Technical Textile : Technology, Developments and Applications

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Technical textiles market -- an overview. 3. Rising opportunities in nonwovens and technical textiles in India. 4. Technical fibres. 5. Technical fabric. 6. Fibre manufacturing process. 7. Technical yarns. 8. Prospects of technical textiles with emphasis on jute geotextiles and nonwovens. 9. Machine embroidery. 10. Geotextile. 11. Technical textiles industry in India. 12. National textile policy. 13. Textile export quota policy 2000-04. 14. Human resources in the textile sector vision. Bibliography. Index.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, processing and applications including: heat and flame protection; waterproof and breathable fabrics; textiles in filtration; geotextiles; medical textiles; textiles in transport. This book is an essential guide for textile yarn and fibre manufactures; producers of woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics; textile finishers; designers and specifiers of textiles for new or novel applications as well as lecturers and students on university textile courses.