HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES
CONTENTS TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET – AN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION DE?NITION AND SCOPE OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES TEXTILE PROCESSES APPLICATIONS GLOBALISATION OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES FUTURE OF THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES INDUSTRY REFERENCES TECHNICAL ?BRES CONVENTIONAL ?BRES HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH MODULUS ORGANIC ?BRES HIGH CHEMICAL- AND COMBUSTION-RESISTANT ORGANIC ?BRES HIGH PERFORMANCE INORGANIC ?BRES ULTRA-?NE AND NOVELTY ?BRES CIVIL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AUTOMOTIVE AND AERONAUTICS MEDICAL AND HYGIENE APPLICATIONS PROTECTION AND DEFENCE MISCELLANEOUS CONCLUSIONS TECHNICAL YARNS STAPLE ?BRE YARNS FILAMENT YARNS BIBLIOGRAPHY TECHNICAL FABRIC STRUCTURES – 1 WOVEN FABRICS WEAVE STRUCTURES SELVEDGE FABRIC SPECI?CATIONS AND FABRIC GEOMETRY WEAVING – MACHINES (LOOMS) AND OPERATIONS THE FUTURE TECHNICAL FABRIC STRUCTURES – 2 KNITTED FABRICS TERMS AND DE?NITIONS WEFT KNITTING MACHINES WEFT-KNITTED STRUCTURES PROCESS CONTROL IN WEFT KNITTING END-USE APPLICATIONS OF WEFT-KNITTED FABRICS WARP-KNITTING MACHINES WARP-KNITTED STRUCTURES TECHNICAL FABRIC STRUCTURES – 3 NONWOVEN FABRICS METHODS OF BATT PRODUCTION USING CARDING MACHINES AIR LAYING WET LAYING DRY LAYING WOOD PULP SPUN LAYING FLASH SPINNING MELT BLOWN CHEMICAL BONDING THERMAL BONDING SOLVENT BONDING NEEDLEFELTING STITCH BONDING HYDROENTANGLEMENT FINISHING OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES FINISHING PROCESSES MECHANICAL ?NISHES HEAT SETTING CHEMICAL PROCESSES COATING OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES CHEMISTRY OF COATED TEXTILES COATING TECHNIQUES FUSIBLE INTERLININGS LAMINATING COLORATION OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES OBJECTIVES OF COLORATION DYE CLASSES AND PIGMENTS MASS COLORATION OF ARTI?CIAL ?BRES CONVENTIONAL DYEING AND PRINTING OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES TOTAL COLOUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DYEING MACHINERY PRINTING COLOUR FASTNESS OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES HEAT AND ?AME PROTECTION WHAT CONSTITUTES ?AMMABILITY? THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF ?BRES SELECTION OF ?BRES SUITABLE FOR THERMAL AND ?AME PROTECTION FIRE-RETARDANT ?NISHES FLAME-RETARDANT TEST METHODS SUMMARY TEXTILE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMPOSITE MATERIALS TEXTILE REINFORCEMENT WOVEN FABRIC-REINFORCED COMPOSITES BRAIDED REINFORCEMENT KNITTED REINFORCEMENT STITCHED FABRICS CONCLUSION WATERPROOF BREATHABLE FABRICS WHAT ARE WATERPROOF BREATHABLE FABRICS? TYPES OF WATERPROOF BREATHABLE FABRIC ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES PERFORMANCE OF WATERPROOF BREATHABLE FABRICS TEXTILES IN ?LTRATION DUST COLLECTION FABRIC CONSTRUCTION FINISHING TREATMENTS SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION YARN TYPES AND FABRIC CONSTRUCTIONS FABRIC CONSTRUCTIONS AND PROPERTIES PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FABRIC TEST PROCEDURES TEXTILES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PART 1 – GEOTEXTILES INTRODUCTION TO GEOTEXTILES GEOSYNTHETICS ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OF GEOTEXTILES TEXTILES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PART 2 – NATURAL ?BRE GEOTEXTILES DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL MATERIALS AS GEOTEXTILES NATURAL ?BRES APPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL GEOTEXTILES ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF GEOTEXTILES PRESENT STATE AND USES OF VEGETABLE ?BRE GEOTEXTILES PERFORMANCE OF NATURAL ?BRE GEOTEXTILES FOR SOIL STRENGTHENING GEOTEXTILE STRUCTURE FORMS FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE OF GEOTEXTILES RELEVANT BRITISH STANDARDS MEDICAL TEXTILES FIBRES USED NON-IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS EXTRACORPOREAL DEVICES IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS HEALTHCARE/HYGIENE PRODUCTS TEXTILES IN DEFENCE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND CRITERIA FOR MODERN MILITARY TEXTILE MATERIALS INCOMPATIBILITIES IN MILITARY MATERIALS SYSTEMS TEXTILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS WATER VAPOUR PERMEABLE/WATERPROOF MATERIALS MILITARY COMBAT CLOTHING SYSTEMS CAMOU?AGE CONCEALMENT AND DECEPTION FLAME-RETARDANT, HEAT PROTECTIVE TEXTILES BALLISTIC PROTECTIVE MATERIALS BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTION TEXTILES FOR SURVIVAL SHORT TERM (ACCIDENT) SURVIVAL LONG TERM SURVIVAL TEXTILES IN TRANSPORTATION TEXTILES IN PASSENGER CARS TEXTILES IN OTHER ROAD VEHICLES RAIL APPLICATIONS TEXTILES IN AIRCRAFT MARINE APPLICATIONS FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR TRANSPORTATION TEXTILES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION RESOURCE DEPLETION AND POLLUTION TEXTILE SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM TEXTILE SOURCES OF POLLUTION EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HARM REDUCTION FUTURE PROSPECTS