General survey about

applications of High
performance textiles

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 Transportation/Mobil-Tech

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 MOBILTECH:

• These textiles, also known as Mobiltex,

are used in transport industry, such as in
construction of automobiles, railways,
ships etc.
• Categorized to:-
• Automotive textiles
• Aerospace textiles
• Marine textiles
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 Automotive textiles

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• Automotive textile are textiles used in vehicles
• It is widely used in automotive industry right
from light weight vehicles to a heavy truck or
duty vehicles.
• Hence, the term automobile textile means all
type of textile components e.g. fibers,
filaments, yarns and the fabric used in
automobiles

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 Functions Automotive Textile
To give Comfort Safety purpose
Warm and soft feel of seats Seat belts
 Flexible seats Air bags
 Moist and odor resistant Functional Textile
interior Noise control and absorption
For Decorative purpose of noise by different layers of
interior
Better interior
 Filter
 Carpets
Tires

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 Seat
belt

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 Seat Belt
• Function as a safety harnesses which secure
the passengers in a vehicle against harmful
movements during collision or similar
incidents.

• Seat belts are woven narrow fabric made

from nylon filament yarns or high tensile
polyester filament yarn.
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Seat Belt Product Characteristics
• From nylon filament yarn or polyester
filament yarn which is woven to produce the
webbing pattern.
• The critical characteristics of the webbing are:
 Abrasion resistance,
 Resistance to light and heat,
 Capable of being removed and put back in place
easily and good retraction behavior.

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 Seat covers

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 Seat covers
• With gradual improvement in vehicle
models and increased emphasis on luxury
and comfort, the seat cover market has
witnessed uptrend in the market.
• Seat covers are made from cotton, vinyl,
velvet and leather.

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 Seat cover Product Characteristics
• The desired product characteristics are
• Durability,
• Ultra- violet fade and wear resistance,
• Water-proofing,
• Flexibility and stretch ability.
• The type of seat cover used varies based on the
automobile model and desired styling of the
upholstery.
• The fabric is further laminated to provide desired
protection characteristics.
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 Interior carpets
• The carpets are laid in the cabin and
parcel shelf at the back.
• The carpets are primarily non-woven
textile material.
• The usage of carpets varies based on
the interior designs which vary across
car models.

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Interior carpets Product Characteristics
• Made primarily from polypropylene fibers.
• The desired characteristics:-
High durability
High abrasion resistance and Tensile strength
 Low inflammability and Good compression
recovery
• The fabric is around 500 GSM with a thickness
of about 3mm.

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 HELMET
• The function of a helmet is to absorb the shock of a crash
and thus put a stop to major injury to the brain.
• The motorcycle helmet has an internal layer of
polystyrene or polypropylene foam and an external layer
made of plastic, glass, and other man-made fibers.
• The outer shell is made from Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-
Styrene (ABS) or Polypropylene or glass fibre plastic which
is hard in nature.
• The inner side of the shell is expected to provide cushion to
the rider and is made from regulated density concussion
padding.

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 Sun visors
• The sun visors are located in the interiors of a
four-wheeler just above the windshield.
• The sun visors are used to block the Sunlight
from entering through the windshield.
• The blinds can also be turned to the front side
window to reduce lateral sun exposure.
• There are two sun visors in a car,
one for driver and
The other for the co-passenger.
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 Car Body covers
• Car body covers are used to cover the
car if no covered space for parking
(parking garage) is available.
• The car body covers are made of a
variety of fabrics including canvas
covers, HDPE, PVC, reinforced cotton
material and Nylon.

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 Air Bags
• It is a safety device aimed at preventing or
minimizing injury to passengers when such an
accident occurs.
• An airbag is an elastic bag or cushion like makeup
which inflates and deflates quickly at some stage
in certain types of car accidents.
• Airbags have been efficient to put a stop to severe
head and chest injuries in adults when
automobile accidents have occurred.

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 Air Bags Product Characteristics

• Nylon 6, 6 is used as a key raw material.

• The yarn / fabric are primarily nylon 6,6,
lighter denier, and silicone coated.
Approximately, 1.8 square meter of fabric is
used per airbag module.

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• The tyre is the interface between a
vehicle and the road surface.
• A tyre is a textile reinforced
composite structure where various textile
components are embedded in a rubber
matrix
• The textile carcass (known as the casing)
is the backbone structure of a tyre and it
is made of high tenacity tyre cords.
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 Tires

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 Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric
• Nylon tyres cord fabric provides strength to a
tyres.
• Nylon tyres cord fabric gradually replaced the
usage of rayon and polyester cords in the tyres
industry.
• The nylon tyres cord is prepared from high
tenacity continuous filament yarn by twisting
and plying.
• There are two main types of nylons used as tyres
cord, i.e. – Nylon-6 and – Nylon-6, 6.
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 Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric
Product characteristic
• Nylon 6 grey and dipped tyre cord fabrics
having
High strength,
Fatigue resistance,
Impact resistance,
High adhesion
The tyre cords are generally available with the
fabric characteristics of 930dtex, 1400dtex,
1870dtex, 2100dtex.
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 Headliners
• Headliners are used in passenger cars and
multi/sports utility vehicles as non-woven light
weight roofing material.

• Increasingly non-woven headliners are used

• The desired characteristics of headliners are
• Good sound damping properties and
• Good aesthetics.
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 Marine textiles

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 Marine textiles
• Textiles used for water transport
• Applications:
• Sails
• Inflated crafts
• Hovercraft skirts
• Furnishing fabrics
• Nets and Ropes
• Life rafts buoyancy tubes, canopies,
minesweepers, sonar domes, corrosive-cargo
carriers, Life jackets, personal flotation devices.
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 SAILS
Definition
A Textile material extended on
rigging to catch wind and propel a
boat.
Requirements:
light weight, dimensional stability
Puncture resistance, high tear
strength
 high seam strength
 Low porosity to wind, low water
absorbency
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Good resistance to microbes
 INFLATABLE CRAFT
Nylon woven fabric (145gsm)
Aramid fibers at 85gsm can also be used.
For economical craft polyurethanes & PVC materials
are used.

 Life boats and rescue craft

 Freight carrying vessels
 Pleasure Craft
 Military applications
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 FURNISHING FABRICS
Cruise ships can be regarded as
FLOATING HOTELS. So quality of
textiles must be standard

High flame retardancy standards due to

narrow corridors and low ceilings

Durable Anti-static properties are

needed

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 Aerospace textiles

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 Aerospace textiles

• Textiles used in air transport.

• Task:
“ Find out different application of
textiles in aerospace”

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