Technical textile yarns : industrial and medical applications

Technical yarns are produced for the manufacture of technical textiles. As the range of technical textiles is rapidly increasing, an understanding of the range of yarns available and their properties is important, in order to be able to meet the requirements of the intended end-use. Part one of the...

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Other Authors Alagirusamy, R., Das, A.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Oxford : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2010.
SeriesWoodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 101.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613443750
1613443757
9781845699475
1845699475
9781439831540
1439831548
9781845695491
1845695496
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 612 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Advances in textile yarn production: Introduction: types of technical textile yarn
  • Advances in yarn spinning and texturising
  • Modification of textile yarn structures for functional applications
  • Yarn hairiness and its reduction
  • Part 2 Types of technical yarns: Novel technical textile yarns
  • Coatings for technical textile yarns
  • Engineering finer and softer textile yarns
  • Electro-conductive textile yarns
  • High modulus, high tenacity yarns
  • Shape memory polymer yarns
  • Plasma-treated yarns for biomedical applications
  • Technical sewing threads
  • Sustainable textile yarns
  • Yarn and fancy yarn design using three-dimensional computer graphics and visualization techniques.