Technical Textiles

Paper Code: 
MTX-423
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To understand the Definition & Scope of Technical Textiles
  2. To understand the types of Technical Textiles.
     
9.00
Unit I: 

Technical Textiles

  • Introduction, Definition & Scope, Development Processes, Applications, Globalization
  • Future prospects of technical textile industry
     
10.00
Unit II: 
  • Brief introduction to Technical fibers:

     Conventional and New developed fibers and their applications

 

  • Brief introduction to Technical yarns
     
9.00
Unit III: 
  • Technical Fabric Structures

a) Brief study of woven and knitted fabrics
b) Detailed study of Non woven structure –

  • Introduction, methods of batt production, different methods of web laying, flash spinning, melt blown, different methods of bonding,
  • Hydro entanglement process.    
     
10.00
Unit IV: 
  • Brief introduction to Textile Reinforced – Composite material
  • Finishing of Technical Textiles-Introduction, Processes, Mechanical, Heat setting and Chemical process
7.00
Unit V: 
  • Coating of Technical textiles-Introduction, methods of coating, fusible interlining and laminating
  • Application of Technical Textiles-Medical textiles, Geo textiles, Defense textiles, Transport textiles, Automotive textiles and others   

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. S.Adanur “Wellington Sears Handbook of Industrial textiles”, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc Lancaster, Pennylvania ISBN: 1-56676-340-1, 1995.
  2. N.W.M. John, “Geo Textiles’, Blackie, London, ISBN: 0-216-91995-9, 1987. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. and partridge J.F,’ Automotive Textiles’, Text.Prog, Vol. 29, No.1/2, 1998, ISBN: 1870372212.
  3. Horrocks, A.R and Anand S, ‘Technical Textiles’, Text.Inst. 1999, ISBN: 1855733854.
  4. Anand.S., ‘Medical Textiles’, Text. Inst, 1996, ISBN: 185573317X.
     
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