Denim Fabric | Denim Fabric Manufacturing Denim fabric Denim is a fabric which has a huge market demand all over the world both for casual wear as well as fashionable wear. It has been used extensively used by the people of all ages, classes and genders. Denim was born in a manufacturing center in the […]
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Fire Fighter Suits
Protective Textiles Introduction Fire Fighter Suits Firefighters perform diverse tasks like firefighting, aircraft fires & other vehicle fires, wildland firefighting etc. Firefighters garments should be designed considering some functions, the most important of which is protection against heat & flame. And protection against moisture is also important depending on the type of extinguishing method. Firefighters […]
Protective Textiles Introduction
Protective Textiles Introduction Protective Textiles: Textiles, which have most common uses for clothing & that provide a certain outlook or appearances. But for working in adverse environment we need protection rather than appearances. Protective textile is one kind of technical textile which provides some protective functions like heat protection, ballistic protection, hazardous chemical protection, cold […]
Geotextile | Forms of Geotextiles | Production of Woven Geotextiles | Application Areas of Geotextiles
Geotextile | Forms of Geotextiles | Production of Woven Geotextiles | Application Areas of Geotextiles Geotextile : A planar, permeable, polymeric (synthetic or natural) textile material, which may be nonwoven, knitted or woven, used in contact with soil/rock and/or any other geotechnical material in civil engineering applications. Geotextile is a part of technical textile which is […]
Geotextiles and Geosynthetics | Properties of Geotextiles
Geotextiles and Geosynthetics | Scope of Geotextiles | Essential Properties of Geotextiles | Terms Related to Geotextiles Geotextile : A planar, permeable, polymeric (synthetic or natural) textile material, which may be nonwoven, knitted or woven, used in contact with soil/rock and/or any other geotechnical material in civil engineering applications. Geotextile is a part of technical […]
Knitted Structures For Sound Absorption
Knitted Structures For Sound Absorption Introduction : Textiles have the potential to be used in reducing the interior noise of an automobile as they can provide passive sound absorption in upholstery, headliners and other interior parts. sophisticated technical textiles may well be used to gain a reduction of automotive interior noise. This in turn […]
Types Of Warp Knitting Machines
Types Of Warp Knitting Machines Warp Knitting : Warp knitting is defined as a loop forming process in which yarn is fed into knitting zone , parallel to fabric selvedge . In warp knitting , fabric is made by forming loops from yarns coming in parallel sheet form run in the direction of fabric […]
Fundamentals Of Warp Knitting | Warp Knitting Elements
Fundamentals Of Warp Knitting Warp Knitting : Warp knitting is defined as a loop forming process in which yarn is fed into knitting zone , parallel to fabric selvedge . In warp knitting , fabric is made by forming loops from yarns coming in parallel sheet form run in the direction of fabric formation . […]
Crease Resistance and Recovery Test | Shirley Crease Recovery Tester
Crease Resistance and Recovery Test Crease: This is a fabric defect evidenced by a break line or mark or fold in a fabric generally caused by a sharp fold. Crease appears when the fabric is distorted in such a manner that part of it is stretched beyond its elastic recovery. During creasing the upper […]
Collagen: Changing the Course of the Future
Collagen: Changing the Course of the Future Muh. Amdadul Hoque , Md. Iftekhar Mahmood Department of Fabric Engineering famous American architect and inventor R. Buckminster said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” It is in this spirit that the predictions […]