In the initial time of textile products manufacturing, men used to produce clothing which were required to be civilized. They used to put emphasis on decorative and aesthetic properties of clothing during manufacturing.

But, day by day their demand changed dramatically. They began to put emphasis on technical and functional properties along with decorative and aesthetic properties. So, Textile can be can be classified into two sectors according to its applications.

They are traditional and Technical Textile. The industries which produce traditional dresses, curtains, blankets, lingerie etc. products to fulfill general and aesthetic demands are called traditional Tex. industries and this sector is known as traditional Tex. sector.

On the other hand, the industries which produce products that can meet up specific demand like protection from cold, bad weather, extreme situation etc. are called technical Tex. industries. This sector is known as Technical Tex. sector.

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Within the Minor Design of functional technical textile products, students of different disciplines will develop together concepts and applications combining the properties of technical and functional textiles with their own expertise and skills.

What is this course about?

Developments in materials science, polymer chemistry and biotechnology have increasingly lead to new (textile) materials with new and innovative functionalities. In addition, developments in the field of microelectronics and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) enable the development of various types of smart textiles. These new materials (whether or not in combination with electronics), are increasingly being used in building construction, civil engineering, automotive, defence, medical applications, transportation etc. Technical and functional textiles can be used in the form of fibres, yarns and /or textiles or incorporated in a composite (fibre reinforced materials). The end applications area is truly multidisciplinary.

In the first phase of the minor, there will be three short individual assignments related to the markets and applications of functional and technical textiles. Following, within this minor, students will work in a multidisciplinary team (of course depending on the entries!) of 3-4 students. They will design a textile product in the area of functional and/or technical textiles belonging to a specific market segment and develop a prototype of this product. The multidisciplinary team of students will function as the product development team of a company which is responsible for the entire development of a new technical and functional textile product. It starts with description of target group and it goes up to prototype development. The market segment and end-users for the selected product will be identified. Thereafter, the wishes and needs of the end users have to be formulated. This will lead to formulation of the user requirements at the product level. The formulated properties and functionalities of the proposed product should be optimally matched to the user requirements. This will lead to a functional design of the product using the concept of a product breakdown. The design will ultimately lead to a working prototype, which has to be validated.

Most assignments originate from industry and the multidisciplinary teams operate in close cooperation with industry and the research chair Smart and Functional Materials.

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A new book entitled ‘Handbook of Technical Textile Design’ has been launched by authors Michael and Matthew Litton; two well known Ayrshire, Scotland, based technical textiles designer/ developers.

This book is aimed, firstly, at helping those textile companies who are already involved with technical textiles and would like a more structured approach to the design of new products and, secondly, to those textile companies who have toyed with the idea of entering the field and have wondered what the reality may be like.

Taking innovative products to market

The problems of taking innovative products to market for new entrants to the field are not extensively covered here but the authors offer helpful suggestions for this situation. The assumption is made that readers have a good working knowledge of textile operations.
“There are as many definitions of technical textiles as there are writers on the subject. For this book, we use the definition that a technical textile is one where ‘the performance properties are of greater importance than the aesthetics’,” says author Michael Litton.
For many years the authors have been designing textile solutions for a very wide range of industrial problems. They have a combined experience in excess of 40 years and have agreed to requests from many people to put on record their experiences of working in this field.

Successes are counted in dozens and include such items as the one-piece automotive airbag, various woven and knitted cardio-vascular accessories and tethers for the retrieval of space dèbris. These items are patented and therefore in the public domain whereas the majority of the authors’ former customers would prefer that they do not publish names or details of solutions developed for them.

Summary

The book is divided into two sections. In the first section, (Chapters 1 to 4) the general principles for technical textile designs are discussed.

“We recommend that this section should be read before starting any new technical textile project. We cannot, obviously, guarantee that by reading this book you will be able to design great products but we hope that we can ensure that you will not waste time or money on multiple no-hopers. We aim to add realism to projects and to ensure that projects which are undertaken have a realistic chance of success for the technologies available at the time,” Michael Litton says.

“Sampling is a major obstacle and we give several guidelines on how to minimise this hurdle.”

Textile physics

“Finally in this section, we cover some essential textile physics. We have found over the years that very many technical textiles are copies of, or amendments to, other fabrics. It is often only luck that ensures that they perform! Our aim is that it will be possible to have confidence in the performance of a fabric even before it leaves the drawing board. The tables in chapter 4 provide starting points on the path to a successful development.”
In the second section (chapters 5 to 11), the authors consider various textile types (e.g. tubes, flat cloth, and nets) and suitable fibres.

Yarns and fibres

“Chapter 5 discusses yarns and fibres in which we have covered all the common fibres plus a few more but not the truly exotic ones. For each type of fabric, we have listed the options and the relevant merits and demerits of the possible routes to manufacture,” Michael Litton explains.

When compared with the total volume of technical textiles used, knitting is a minority player. In this book, however, it has a disproportionate amount of space because, according to the authors, the scope for new woven solutions for speciality items is more limited whereas the design potential of warp knitting is well beyond the imagination of most textile professionals.

“Since textiles have been around for thousands of years expertly practised by millions of people, many specialist innovations have been accomplished. Our comments will thus have to be general. We are aware that there are exceptions to our statements and we use the words “could”, “would” and similar words with care,” Michael Litton sums up.

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We are experts at all areas of the technical textile manufacturing process. Our integrated approach means we can develop highly complex technical textiles, tailoring the yarn types, weave constructions, finishes and coatings to produce fabrics which are custom-made to perform to consistently high standards in even the most demanding of applications

At the heart of this lies our ability as technical textiles specialists to design the manufacturing processes, which allows us to develop for our customers an end product of high-quality fabric, engineered to have performance characteristics that exactly meet their requirements

Designing For Performance

We’ll act as a design and specification resource for your business. Our technical experience and specialist knowledge of yarns, fabrics, weaving, finishing, coating and fabrication processes means we can take the hard work away by developing innovative fabric solutions.

We like a challenge – the more complex and unusual the application, the better. We are happy to work with your internal team, tailoring a cost-effective textile solutions for your particular needs.

We will design fabrics to meet performance specifications, developing prototypes for new uses or improving and refining characteristics for existing applications.

In this way we will work with you as your textile development partner, acting as a vital resource to help our customers with a structured approach to the design of fabric components within their products or processes.

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Technical textiles is an emerging market in the textiles & fabric industry. The classification of technical textiles depends on its function & chemical properties and application. It has experienced continuous progress with regard to technological advances and innovation. This industry has been growing since the past few years with the advent of new technologies in nonwovens, fabric finish, weaving, knitting, and fiber & spinning. The technical textiles sector is a knowledge-based research-oriented industry and has been slowly but steadily, gaining ground due to functional requirements, namely, facets such as health & safety, cost effectiveness, durability, high strength, lightweight, versatility, customization, user & eco-friendliness, and logistical convenience in aerospace, shipping, sports, agriculture, defense, health care, and construction sectors.

The technical textiles market, in terms of volume, is projected to reach 42.20 Million Metric Tons by 2020, at a CAGR of around 4.68% from 2015 to 2020.

The market for the global technical textiles industry has seen an upward surge since 2000. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for around 33.13% of the total market share in terms of value in 2014, followed by the North American and European regions at 29.13% and 24.02 %, respectively. However, as the technical textiles market in developed countries is getting matured, the market in developing countries such as China, Japan, and India is projected to grow at a higher rate from 2015 to 2020. China, with a CAGR of 5.93%, is projected to grow faster than any other country. This is because of its vast population and high industrial and technological developments in the country.

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When you think of textiles, not many of us think of the technical factor.

Technical textile includes material that is mainly used for its technical properties and superior performance. A report by Transparency Market Research predicts that the demand for technical textile will increase to US$ 160.38 billion by the end of 2018. The report also says that technical textile will maintain a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.3 per cent in terms of volumes, taking the global demand to 30.71 million tons by the end of 2018.

Pushing the development of technical textile is the escalating demand for nonwovens. According to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc, the global nonwoven fabric market is expected to reach US$ 42.1 billion by 2020. The sector also owes its growth to accelerated demand for technical textile in Asian giants like China and India. The Chinese economy and the sheer bulk of the population are some of the factors that have been supporting swift development of technical textile, especially nonwovens.

A success story

Even as the global consumption of technical textile rises, it is eastern Asia that alone accounts for one-fifth of total technical textile consumption. Globally, United States consumes 23 per cent of total technical textile. A close second is Western Europe at 22 per cent. China gobbles up 13 per cent.

According to China Nonwovens and Industrial Textile Association, domestic consumption of technical textile in China is forecast to reach US$ 46.5 billion by the end of 2015. Technical textile exports and imports are projected to stand at US$ 23.2 billion and US$ 4.2 billion, respectively. The technical textile industries in China rely on Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, United States of America and Germany for export of plastic-coated fabric, nonwovens, industrial fibreglass products, medical and health care textile.

The major technical textile sectors in China include filtration and separation that is growing at an average annual rate of 13 per cent followed by the civil engineering sector at 12.5 per cent. The transportation, medical and healthcare sector are each growing at 12 per cent. Structural modification stands at 11 per cent.

Prompting the growth

The growing elderly population in China aids vast demand for adult hygiene products and with China relaxing its one-child policy, the baby boom is once again likely to result in high demand for diapers, boosting the technical textile sector. Construction spending in China is greater than ever, and this is also expected to have an encouraging influence on the growth of the market.

China’s automobile sector is on top gear. The burgeoning automobile market in China has led to the rapid increase in demand for airbags. In 2013, demand in the domestic market for airbag fabric was 28.94 million meters. With laws taking safety issues seriously, demand for automotive airbags will gradually rise and it is expected to be 43.86 million meters by 2018.

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Technical textile industry is new and growing sector in India. It generates good revenue for the country. This industry is rich with many natural and synthetic fibres. All these fibres are useful in different ways. Synthetic fibres are made from doing some special chemical processes on natural fibres or obtained directly from chemicals. These fibres have greater qualities than simple man made fibres so it is widely used in the industry not only for the apparel use but is used in other various applications also. Some synthetic fibres are Acetate, Rayon, Nylon, Polyester, Acrylic, Olefin, PLA and Modacrylic and some fibres with special properties are Saran, Vinalon, Vinyon, Spandex, Modal, Sulphar, Twaron, Kevlar, Nomex, PBI, Loycell, M5, Zylon, Dyneema/Spectra, Vectran, Glass fibre, Metalic fibre and Acrolynite. In this article we are covering the major five fibres used in the technical textile industry. The properties, applications and leading manufacturers of these fibres are also covered. These fibres are listed below.

1. Polyethylene
2. Polyester
3. Nylon
4. Carbon
5. Polypropylene

Introduction:

Polyethylene is a polymer. Many no. of ethylene monomers join with each in the synthesis of polyethylene polymer. Polyethylene is obtained by the polymerization of ethane. Cationic coordination polymerization, anionic addition polymerization, radical polymerization and ion polymerization are the different methods by which polyethylene can be produced. Every method gives different types of polyethylene. Mechanical properties of Polyethylene depend on the molecular weight, crystal grouping and branching. Some properties are as follows:

Properties:

• Very good ultra violet resistance
• Excellent electrical and chemical resistance
• Low moisture absorption level
• Very good abrasion resistance
• Low specific gravity
• Higher energy is needed to break because of specific modulus and high specific strength

Application of polyethylene

• Medical implants
• Cable and marine ropes
• Sail cloth
• Composites like Pressure vessel boat hulls, sports equipment, impact shields
• Fish netting
• Concrete reinforcement
• Protective clothing
• Can be used in radar protective cover because of its low dielectric constant
• Can be used as a lining material of a pond which collects evaporation of water and containment from industrial plants
• Useful in geotextile applications

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Technical textiles are technologies of the future for several sectors of strategic importance to our society: transport, defense, health, construction. Technical textiles are considered an essential component of tomorrow’s leading-edge products.

The program of the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Innovative Technical Textiles focusses on three key the matics :

• Sustainable development, sustainable construction, re-use,
• Protection, safety and comfort, and toxicity, and
• Smart textiles.

The Chair head multi-partner technology watch projects and contract projects. Through multidisciplinary teams, the projects foster innovation and other activities that lead to productivity gains and increased competitiveness.

They commercialize patented products developed in partnership with CTT GROUP, a key partner of the Chair. As the founding members of the Chair, they rely on innovation as their corporate development strategy in a demanding business climate, collaborating along the entire value chain.

The involvement of the ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE, and particularly its Research Chair on Materials and Protective Equipment used in Occupational Health and Safety, will promote mutually beneficial networking between the two levels of post-secondary education in shared areas of research.

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New areas of applications of cyclodextrins with technical textiles are possible. The ability of cyclodextrins to form inclusion complexes can be used, e.g., to remove malodor from technical textile materials. The permanent fixation of cyclodextrins offers new textileswith interesting properties. Thus the formation of body odor is reduced by the complexation of the organic compounds of sweat. The release of perfumes from cyclodextrins is possible by the use of technical textiles with fixed cyclodextrins. Pharmaceutical compounds are also set free in contact with the skin. Last but not least the analysis of the different compounds of the human sweat complexed by the cyclodextrins offers new possibilities in medical diagnostics.

Uses of cyclodextrins in connection with technical textiles

Two fundamental possibilities have to be distinguished:

(1)There are no chemical or physical interactions between cyclodextrin and the textile materials.

In this case cyclodextrins or their complexes are used to positively influence the quality of ues. It is known that cyclodextrins from complexes with perfumes or fragrances which can be stored over a long period without loss of these substances. The complexes organic substances are only set free in contact with moisture. Thus it is possible to add a fresh smell in a drier to just washed laundry using cyclodextrins complexes. The fragrance complexes inside the drier. Cyclodextrins complexes with fragrances and perfumes are stable over a long period and may therefore also be used in washing powder and other products for the cleaning or care of technical textiles.

On the other hand unpleasant odours of technical textiles can be removed by the complexation with cyclodextrins. Spraying such a textile with a solution of cyclodextrins results in complex formation with the substances responsible for the unpleasant odour. No interactions between these complexes and the textile materials take place. As a result the complex is removed from the surface by mechanical stress. For example, during the cleaning of carpets the solid complex is removed together with dirt particles. Afterwards the textile material is completely odourless again because the unpleasant odour was removed not masked. Cyclodextrins or their complexes remaining are very soluble in water and they are at least removed from the material with the next washing.

(2)There is permanent fixation of cyclodextrin on the fibre surface.

Another possible use of cyclodextrins results from the permanent fixation on different polymeric materials. Cyclodextrin derivatives with a reactive group, the monochlorotriazinyl group are able to react with the hydroxyl groups of cellulosic fibres like reactive dyes. Permanent fixation on fibres made from polyester is only possible with cyclodextrin derivatives with long alkyl chains or other hydrophobic groups. Comparable with disperse dyeing, the hydrophobic part of the substituted cyclodextrins migrates into the fibre above the glass transition temperature.

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India’s technical textile industry is expected to grow at a rate of 20 per cent annually to touch USD 30 billion over the next five years. “In view of the growing demands, the country’s technical textile industry is expected to grow at a rate of 20 per cent annually to touch USD 30 billion over the next five years,” Textile Commissioner Kiran Soni Gupta said after inaugurating the 5th edition of the exhibition for technical textiles and non wovens ‘Techtextil India’ in Mumbai.

Soni emphasised the growing sectors within the technical textiles industry in India such as medical (Medtech), geo-textiles (Geotech), protective textiles (Protech) and agricultural textiles (Agrotech) and factors of ease of doing business and technology integration that can further propel growth in technical textiles sector. A large number of technical textile products are consumed by different industries like automotive, healthcare, infrastructure, oil and petroleum, among others.

With increase in investments in industry sectors, higher consumption and growing exports, the industrial sector is poised for considerable growth. Growing awareness about the superior functionality of technical textiles will encourage higher consumption of these products. She also said that the National Textile Policy, which is now in its final draft, will be announced soon.

The government is promoting the growth of technical textiles in the country and is implementing four schemes for the purpose namely technology mission, scheme for strengthening of database and standards for technical textiles, scheme for usage of agri-textiles in north-eastern region, and restructured technology upgradation fund scheme.

In addition to these four schemes, the Ministry of Textiles has set up eight Centres of Excellence (CoE) and has also approved setting up of integrated textile parks, Gupta said. The exhibition saw participation from over 150 exhibitors from India, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the UK and the US.

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