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Textile Industry Reference from C.H.I.P.S.

Handbook of Technical Textiles
edited by A.R. Horrocks

Features:

  • Provides an extensive overview of the technical textiles market

  • Includes fabric structures such as woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics and their finishing, coating and colouration

  • Discusses technical processes currently employed and a wide range of applications recently developed

  • Presents contributions from recognized experts around the world

This comprehensive book, Handbook of Technical Textiles provides in-depth coverage of all the principal aspects of manufacturing processes and fabric structures, plus in-depth reporting on all major applications of high-tech textiles. It examines textiles for a wide range of industrial uses, including heat and flame protection applications, waterproof and breathable fabrics, geotextiles and natural fibre geotextiles; as well as the use of textiles in medicine, defence, transport and filtration; textiles for survival, and textiles and the environment.

Handbook of Technical Textiles is ideal for textile yarn and fibre manufacturers, producers of woven, knitted, and non-woven fabrics, textile finishers, and companies producing new textile coatings and colorants. If you work with textiles in any capacity, this will prove itself an indispensable guide and an up-to-date reference book.

Contents

  1. Processes
    • Technical Textiles Market - An Overview
    • Technical Fibres
    • Technical Yarns

  2. Technical Fabric Structure
    • Woven Fabrics
    • Knitted Fabrics
    • Non-woven Fabrics
    • Technical Textile Finishing
    • Coating
    • Colouration

  3. Areas of Application
    • Heat and Flame Protection
    • Textile-Reinforced Composite Materials
    • Waterproof/Breathable Fabrics
    • Textiles in Filtration
    • Geotextiles/Natural Fibre Geotextiles
    • Textiles in Medicine
    • Textiles in Defence
    • Textiles for Survival
    • Textiles in Transport
    • Textiles and the Environment

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Handbook of Technical Textiles
edited by A.R. Horrocks and S.C. Anand
640 pages • $358.95 + shipping
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