Flow Chart of Technical Textiles and Development of Technical Textile
Technical Textiles Manufacturing Process:
During manufacturing of technical textiles, there are so many processes or methods have to pass. Apart from the use of plaiting and knotting for the manufacture of ropes and nets, weaving was, for many years, the pre-eminent technology employed in the manufacture of industrial textiles. In terms of the total weight of textiles produced, weaving still plays a leading role and developments such as three dimensional and crimples weaving have opened up many new products and endue possibilities.
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Process Sequence of Technical Textiles:
The below figure presents the principal materials, processes and products which are commonly regarded as falling within the scope of technical textiles manufacturing.
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| Fig: Technical textiles manufacturing process flow chart |
Within the composites industry, woven, knitted, braided, nonwoven and wound yarn reinforcements made from glass, carbon fiber and organic polymer materials such as aramids are all now widely accepted as being technical textile products. On the other hand, more loosely structured reinforcing materials such as chopped strand mat, milled glass and pulped organic fiber are often excluded.
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Progress of Technical Textiles:
According to one of the major study of the world technical textiles industry and its markets projected to 2005, nonwovens are set to overtake weaving in terms of the total weight of textiles which are produced by around 2002-2003. In area terms, nonwovens already far exceed woven and other fabric forming methods because of their lower average weight per unit area. On the other hand, woven and other yarn based fabrics will remain in the lead in value terms, at least for the foreseeable future.
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Worldwide Consumption of Technical Textiles by Product Type (2000-2005):
SL No. | Technical Textiles | 103 Tones | $ Million | ||||
2000 | 2005 | Growth% | 2000 | 2005 | Growth% | ||
01 | Fabrics | 3760 | 4100 | 1.7 | 26710 | 29870 | 2.2 |
02 | Non-woven | 3300 | 4300 | 5.4 | 14640 | 19250 | 5.6 |
03 | Composites | 1970 | 2580 | 5.5 | 6960 | 9160 | 5.6 |
04 | Other textiles | 2290 | 2710 | 3.4 | 11950 | 14060 | 3.3 |
05 | All textile products | 11320 | 13690 | 3.9 | 60260 | 72340 | 3.7 |
Worldwide Consumption of Technical Textiles by Application (2000-2005):
SL No. | Technical Textiles | 103 Tones | $ Million | ||||
2000 | 2005 | Growth% | 2000 | 2005 | Growth% | ||
01 | Transport textiles | 2210 | 2480 | 2.2 | 13080 | 14370 | 1.9 |
02 | Industrial products and components | 1880 | 2340 | 4.5 | 9290 | 11560 | 4.5 |
03 | Medical and hygiene textiles | 1380 | 1650 | 3.6 | 7820 | 9530 | 4.0 |
04 | Home textiles | 1800 | 2260 | 4.7 | 7780 | 9680 | 4.5 |
05 | Clothing components | 730 | 820 | 2.3 | 6800 | 7640 | 2.4 |
06 | Agriculture | 900 | 1020 | 2.5 | 6260 | 4940 | 3.0 |
07 | Construction | 1030 | 1270 | 4.3 | 3390 | 4320 | 5.0 |
08 | Packaging | 530 | 660 | 4.5 | 2320 | 2920 | 4.7 |
09 | Sports | 310 | 390 | 4.7 | 2030 | 2510 | 4.3 |
10 | 400 | 570 | 7.3 | 1860 | 2660 | 7.4 | |
11 | Protective | 160 | 220 | 6.6 | 1640 | 2230 | 6.3 |
Total | 11340 | 13680 | 3.9 | 60270 | 72360 | 3.7 | |
