies, wings, and engine components etc. The textile fabric is used as acoustic material in the silencer of vehicles. It is more helpful in vehicle air conditioners for filtration purpose. Carbon composite materials are used for manufacturing of Formula 1 racing cars, because of its light weight & high strength.

9. Oeko Tech

These includes the material used for protection of environment and ecology. The products which are used for filtration of toxic gasses and waste water filtration medias are included in it. It also includes the products which are used as acoustic material in order to reduce the noise pollution due to various causes. Also biodegradable, one time usable (use & throw material) textile materials are included in it such as non-woven jute carry bags, coverings etc.

10. Pack Tech

These includes the bags & sacks traditionally made from cotton, flax & jute but nowadays bags are made from polypropylene (pp) which is very cheap & strong. This is used for efficient handling, storage & distribution of powdered or granular material like sugar, fertilizer, cement, flour, etc.

11. Protech

The various textile materials used in the protection of human beings & their property. The various jackets used to protect harsh atmospheric conditions, bullet proof jackets and various gloves used in various industries, face masks used in chemical industry etc. are included in the protective textile. The suits of soldiers fighting in various conditions such as forest, deserts, and higher altitude snowsuits. These all fabrics will be required in camouflage properties.

12. Sports Tech

The various products used in sports application are included in it such as playing turf of hockey ground, nets used in various games like football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, hockey, etc. The sports tech also includes the different types of protective materials used in various games such as gloves, helmets, safety pads, etc. Also, the playing equipment such as rackets, balls of various games like football, tennis, cricket, volleyball, etc. the carbon fibers are used for manufacturing of frames of the bicycle, the body of formula1 racing cars, sports bikes which are stronger than metal & lighter than metal.

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What is the future of print media?

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It has been said that we are in the equivalent of the pre-printing press period and our information revolution hasn’t yet had its equivalent of the Reformation and 100 Years War.

What is the future of print media? Can it survive? Will there be any staff writers left?

It seems ironic that journalism is very much alive but print media is on the wane.

When it comes to print media, they are very cost-effective because of their traditional nature. Newspapers and Magazines have their own unique identity is not wrong to say that print media and digital media are interdependent.

One of the demerit of print media is, have the limited validity. For e.g. the newspaper will be only read on the same day. Nobody will read it the next day. And, it will be very costly for advertiser to market their product or brand every day on the newspaper.

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Also, most of the readers don’t read the details. Therefore, it can be possible, that if the advertisement consists of small size, then it will get overlooked by most of the readers. The not-so-famous newspaper may also misprint the ad or sometimes the quality of printing can affect the ad.

Magazine becomes specialised in both; reader appeal and commercial focus. Magazines has an added advantage of premium and potential readers. Therefore, it is easy to target the audience demographically.

It is also unavoidable fact that, in the era of digital marketing, the charm of print media is decreasing. The number of internet and social media users, is exceptionally higher than the readers of print media. Due to the internet revolution, many people are losing interest in buying newspapers and preferring to read the news online.

Print media is the oldest form of mass communication. The effect of advertisement is purely based on its content. As far as the industry is concern, print media is still one of the strongest medium mass communication.

Conclusion

The printed Media industry is surely not in a death phase. The reason is the dual concept and the advertisement revenue is falling because the readers are getting drifted away to the other media. In few case, newspaper content itself drifts them away from the print. if newspapers provide such kind of delights to its readers, the industry will be rejuvenated once again and in turn resulting in their circulation and readership growth.

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Wool in technical textiles

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Wool was being used in clothing as early as the stone age, probably the first animal fiber to be spin and made into cloth.

Due to unique properties of wool it’s called as “Natures Miracle”. Wool is being used by the apparel industry for last many years & now a day’s its increasingly being used in technical applications. To utilize wool in technical textiles requires application such that it can exploit the natural attributes of wool and control over cost.

Because of the use of wool fibre into new high value technical market & developing innovative products, global demand for wool products is increasing.

This paper focuses on different attributes of wool fibre for new future applications in technical textiles.

Wool is the most complex and versatile of all textile fibres. It can be used to make products as diverse as cloth for billiard tables to the finest woven and knitted fabrics. The insulating and moisture absorbing properties of the fibre make fine wool products extremely comfortable to wear. The chemical composition of wool enables it to be easily dyed to shades ranging from pastels to full, rich colours. So it is called wool: “Natures Wonder Fibre”

Upholstery

Both wool and wool blend fabrics are used in upholstery due to its good retention appearance, excellent durability, natural flame resistance and aesthetic characteristics. For residential wool items, no additional flame retardant finish applied. While commercial wool upholstery fabric may undergo flame retardant treatment.

Industrial Uses

Wool is important in making felts, which help to decrease noise or for variety uses. Wool is also used to clean up oil spills. Another application is the wool mulch mats for landscape and horticultural weed control.

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PRINT MEDIA

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20170720Print media offers a diverse and fertile ground to nurture contemporary approaches to creative inquiry.

The print media studio discipline cultivates both traditional approaches to lithography, intaglio, serigraphy, and relief and nontraditional approaches that can expand to digital imaging, video, and installations.

Varying theoretical models are explored that guide students’ personal research in the medium. Visiting artists offer varying perspectives in print media, a field that regularly challenges notions of originality, authorship, dissemination, and systems of exchange.

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Technical Textiles Minister talks to agriculture, health ministries

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Technical textiles or functional textiles, considered a sunrise sector in the country, is all set for demand taking off for products such as geo and agro textiles.

“Technical textiles is a thrust area for the Government because of the value addition involved,” said Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta. “It can be used in infastructure projects, including ports, roads, and railways, and in sectors such as agriculture. We want to promote use of textile products that will improve productivity, health standards, and infrastructure,” she said.

Geo textiles, for example, are permeable fabrics that are used in association with soil and which have the ability to separate and filter, while agro-textiles are used in shading and in weed and insect control.

In an effort to increase use of technical textiles in Government projects, she said, “We are trying to promote interface with other ministries. The Textiles Minister has spoken to four ministers so far and will be speaking to more.” Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani has spoken to Agriculture, Urban Development, Health, and Surface Transport ministers and is expected to have discussions with defence, railways, and heavy industries ministers too.

The aim is to create awareness, promote use of technical textile products, then ensure the usage is mandated in at least some areas. “Development and use of products have to go up. Simultaneously, standards are being created,” she said.

Functional textiles can be woven or non-woven. Automobile, geo, medical, industrial, and agro textiles are among the range of products that are made in the country. Foreign Direct Investments are also coming in, especially for geo textiles. There are a large number of units that are into production of items such as non-woven carry bags or wipes too.

The Textile Commissioner said that the number of larger industries involved in the manufacture of various technical textile products is estimated to be about 2,500. Close to 1,000 of these have received Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme support.

Industrial textiles (such as filtration fabric) and made-ups (home textiles) have taken off. “Geo (textiles used in road works) and agro textiles will [also] take off. Smart textiles (sensor embedded textiles) is another potential area,” she said.

According to K.S. Sundararaman, vice-chairman of Indian Technical Textile Association, technical textiles is a fragmented sector with several small and medium-scale industries manufacturing specialised products. “It is difficult to give a definite number on the number of units, production, etc. But, a majority of them are in the SME sector,” he said.

The main challenges for technical textiles in the country are awareness among consumers, need for technology and knowledge about it among entrepreneurs, the investments and time needed to be innovative and develop applications, and raw material availability.

“China is a generation ahead in production of technical textiles. But, their costs are going up and this is an opportunity for India,” he said. The Government should select and support entrepreneurs to be sent abroad to learn about technical textiles, he suggested.

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Print Media and Public Education

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How has the print media industry historically treated public education, and how does the print media treat public education today?

Print media consists of newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed material. And media itself plays a dominant role in the learning process, especially print media. It has the potential to shape personalities, change the way one views the world, and reality. Before there was internet, computers, iPads, and other forms of technology, there were newspapers, journals, and magazines, which serve as the oldest channel of communication. The print media treats public education the same today through the continuing use of newspapers, journals, magazines, and books. Books are still the most popular form of print media used for education. With books, students have access to informal and formal education.

How has the print media industry helped drive improvements and public awareness of public education?

The books and other print media that children read or have read to them affects improvement and public awareness of public education directly and indirectly. Books and magazines inform adults on how to have a healthy and productive life while advertising affects the various types of clothing, food, and toys that are bought for children. Studies on literacy have revealed that the amount and the type of printed materials that adults have in the home, and how the adults interact with these materials around the children, affect the children’s interest and literacy achievement (Barbour, Barbour & Scully, 2008). Books, like children’s peers, provide children with an insight of their society that gives them reaffirming of their own lives and challenges their outlooks. Furthermore, without the print media industry the public awareness of the need for improvements in public education would not be made known as effectively.

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Technical Textiles

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Technical textiles are textile products manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes. They are used for automotive applications, medical usages, crop protection, protective clothing etc. Textile technical means textile materials ad products manufactured primarily for their technical and performance properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics.

Why Move on to Technical Textiles ?

The traditional textiles are becoming more and more competitive and will have to face tough competition in exports from China and asian countries.Obviously many companies producing traditional textiles have to continuously struggle to survive in a highly competitive global market. In these circumstances, textile manufacturers need to consider some emerging factors and redefine their strategies for production and marketing.

Basic requirements of Technical Textiles

Technical Textile markets are usually more application specific and demanding altogether different types of production strategies.The strict adherence to the product specification and quality standards are the prime requirements to enter in this field. Usually, there is a need for special dialogue between the producers and the users. The user needs products with specific performance and functional requirement. Therefore , the producers must peep into requirements and translate the same in the products to the satisfaction of the users.

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