Mobiltech (Textile used in Transportation, Automotive &

Aerospace)
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speaker of this presentation. Today the topic of our presentation is Mobiltech
(Textile used in Transportation, Automotive & Aerospace)
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Introduction: Textiles are no more limited for use as apparels clothing is just are
but not the only purpose of textiles with the rapid changes in the social economic
structure of our society. Many efforts are made to some and protect human
life. Textiles are used in a number of little known forms and less transparent
technical areas. Mobiltech textiles is one of them.
**So, at first the term “Technical Textile” comes in our mind and we have to
know what is technical textile.
According to the Textile Institute, ‘Textile materials and products manufactured
primarily for their technical and performance properties rather than aesthetic and
decorative characteristics are called as Technical textiles. Technical textiles are
reported to be the fastest growing sector of the textile industrial sector.
Classification of Technical Textile:
It indicates broad classification of technical textiles in 12 segments.
There are various applications of technical textiles and so there is a huge scope in
the field of technical textiles and the demand for these will increase day by day.

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Mobiltech: Mobiltech is one of the biggest fields of application for technical textiles
which is used in automotive or transport or aerospace sector. Mobiltech include cars,
trains, buses, airplanes and marine vehicles. Mobiltech covers not only isolation and
safety aspect but also focuses on comfort and style. The demand for majority of
Mobiltech products is dependent on the growth of both passenger cars and
commercial vehicles segments. The world biggest nonwovens manufacturer
estimates 42% of its sales tied to the automotive sector. Over the years, the Indian
automobile industry has emerged as one of the world’s largest sector.
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Properties of Mobiltech:
 Comfortable, functional, and decorative fabrics.
 Add a decorative accent to surfaces.
 This textile also provides an excellent, warm, soft touch.
 Good sound absorbency
 UV resistance Strength retention
  Durability
 Abrasion resistance
 Bursting resistance
 Degradation resistance

Classification of Mobiltech: According to the Application, Mobiltech is classified

into three categories. These areas:

1. Visible Component (Seat Upholstery, Carpet and Seat Belts, Headliners)

2. Concealed Components (Tire Chords Liners, NVH Components)
3. Others Components (airbags, car covers, belts, helmets, airline disposables,
webbings for aircraft, seating fabrics, etc.)

** Here is the global market scenario of technical textile. Mobiltech segment

accounted for the largest revenue share in the global market in 2018 & the share in
percentage is 18%. Owing to the rapid adoption of technical textile by the Mobiltech
industry, the segment is expected to lead the technical textile market over the
forecast period.
 Global Technical Textile Market Share(%)
1% 0.20%
3%
6% 8% 13%

12%
10%

11%
7%

18% 14%

Packtech Inductech Hometech Clothtech Mobiltech Sportech

Meditech Buildtech Protech Agrotech Geotech Oekotech

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** Here is the mobiltech uses area. In mobiltech, textile used in transportation,
automotive & aerospace.
** There are various applications of Mobiltech. We will describe some
applications of mobiltech through this presentation.
Here, some applications are mentioned-
Nylon tire cord, Headliners, Seat belt webbing, air bags, car body covers etc.
Seat Belt Webbing: Seat belts function as a safety harnesses which secure the
passengers in a vehicle against harmful movements during collision or similar
incidents. Seat belts minimize injuries during accidents.
Raw-materials: The seat belts are woven narrow fabric made from nylon or
polyester yarn on needle looms. The machinery used for webbing is primarily
imported. The yarn formation machine is supplied by Muller (Germany) and the
webbing formation machine by Bonus (England).
Properties:
◦ Abrasion resistance
◦ UV resistance
◦ heat light resistance
◦ high tensile strength
◦ light weight flexibility
◦ Extension (25%-30%)
Car upholstery: Seat cover: Woven seat cover is one of the important contributors
of technical textile in an automobile. With gradual improvement in vehicle models
and increased emphasis on luxury and comfort, the seat cover market has witnessed
uptrend in the market.
Raw-materials: Seat covers are made from cotton, vinyl, velvet and leather. The
cotton or synthetic yarn is woven on power looms to produce fabric which is further
sentered on sentering machine to smoothen out the fabric (remove bumps). The
fabric is further laminated to provide desired protection characteristics. The fabric is
further finished as per the desired specifications of automobile original equipment
manufacturer (OEM).
Properties:
◦ Durability
◦ Ultra-violet fade and wear resistance
◦ Water-proofing
◦ Flexibility
◦ Stretchableness.
◦ The yarn required for the seat covers is in the range of 500 deniers to 1300
deniers.
The fabric used for the manufacture of seat covers is woven on looms. The type of
seat cover used varies based on the automobile model and desired styling of the
upholstery.
Car upholstery: Car Body Covers: Car body covers are used to cover the car if no
covered space for parking (parking garage) is available.
Raw Materials: The car body cover is a 100% technical textile product based on
the raw material used. The car body covers are made of a variety of fabrics including
canvas covers, HDPE, PVC reinforced cotton material and Nylon.
Properties:
◦ Durability
◦ Excellent tensile strength
◦ Convenient to use
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Automobile interior carpets: The carpets are primarily non-woven textile material.
The usage of carpets varies based on the interior designs which vary across car
models.
Raw-materials: The automotive interior carpets are non-woven (needle-punched)
technical textiles, made primarily from polypropylene fibres.
Properties:
◦ High durability
◦ High abrasion resistance
◦ Tensile strength-warp around 50 KGF and weft around 45 KGF
◦ Low in-flammability
◦ Good compression recovery
◦ Light fastness
◦ Mould ability
Tire: A tire is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a
vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction
on the surface traveled over.
Raw Materials:
Nylon, Rayon, Polyester, Kevlar
Properties:
◦ High strength
◦ less extensibility
◦ Capability with rubber

Headliners: Headliners are used in passenger cars and multi/sports utility vehicles
as non-woven light weight roofing material.
Raw Materials: Typically, the headliners are non-woven technical textiles made of
PSF, polypropylene or polyurethane core sprayed between two reinforcing layers.
Properties:
◦ good sound damping
◦ good aesthetics

Airbags: Airbags are inflatable protective equipment which reduces injuries during
an accident or impact in co-ordination with the seat belt.
Raw Materials: The yarn / fabric is primarily nylon 6-6 or polyamide 6-6, lighter
denier, lower dpf and silicone coated.
Properties:
◦ High material strength in warp and weft direction
◦ Heat stability
◦ Good ageing characteristics
 ◦ Energy absorption
◦ Defined dimensional stability
◦ Hot and cold condition
◦ Toughness, fog resistance
◦ Package ability
◦ High anti slip properties of the seams
◦ Coating adhesion and function at extremities
Filter: to balance filtration performance with desired cleanliness level & this level
is depends on filter efficiency of particle removal, contamination capacity or
pressure drop or resistance to flow through filter. Proper function of filter fabric is
very important.
Air filter: Air is vital to vehicles and with the resulting controlled explosion
provides power to vehicle, which is essential in removing contaminations such as
dirt particles, dust and debris from air penetrating through engine. The filter
stationed here is normally non-woven material.
Fuel filter: Water, fungus, bacteria, wax, sediment and other solids are major
contaminations in the fuel, water is greatest concern because it is most common form
of contaminant. The first petrol filter was made from wire mesh and although they
were efficient.
Cabin Air Filter: Dust diesel fumes and aromatic hydrocarbons can be even more
damaging to health; hence filters are very much necessary. The latest advanced
filters combine both mechanical filtering through polypropylene non-woven
electrets fabric.
Oil filter: Dirt is one of the major causes of engine wear. Dirt particles are extremely
abrasive and these particles are carried by oil into the precision clearance between
in these parts. Filter made from polyester needle were impregnated and are capable
of trapping contaminations.
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Application of Aerospace Textile:

Airplane Interiors: Inside the spacecraft and aircraft, various textile composites are
used for interior designing. From furnishing textiles to wall covering, floor carpet,
seat & seat belts, curtains and other interior designs are made of textile composites.
Leading technologies such as micro & Nano fibers, high-performance fibers,
polymers etc. have revolutionized the application of textiles in the interior design of
the aircrafts/spacecrafts.
Uniform of Pilot: Pilot uniform consisted of clothing such as leather bomber
jackets, khaki trousers, leather helmet, and boots. Because of such attire, pilots could
fly even during harsh weather conditions as cockpits used to be open back then. For
instance, pilots wore these bomber jackets with scarves to keep themselves warm.
Evacuation Slides: An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an
aircraft quickly. In many modern planes, to reduce evacuation time, evacuation
slides deploy automatically when a door is opened in an "armed" condition. Modern
planes often indicate an armed condition with an indicator light.
Space Suit Costume: Generally, a spacesuit or “Extravehicular Mobility Unit-
EMU” (EMU) is a special arrangement of a set of protective clothing and equipment,
which ensures the astronaut’s safe position, navigation and survival in the hostile
environment inside and outside the spacecraft.
Parachutes: Parachutes are also a part of aerospace textiles. Parachute is kept as
protection material for the pilots, aviators and passengers of the aircraft. Parachutes
are made from different types of high-performance fibers such as Nylon, Polyester,
Kevlar, Nomex etc. Some important characteristics are UV, Heat and Abrasion
resistant, Water proof, High specific strength and light weight.
Major Non-oven Usage:
 SALES
Carpet

3%
6% Headliner
1% 1%

Trunk
17%
43%
Hood liner

Insulation
10%

Door Panels
13% 6%

Here is the scenario of major non-oven usage of Mobiltech. Carpet is the largest
application area in Major non-oven usage, this segment represented 43% sales.
Insulation, Trunk and Hood liner with a respective sale of 17%, 13% & 10%.
Fiber product and formation methods for automotive textile:
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Mobiltech Market by Application:
 Textile Used in Cars
Carpets
coverings
Upholstery

Belts hoses
2.2%
4.5% Tires

4.5% Safety Belts

3.5% Airbags
1.2%
1.6% Textiles in
0.9% 1.5% Composites
Others

Mobiltech application is being primarily driven by growth in automobile industry

leading to increased usage of products such as seat belts, airbags and automotive
carpets despite industry's temporary slowness in 2020. Here we can see 4.5% of
textile used in carpets coverings and in composites. Another largest area of 3.5%
textile used in upholstery. And rest of the applications are belt hoses, tires, airbags
with a respective market of 1.6%, 1.5% & 1.2%.
Mobiltech Market Demand:
◦ Mobiltech is forecast to account for more than 20% of global technical market
sales revenue in 2021. Sales uptick can be attributed to rising adoption of
technical textiles in manufacturing customer protection equipment and
products like air bags, collapsible fuel tanks and sun visors.
◦ Rise in mining activities and material production has increased the demand
for remote location fuel storage using collapsible fuel tanks as they provide
compatible and durable fuel storage options and high chemical resistance.
◦ As collapsible fuel tanks are made from multiple types of technical textiles
welded together through fabric welding, the demand for technical textiles is
expected to rise in upcoming years.
 ◦ Mobile textile has phase change materials (PCM) as base material which
protects automotive parts from accident and extreme weather conditions.
Mobiltech also continuously monitor temperature of every electronic
component in automobile. Rise in sales of automobiles will drive the demand
for technical textiles over the forecast period.
◦ Automotive industry contributes ~4% of world's GDP. Last year industry
produced 92 million vehicles globally and its projected market will be USD 9
trillion by 2030.

Conclusion: Mobiltech application is being primarily driven by growth in

automobile industry leading to increased usage of products such as seat belts, airbags
and automotive carpets. With evolving motor safety regulations world over, demand
for safe and improved motor parts and equipment provided by technical textile is
increasing. With such immense growth Mobiltech, having Asia-Pacific as global
manufacturing hub, is going to be among the key segments of global technical textile
sector.
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