This handbook provides in-depth coverage of all the principal aspects of manufacturing processes and fabric structures, as well as 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, and geotextiles. Uses of engineered textiles in medicine, defense, transportation, trauma survival, and filtration are all addressed. There is also a chapter on textiles and the environment.

From the Preface: “...The main principles involved in the selection of raw materials and their conversion into yarns and fabrics followed by dyeing, finishing and coating of technical textiles are explored, followed by the raw materials, processing techniques, finishing, specifications, properties and special technical and commercial features of a wide range of specific areas of application. Each of the chapters has been specifically prepared and edited to cover current developments as well as future trends...”

Target Audience: Textile yarn and fibre manufacturers, producers of woven, knitted, and non-woven fabrics, textile finishers, and developers of new textile coatings, modifiers, and colorants.

Table of Contents:

Technical Textiles Market — An Overview

Technical Fibres

Technical Yarns

Technical Fabric Structures — 1. Woven Fabrics

Technical Fabric Structures — 2. Knitted Fabrics

Technical Fabric Structures — 3. Nonwoven Fabrics

Finishing of Technical Textiles

Coating of Technical Textiles

Coloration of Technical Textiles

Heat and Flame Protection

Textile-Reinforced Composite Materials

Waterproof Breathable Fabrics

Textiles in Filtration

Textiles in Civil Engineering, Part 1 — Geotextiles

Textiles in Civil Engineering, Part 2 — Natural Fibre Geotextiles

Medical Textiles

Textiles in Defense

Textiles for Survival

Textiles in Transportation

Textiles and the Environment

Index