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Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Textile & fibre technology
The surface of textiles offers an important platform for functional
modifications in order to meet special requirements for a variety
of applications. The surface modification of textiles may be
achieved by various techniques ranging from traditional solution
treatment to biological approaches. This book reviews fundamental
issues relating to textile surfaces and their characterisation and
explores the exciting opportunities for surface modification of a
range of different textiles.
Understanding and predicting the structure and properties of woven
textiles is important for achieving specific performance
characteristics in various woven applications. Woven textiles are
used in a range of products such as apparel, technical and
industrial textiles. Woven textile structure: Theory and
applications provides comprehensive coverage of the structure,
behaviour, modeling and design of woven fabrics and their relevance
to the textile industry.
This book highlights the sustainable aspects of fashion and textiles in Latin America and discusses how the manufacturing and consumption of textile products and fashion are significant sources of environmental damage. It addresses important issues of water and energy consumption in the textile and fashion industry and using case studies presents how social responsibilities in consumer behavior can help in minimizing these environmental issues for a better future.
Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure
of textile fibres is of key importance. This authoritative
two-volume collection provides a comprehensive review of the
structure of an extensive range of textile fibres.
Environmental issues are playing an increasingly important role in
the textile industry, both from the point of view of government
regulation and consumer expectations. Sustainable textiles reviews
ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as
well as improving recycling in the industry.
The identification of fibers is important to the textile industry,
forensic science, fashion designers and historians among others.
Identifying fibers involves observing the physical and chemical
properties of the fiber for which there are a wide diversity of
instruments available. This book provides a comprehensive review of
fiber structure, the diversity of instruments available to identify
fibers and applicications for a range of industries.
First published in 1962, and now in its fourth edition, Physical
properties of textile fibres has become a classic, providing the
standard reference on key aspects of fibre performance. The new
edition has been substantially reorganised and revised to reflect
new research.
This second volume in this set of books discusses various sustainable approaches in textiles and the fashion sector with a focus on consumerism and the supply chain. Sustainability is one of the important aspects in today's industrial context, and is no exception to textiles and fashion. Sustainability and strict adherence to the principles of sustainability has become as one of the essential needs again for any industrial sector including textiles and fashion. There are countless measures in terms of various approaches to make the textiles and fashion sector sustainable. These measures, but not limited to, ranging from innovating and implementing new fibres and raw materials, introducing innovative manufacturing methods, chemicals, processes to focus on all the possible stages of a textile product's life cycle from cradle to grave. These approaches include making the textiles and fashion sector circular and also development of new products from sustainable raw materials/processes or combination of both.
Smart or intelligent textiles are a relatively novel area of
research within the textile industry with enormous potential within
the healthcare industry. This book provides a unique insight into
recent developments in how smart textiles are being used in the
medical field.
The use of intelligent textiles in clothing is an exciting new
field with wide-ranging applications. Intelligent textiles and
clothing summarises some of the main types of intelligent textiles
and their uses.
Nonwovens are a unique class of textile material formed from fibres
that are bonded together through various means to form a coherent
structure. Given their rapid industrial development and diverse
markets, understanding and developing nonwovens is becoming
increasingly important. With its distinguished editor and array of
international contributors, the Handbook of nonwovens, offers a
comprehensive review of the latest advances in this area and how
they can be applied to particular products.
This introductory textbook for supervisors and students of clothing and fashion sets out the fundamentals of work study, effective supervision, training, balancing, layouts, fault prevention and other basic information needed by those working in the clothing manufacturing industry. This second edition has been updated to incorprate the changes that have occurred since the first edition was published seven years ago. Greater emphasis has been placed on production planning and control, and total quality management, both important factors for ensuring a profitable operation.
A comprehensive exposition of micro and nanofiber forming, this text provides a unified framework of all these processes (melt and solution blowing, electrospinning, and so on) and describes their foundations, development and applications. It provides an up-to-date, in-depth physical and mathematical treatment, and discusses a wide variety of applications in different fields, including nonwovens, energy, healthcare and the military. It further highlights the challenges and outstanding issues from an interdisciplinary perspective of science and technology, incorporating both fundamentals and applications. Ideal for researchers, engineers and graduate students interested in the formation of micro and nanofibers and their use in functional smart materials.
This book sets the fundamentals of modern weaving at a new level. It contains information for the design of woven structures with complex cross section and multiple layers for modern applications, in the way that leading product developers, professors and researchers are using them now. It starts with the classical weaving principles and patterning and extends these quickly to multilayer structures, produced with single and multiple weft insertion devices, woven structures with complex cross section or direct 3D shape. The engineering methods for design of the structures using modern software and modern algorithms are also explained. Finally, an overview of different application areas is given. The book is written by the world leading experts in their fields and is prepared as learning tool for people interested in modern weaving. Exercises and end-of-chapter summaries will help the reader to check his own knowledge.
At present the textile industry produces the majority of its 34
billion square yards of printed textile fabric by screen printing.
However as we move into the digital age developments in digital
printing of paper are being adapted more and more for the textile
market. Inkjet textile printing is growing while growth in analog
textile printing remains stagnant. As digital print technologies
improve offering faster production and larger cost-effective print
runs, digital printing will grow to become the technology that
provides the majority of the world s printed textiles.
Medical textiles are a major growth area within the technical
textiles industry and the range of applications continues to grow
and increase in diversity with every new development. Recent
innovations include novel chitosan-alginate fibres for advanced
wound dressings, ultrasonic energy for bleaching cotton medical
textiles, durable and rechargeable biocidal textiles, spider silk
supportive matrix for cartilage regeneration, barbed bi-directional
surgical sutures and intelligent textiles for medical applications.
The technical developments in the sports clothing industry has
resulted in the use of functional textiles for highly-specialised
performances in different sports. Developments include thermal and
functional properties and coated and laminated clothes. With bio-
and smart materials providing such a strong focus in the textile
industry generally, companies are going for value-added textiles,
such as in-built sensors which monitor performance. In-built wear
comfort is a growing market trend and includes clothing which
improves the skin s performance. Written by a distinguished editor
and a team of authors from the cutting edge of textile research,
Textiles in sport discusses high-performance, high-function and
intelligent textiles for sportswear.
This book explains the past, present, and future of textile, fashion, apparel, and related majors of South Asian countries. The chapters express the hidden potential of textiles in South Asia. In this book, experts in textile engineering of each country describe the potential and prospects of textile education and how it can lead to internationalization. The book contains updated new illustrations, images, data, graphs, and tables. It also discusses the textile university alliance and the potential for international education related to textiles in the developing region.
The field of fibre rope technology has witnessed incredible change
and technological advance over the last few decades. At the
forefront of this change has been the development of synthetic
fibres and modern types of rope construction. This handbook updates
the history and structural mechanics of fibre rope technology and
describes the types and properties of modern rope-making materials
and constructions.
Written by one of the world's leading experts, Handbook of yarn
production: technology, science and economics is an authoritative
and comprehensive guide to textile yarn manufacturing. The book is
designed to allow readers to explore the subject in various levels
of detail. The first three chapters provide an overview of yarn
production, products and key principles. The major part of the book
then reviews in detail the production processes for short-staple,
long-staple and filament yarns.There are also chapters on quality
control and the economics of staple-yarn production.
Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Polymer Nanocomposites: From Synthesis to Applications offers extensive coverage of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and their nanocomposites, including their synthesis, characterization, interfacial interactions and advanced applications. Sections introduce essentials, information on their preparation and discussions on polymeric materials, including elastomers, thermoplastics, thermosetting polymers, polymer blends and IPNs. Further sections cover the latest analysis techniques, examine the properties of POSS-polymer nanocomposites, and discuss key application areas, such as biological, energy, defense, and space. Finally, issues surrounding industry implementation and lifecycle are explored. This is a valuable reference for researchers, scientists and advanced students in the areas of polymer composites and nanocomposites, polymer chemistry, polymer physics, polymer science, and materials science and engineering. In an industrial setting, this book will be of great interest to scientists, R&D professionals, and engineers across industries and disciplines.
This book illustrates key sustainability issues in global textile and fashion value chains, by examining individual types of fibers either at a single step in or along the entire value chain. It approaches sustainability-related issues in the textile and fashion value chain from an interdisciplinary and holistic viewpoint, with each contribution linking questions on the textile and fashion value chain to various drivers, indicators and concepts of sustainability. Each chapter represents a single step in the textile and fashion value chain, exploring and considering a wide range of interwoven and interdependent technological, environmental, social, political and economic aspects. Various fibers, textile engineering and chemical treatment steps, as well as innovative business concepts and regulatory frameworks across the entire textile and fashion value chain are identified, analyzed, discussed and critically evaluated. The book provides a systematic overview of the potential and challenges of sustainable textile and fashion value chains, making it of interest to practitioners and scientists in sustainability science, environmental economics, and business, management and innovation. Further, it offers a valuable source of information for industrial and mechanical engineering researchers, and for students in the areas of textile engineering, fashion, or the apparel and clothing industry.
Finite element modelling of composite materials and structures
provides an introduction to a technique which is increasingly being
used as an analytical tool for composite materials.
In order for forensic fibre examiners to fully utilize fibre and textile evidence during their analysis, they require not only specialised forensic knowledge but also in-depth knowledge of fibres, yarns and fabrics themselves. Production, both the chemical and physical structure, and the properties of these materials is required in order to determine the value of fibre evidence. This includes knowing production figures, fashion changes, sudden arrivals of new materials, dye variability, and numerous other factors that may have a bearing on the information obtained. Fully updated with the latest advances, Forensic Examination of Fibres, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the First (1992) and Second Editions (1999) as the premier text on the subject of forensic fibre analysis. The international team of contributing authors detail the recovery of the evidence-through the different stages of laboratory examination-to the evaluation of the meaning of findings. The coverage has been considerably expanded, and all material, has been revised and wholly updated. Topics covered include examining damaged textiles, infrared microspectroscopy and thin layer chomatography, and colour analyses. This edition also highlights the critical role of quality assurance in ensuring the reliability of the technical observations and results, and, in doing so, looks at the implications of supervisory managers and labs in the accurate and responsible analysis of such evidence. Features include: Outlining evidentiary process from collecting and preserving the evidence at the crime scene through the laboratory analysis of fibres Detailing the latest developments and emerging technologies including Kevlar and other such advances in fibre technology Coverage of a broad array of fibres both, natural (cellulose, protein, and mineral) and man-made fibres including synthetic, inorganic and regenerated Forensic Examination of Fibres, Third Edition is a much-needed update to the classic book, serving as an indispensable reference to crime scene technicians, laboratory forensic scientists and microscopists, students in police, forensic, and justice science programs.
Natural fibres are becoming increasingly popular for use in industrial applications, providing sustainable solutions to support technical innovation. These versatile, natural based materials have applications in a wide range of industries, from textiles and consumer products to the automotive and construction industries. "Industrial Applications of Natural Fibres" examines the different steps of processing, from natural generation, fibre separation and fibre processing, to the manufacturing of the final product. Each step is linked to fibre properties and characterization, highlighting how different fibres influence the product properties through a discussion of their chemical and structural qualities. Considering the value-added chain from natural generation to final product, with emphasis on quality management, this book reviews the current research and technical applications of natural fibres. Topics covered include: Introduction to the Chemistry and Biology of Natural FibresEconomic Aspects of Natural FibresVegetable FibresAnimal FibresTesting and Quality ManagementApplications: Current and Potential "Industrial Application of Natural Fibres" will be a valuable resource for scientists in industry and academia interested in the development of natural based materials and products. It is particularly relevant for those working in chemical engineering, sustainable chemistry, agricultural sciences, biology and materials sciences. |
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