Technical textiles are all around us. Most people view textiles strictly as clothing, upholstery, drapery and carpeting, however, textiles are also an engineering material.

Technical textiles are not always visible and many not comprise 100% of the product, but they are an integral component of many products. They are used for insulating homes, strengthening tyres on cars, repairing damaged organs and damaged tissues in people, protecting emergency workers, purifying the air we breath and so on.

This section will look at different types of technical textiles and what the future may be.

 

Section 1 : Geotextiles/Agriculture Textiles
How are textiles used in construction and agriculture?

Section 2 : Medical
Surgical gowns to artifical arteries.

Section 3 : Protective
How can textiles save your life?

Section 4 : The Future
What are the cutting edge textile technologies?

Test: Technical Textiles

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