Course info
Technical textiles are reported to be the fastest growing sector of the textile industrial sector and account for almost 22% of the total world fibre consumption. Technical textiles are estimated to account for well over 40% of the total textile production in many developed countries and, at the year 2015, account for almost 30% of all textile manufacturing in China. The current volume of the market worldwide for technical textiles is more than $60 billion. The average annual growth rate of technical textiles worldwide is expected to be around 3.8% for the period 2010 to 2015.
The uniqueness and challenge of technical textiles lies in the need to understand and apply the principles of textile science and technology to provide solutions, in the main to technological problems but also often to engineering problems as well as with the emphasis on measurable textile performance in a particular field of application, this requires the technologist to have not only an intricate knowledge of fibres and textile science and technology but also an understanding of the
application and the scientists, technologists and engineers who service it.
Mainly there are 12 different application areas of technical textiles which are again subdivided into different categories. This course will focus on the introduction, properties, fibers for a specific category, and applications of agro textiles, industrial textiles, home textiles, medical, construction textiles, packaging textiles, sport textiles, protective textiles, automobile textiles and smart textiles. At the end of the course, it is expected that the student will acquire the skills required for effective uses of different types of technical textiles in a different arenas.
The uniqueness and challenge of technical textiles lies in the need to understand and apply the principles of textile science and technology to provide solutions, in the main to technological problems but also often to engineering problems as well as with the emphasis on measurable textile performance in a particular field of application, this requires the technologist to have not only an intricate knowledge of fibres and textile science and technology but also an understanding of the
application and the scientists, technologists and engineers who service it.
Mainly there are 12 different application areas of technical textiles which are again subdivided into different categories. This course will focus on the introduction, properties, fibers for a specific category, and applications of agro textiles, industrial textiles, home textiles, medical, construction textiles, packaging textiles, sport textiles, protective textiles, automobile textiles and smart textiles. At the end of the course, it is expected that the student will acquire the skills required for effective uses of different types of technical textiles in a different arenas.