Contributors |
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Preface |
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles |
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1 An overview of the technical textiles sector |
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1.2 Definition of technical textiles |
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1.3 Emergence and milestones |
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1.5 Applications and end-use sectors |
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1.6 The impact of globalisation |
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2 Technical fibres: Recent advances |
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2.7 Animal- and plant-based fibres for medical and technical applications |
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2.8 Synthetic- (or chemical-) based fibres for medical and environmental applications |
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2.9 Degradable and nondegradable synthetics |
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2.10 Conclusion and future prospects |
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3 Technical yarns |
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4 Technical fabric structures - 1. Woven fabrics |
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4.4 Fabric specifications and fabric geometry |
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5 Technical fabric structures - 2. Knitted fabrics |
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5.1 Terms and definitions |
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5.2 Weft knitting machines |
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5.3 Weft knitted structures |
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5.4 Process control in weft knitting |
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5.5 End-use applications of weft knitted fabrics |
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5.6 Warp knitting machines |
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5.7 Warp knitted structures |
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5.8 Recent advances in warp and weft knitting |
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6 Technical fabric structures - 3. Nonwoven fabrics |
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6.10 Centrifugally spun webs |
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6.11 Extruded split or fibrillated films |
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7 Technical textile finishing |
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7.2 Pre-treatment of fabrics for finishing |
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7.3 Mechanical finishing processes |
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7.4 Chemical finishing processes |
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7.5 Finishing for the future |
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8 Coating of textiles |
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8.5 Direct coating versus transfer coating |
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8.9 Rotary screen coating |
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8.11 Gravure roll coating |
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8.16 The future of textile coating |
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9 Coloration of technical textiles |
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9.2 Objectives of coloration |
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9.3 Coloration of technical textiles |
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9.4 Dye classes and pigments |
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9.5 Mass coloration of manufactured fibres |
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9.6 Conventional dyeing and printing of technical textiles |
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9.7 Total colour management systems |
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9.10 Colour fastness of technical textiles |
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9.11 Dyes and pigments for special effects in technical textiles |
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10-1 Three-dimensional fabric structures. Part 1 - An overview on fabrication of three-dimensional woven textile preforms for composites |
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10.2 Classifications of textile assemblies |
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10.3 3-D solid woven preforms |
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10.4 3-D hollow woven preforms |
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10.5 3-D shell-woven fabrics |
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10.6 3-D nodal woven fabrics |
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10.7 3-D woven architecture from specially made devices |
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10-2 Three-dimensional fabric structures. Part 2 - Three-dimensional knitted structures for technical textiles applications |
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10.10 Knitted spacer fabrics |
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10.11 Warp knitted spacer fabrics |
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10.12 Knitting constructions |
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10.13 Fabric properties/product applications |
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10.15 Weft knitted spacer fabrics |
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10.16 Knitting constructions |
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10.18 Comparison of properties of warp and weft knitted spacer fabrics |
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10.19 Research in spacer structures |
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10.20 Knitting of 3-D spacer piezoelectric fabric |
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10-3 Three-dimensional fabric structures. Part 3 - Three-dimensional nonwoven fabrics and their applications |
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10.24 Classification of nonwovens |
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10.26 Three-dimensional nonwovens |
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11 One-dimensional textiles: rope, cord, twine, webbing, and nets |
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11.5 Webbings, strappings, belts, and tapes |
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Index |
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