Technical Textiles Executive
What is a Technical Textile?
Technical Textiles are ‘advanced materials’ for which the technical performance and physical properties are more important than features such as, colour, pattern and price.
Examples of uses for Technical Textiles are; component parts for cars and aircraft, materials for coastal defence and motorway foundations, medical implants including replacement arteries, composites for motor racing and shipbuilding, electrically conductive materials, electromagnetic shielding, roofing and building membranes to name just a few.
Providing Advanced Materials for the Future
Today’s raw materials provide a wide choice of performance features, (see note A). These may be used selectively either in 100% form or in combinations.
Modern processing systems enable us to form materials in different ways to provide a range of physical properties, (see note B). These materials may then be further combined, treated or coated to add further properties, (see note C).
It is easy to see how our industry can deliver ‘advanced materials’ solutions as consumers and markets become ever more discerning and demanding. New markets will emerge for which only Technical Textiles may provide the solutions.
note A – some typical raw material performance characteristics; flame and heat resistance, control of bacteria, electrical conductivity, radar reflectance, micro wave shielding, moisture absorption or repellence, high strength, low weight, torsional stiffness, elasticity and so on ...
note B – yarn processing, weaving, knitting, non-wovens, bobbinet, embroidery deployed not to make ‘traditional textiles’ but as processing systems to create substrates or products for ‘technical’ end uses.
note C – just a few examples of what may be done; addition of vapour permeable water proof membranes, addition of ‘resins’ to create solid composite structures, addition of metallic films or coatings, chemical and bacteria resistant finishes, microwave shielding properties and so on ...
Commercialising Innovation
Our excellent research community is well able to support the process by which we convert new ideas into products that we can exploit in growing world markets.
The Technical Textiles Executive national industry network facilitates the flow of information between other national industry and research networks.
We are all aware that World markets are highly competitive. We recognise that in order to grow, it is necessary to form effective collaborative partnerships within these national networks.
Technical Textiles are ‘advanced materials’ for which the technical performance and physical properties are more important than features such as, colour, pattern and price.
Examples of uses for Technical Textiles are; component parts for cars and aircraft, materials for coastal defence and motorway foundations, medical implants including replacement arteries, composites for motor racing and shipbuilding, electrically conductive materials, electromagnetic shielding, roofing and building membranes to name just a few.
Providing Advanced Materials for the Future
Today’s raw materials provide a wide choice of performance features, (see note A). These may be used selectively either in 100% form or in combinations.
Modern processing systems enable us to form materials in different ways to provide a range of physical properties, (see note B). These materials may then be further combined, treated or coated to add further properties, (see note C).
It is easy to see how our industry can deliver ‘advanced materials’ solutions as consumers and markets become ever more discerning and demanding. New markets will emerge for which only Technical Textiles may provide the solutions.
note A – some typical raw material performance characteristics; flame and heat resistance, control of bacteria, electrical conductivity, radar reflectance, micro wave shielding, moisture absorption or repellence, high strength, low weight, torsional stiffness, elasticity and so on ...
note B – yarn processing, weaving, knitting, non-wovens, bobbinet, embroidery deployed not to make ‘traditional textiles’ but as processing systems to create substrates or products for ‘technical’ end uses.
note C – just a few examples of what may be done; addition of vapour permeable water proof membranes, addition of ‘resins’ to create solid composite structures, addition of metallic films or coatings, chemical and bacteria resistant finishes, microwave shielding properties and so on ...
Commercialising Innovation
Our excellent research community is well able to support the process by which we convert new ideas into products that we can exploit in growing world markets.
The Technical Textiles Executive national industry network facilitates the flow of information between other national industry and research networks.
We are all aware that World markets are highly competitive. We recognise that in order to grow, it is necessary to form effective collaborative partnerships within these national networks.