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AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION

TECHNOLOGY
Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF TEXTILES
– VIII

Course Code: TEXT407

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AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION

TECHNOLOGY
Module I: Introduction to functional textiles
 Course Objectives: ASFT

• This semester emphasis will be on latest development in

field of textile. It focus on new fibers, fabrics and finishes
for functional and sustainable textiles.
 Course Learning Outcomes: ASFT

By the end of this course, students will be able to

1  Remembering various technical textiles
2  Understanding the latest development in field of
textiles.
3  Applying the concept to understand about latest
development about sustainable fashion
4  Analyzing and categorize the functional textiles.

5  Evaluate the ecological aspects of textile industry

6  Creating functional textile folder
 Difference b/w Conventional & Technical Textiles
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• Unlike conventional textiles used traditionally for clothing or furnishing,
technical textiles are used basically on account of their specific physical and
functional properties.
Conventional Textiles Technical
Textiles
 Functional /Technical textiles ASFT

1. Agrotech: agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry;

2. Buildtech: building and construction;
3. Clothtech: clothing components in manufacturing
4. Geotech: geotextiles and civil engineering;
5. Hometech: technical components of furniture, household textiles and floorcoverings;
6. Indutech: filtration, coveying, cleaning and other industrial uses;
7. Meditech: hygiene and medical;
8. Mobiltech: automobiles, shipping, railways and aerospace;
9. Oekotech: environmental protection;
10. Packtech: packaging;
11. Protech: personal and property protection;
12. Sportech: sport and leisure.
 Agrotech ASFT

• Textiles used in agriculture,

horticulture, forestry, farming
and fishing
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• Agrotech sheets are

also used for soil
reclamation.

• These sheets can

contain soil erosion
problem and
decompose into plant
nutrients.
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• Provide protection against frost,

wind, excessive sunlight.
Agrotech ASFT

• Avoids crop
wastage due to
better symmetric
arrangement.

• Provide
protection
against weeds.
Bird Protection Nets ASFT
Biodegradable Plant Pots ASFT
 Buildtech ASFT

• Buildtech involves textile composites used in

building industry.
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A revolution has been introduced to the

building industry by the use of textile
based composites.
As Thermal and Noise ASFT

Insulators
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Structures
built of textile
materials
Textile Materials as Concrete Reinforcement
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Litracon
Structures built of textile materials ASFT
 Designing of Wind Turbines ASFT

• Owing to light weight which

is required for maximum
energy production.
Structures built of textile materials ASFT
Structures built of textile materials ASFT
 Ultimate remedy ASFT

• Buildtech has addressed the

problems commonly faced in
building industry.

• Like weakening of structures

due to rusting, seepages or
natural calamities .
 Clothtech ASFT

• Components of clothing
and footwear.

• It includes the most

promising field/future
of textiles “SMART
TEXTILES”.
 Smart textiles ASFT

• Electronics embedded
on garments i.e.
wearable electronics.
 Smart textiles ASFT

A piece of e-Textile weighing 0.3 kgs

the approximate weight of a T-shirt
could hold up to three times more
energy than a cell phone battery.
Smart textiles ASFT
 Military advancements ASFT

• South Korean military

has taken a gigantic
leap forward.

• It aims to integrate
smart textile technology
in the uniforms of it’s
military personnel.
 Objective ASFT

• The objective is to
create a military
uniform that integrates
information technology.
Heat sensitive textiles ASFT
Shape Memory Textiles ASFT
Shape Memory Textiles ASFT
 Astronaut suits ASFT

• Cosmic apparel used by

astronauts in space or
on the surface of a
planet.
 Cosmic apparel ASFT

• These are supplied with

oxygen, safety from
solar radiations due to
absence of atmosphere
in space and many
other life support
systems.
 Self luminous textiles ASFT

• The textiles for disco

clubs of future.
Geotech ASFT

As implied from the

name Geo textiles are
the textiles which work
in contact with Earth’s
basic elements; soil,
rocks, water etc.
 Dams ASFT

• Geotextiles are used in

the construction of
dams as concrete
reinforcements.

• Used either in
powdered or compact
form.
 Roads ASFT

• Geotextiles are being

used in the construction
of roads.
 Mechanism behind road construction ASFT

• Geotextiles fabric sheets are used

due to their inherent stiffness.

• This does not let the roads

deform easily, even if they are
subjected to heavy traffic flow.
 Prevention of soil erosion ASFT

• Lining of riverbanks can be done

with Geotextiles to prevent soil
erosion due to floods or other
climatic conditions.
• Erosion causes soil’s humus layer
to erode away leaving the land
barren/unavailable for cultivation.
• Geotextile sheets are used in
plains, hilly or coastal areas to
prevent soil erosion
Prevention of soil erosion ASFT
 Geotech market ASFT

• Asia and other developing

regions of the world are much
likely to see a sustained
infrastructure development
programs.
 Hometech ASFT

• Home textiles includes household

textiles.
• One such article which has an interesting
property is fragrant curtains.
• Whenever there is some undesirable odor
in the environment of a room these
curtains would release fragrance to
counter that odor.
 Indutech ASFT

• The textile materials used in

industries are known as
indutech.

• Generally industech are used in

purifying poisonous gases at high
temperature.
 Used in chimneys ASFT

• Most poisonous gases are

discharged into the atmosphere
at very high temperatures.

• Common materials can’t

withstand such temperatures
without melting.
 Indutech has the remedy ASFT

• To solve this problem

heat resistant textile
materials with small
pore sizes are used to
filter hot poisonous
gases.
 Used as high strength ropes ASFT

• Indutech ropes are also used in industrial units.

• For lifting heavy weights and pulleys.

• These have high tensile strength.

 As noise absorbents ASFT

• Some Industrial textiles

are used at industrial
scale as noise
absorbents too.
 Medtech ASFT

• Absorbents, Bandages:
Plaster of Paris
Bandage, orthopedics
bandage, etc
 Alginate bandages ASFT

• Alginate bandages can be

removed without even the
patient knowing about its
removal and heals the
wound faster.
 Alginate Bandages ASFT

“A Revolution”
• Wounds are not damaged as
happens mostly when cotton
bandage is removed.

• These bandages find their usage

specially in burn care centers for
acute burn injuries.
 Germ absorbents ASFT

• Non woven germ

absorbent wipes on
handles of hospital
doors.
 In Transplantation ASFT

• Artificial kidney, Artificial liver,

Artificial heart, Mechanical
lung, grafts, artificial skin and
bones are produced for
transplantation.
 Soothing Broken Bones and ASFT

Hearts
• Textile based grafts and replacements
of broken or damaged bones are also
available for transplantation.
 Eye lenses ASFT

• Eye lenses are examples of

technical textile materials.

• Very few of us know this.

 Eye Cornea ASFT

• Recently artificial eye cornea

has been developed with
textile fibers.

• Cornea is the most

important part of human
eye.
 Mobiltech ASFT

• The textile
materials in
automobiles
 Automobiles ASFT

• Seat covers, seat belts, car carpets,

air bags, tyre cord, composite
panels, car mats (although they look like
made of rubber).
 Military use ASFT

• A very interesting application of

such fabrics was devised by
various countries.
 Main idea ASFT

• It used these fabrics in

the manufacturing of
inflatable armored
vehicles, tanks and even
fleets of warships.
 Objective ASFT

• To distract, confuse and deceive

enemy in the event of war with
the original ones.
 Interesting thing ASFT

• Inflatable decoys can also be detected on

radar by the enemy as originals.
 Carbon fiber as wonder fiber ASFT

• Carbon fiber is being

presented as a
replacement to
aluminum alloys in
fighter and commercial
jet manufacturing.
 New chapter of aviation history ASFT

• Boeing’s Airbus 380.

• Such fighter or commercial planes would

be light weight and fuel efficient.
 Eyebrow Raising Facts; Wonder ASFT

Fiber
• It is much lighter than
aluminum.

• Its single fiber is far thin than

even human hair but still its
strength surpasses that of steel.
 Realization of Potential ASFT

• USA has devised a plan

to shift 75% of its
military vehicles to
textile composite based
structure.
 Oekotech ASFT

• Textiles for
environmental
protection are known as
Oekotech.(GREEN
TEXTILES)
 An interesting application ASFT

• Used effectively against oil

spillages in coastal areas or in open
oceans or seas, separates water
and oil.(otherwise it is harmful to
ecosystem)
 Nothing goes to waste ASFT

• Separated oil can be

used again, while on the
other hand disasters
can be averted.
 In cigarette filters ASFT

• I bet you didn’t realize

that over four trillion
cigarette filters are
manufactured annually.

• Cigarette filters are non

woven textile materials.
 Use of cigarettes filters ASFT

• These filters filter the tar and nicotine.

• Although handsome amount of it is inhaled but still it

does filter these substance to some extent.

• These are carcinogenic materials.

 Packtech ASFT

• Textiles used in packing

materials are called
packtech.

• Even tea bags (no one ever

thinks about it) which are
non woven fabrics.
 Protech ASFT

• Heat resistant clothing for

scientists studying volcanic
eruptions.
 Fire suits ASFT

• Fire men’s protective

clothing.
 High tech military apps. ASFT

• Clothing against cold (like

clothing of army personnel in
Siachin)
 High tech military apps. ASFT

• Clothing against
chemical substances for
atomic, chemical and
biological warfare
specially(gas, liquids,
particles)

Technical Textile Society-NTU

 Mosquito repellant fabrics ASFT

• Even mosquito resistant

fibers are available in
the market to keep
mosquitoes away.
 Great domestic opportunity ASFT

• Bullet proof jackets,

helmets and special boots.

• Law and order agencies are in

great need of protective
textiles to counter the law
and order situation in country.
 Need of the hour ASFT

• Local textile industry

could exploit this
opportunity by
manufacturing desired
products.

• Hence saving country

foreign exchange being
wasted on imports of
these products.
 Sporttech ASFT

• A fiber named Coolmax

remains cool even at
50⁰C.

• It is used in making
track suits for
sportsmen and women.
 Suits for Deep Sea ASFT

Divers

• Pressure suits for under

water divers are also
manufactured by some
special types of fibers.
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• These suits help them

Suits
to acclimatize to the
varied pressure levels
above and below water
level.

• Mentioning of bubble
formation disease.
 Sporttech Apps. at Home ASFT

• In technical textile
fibers are widely being
used specially in sports
industry.
 Domestic Sporttech Products ASFT

• In manufacturing of hockey
sticks and footballs complying
with international standards.
(little elaboration on the
strength of such hockey
sticks)
 Change approaches ASFT

• Now it is up to you to excel,

innovate and lead my dear
juniors!
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• Reference
https://www.technical-textiles.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_textile
https://www.makeinindia.com/article/-/v/technical-texti
les-a-bright-future
https://nptel.ac.in/courses/116/102/116102057/
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_te06/preview
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• Video link
• https://youtu.be/CoKGZ4-pb9Q
• https://youtu.be/oNWqckdgyV8