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Introduction to technical textiles
After reading this article you will..
- Understand the definition and difference between technical and other textile applications.
- Know the main requirements of a fibre used in technical textiles.
- Have an ability to give at least 8 examples of a specific technical textile.
Man-made bio-based fibre products
- Introduction to man-made bio-based fibre products
- Man-made bio-based fibre products and their end-uses
- Textile fibres, processing and end-uses
- Key aspects of the down-stream conversion processes
- Production of bio-based fibres
- Dissolving pulp as a raw material
- Cellulose esters of organic acids
- Production of viscose fibres
- General description of carbamate processes
- Production of lyocell fibres
- Production of Cupro fibres
- Carbon fibres from regenerated cellulose
- Production of Alginate fibres
- Viscose and lyocell machinery developments
- Processing of silkworm and spider silk protein fibres
- Polylactide fibres
- Polyhydroxyalcohols PHA and poly(caprolactone)
- Scientific principles of polymer fibre forming
- Alternative and emerging processes for bio-based synthetic fibers
- Ionic liquid as direct solvents: Ioncell-F method
- Enzymatic activation of cellulose – Biocelsol method
- Cellulose carbamate process
- Direct spinning of cellulose composite fibre yarn
- Cellulose-lignin blend as carbon fibre raw material
- Bio-based polyolefines — emerging processes
- Bio-based polyesters — emerging processes
- Polyamides from ligno-cellulosics as raw materials
- Industrial development with silkworm and spider silk
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Emeritus, Pertti Nousiainen, Tampere University
References:
- Handbook of technical Textiles, Ed. A.R. Horrocks and S.C. Anand, The Textile Institute, CRC Press, Woodhead Publishing limited, Gambridge, 2000, 559 p.
- Lewin, M. and Preston, J., High Technology Fibers, Part A, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1985, 397 p.
- Happey, F. (ed.), Applied Fibre Science, Vol. 3, Academic Press, London 1979, 553 p.
- Perepelkin, K.E., Structural mechanics of polymeric fibres. Reviews and new conceptions. Proceedings of the Textile Institute’s 77-th World Conference, v. 2, p. 19 – 28, Tampere, (Finland) 1996.
- Warner, S.B., et al. Development of Low Cost, Moderately High Strength, Tough Fibers for Industrial Applications, http://ntc.tx.ncsu.edu.html/reports/NTC.RB-Folder.dev.html July 14, 1998, 3 p.
- Davis, H. and Singletary, J., Microstructure Organization in Para-amid Fiberd, Textile research Journal 70(11) 2000, pp 945-950.http://ntc.tx.ncsu.edu.html/reports/NTC.RB-Folder.dev.html July 14, 1998, 3 p.
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