Abstract
Technical textiles are a rapidly developing trade in textile industry, as being an innovative sector, one which is highly specialized and holds great potential for the future. The new designed end-uses and applications are intended to replace expensive, heavier or technically inferior constructions traditionally produced from other raw materials. Knitting technology is one of the most versatile fabric production systems in textiles. The flexibility of knitting techniques and structures makes them attractive both to the designer and to the manufacturer of technical textiles. Techtextil, the most important European technical textiles exhibition, divided the technical fields of the knitted fabrics into twelve areas, according to their end uses, like: agriculture, geo-textiles, army, medicine, buildings, industry, protection, automotive, interior design, etc. Considering the complexity of the subject, an alternative method for achieving knowledge in this field is desirable for the students from Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management, Iasi, who have chosen to follow this course.
The paper presents an interactive learning tool, which allows the students to get familiar with the characteristics of each technical field. The comprehensive content of each area is sustained by the: fabric technical specifications, concrete applications, textile technologies, various examples of products. This on-line guide is designed to make the readers conversant with weft and warp knitting technology and to enhance their knowledge in new product developments. A challenge for the learner is to get familiar and to strengthen their technical data about specific machines, technical yarns, fabric shapes, product finishing and potential applications of the products. |