CURRENT TRENDS IN TEXTILES FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS (original) (raw)
The textile industry has been developing rapidly and newer technologies are introduced and the only formula for survival is encapsulating those innovations into the manufacturing process and making the best of use them for increasing the productivity and quality. Owing to the rapid development of novel sciences and technologies, textile materials have also found applications in the technical field in recent years. A new sector of technical textiles is launched and the textile industry is very optimistic that these products will open up new target groups and sustainable markets. Textile industries in Europe and the US struggle against cheap textile imports from Asia or Eastern Europe. The products can be sold very cheap and are distributed all over the world. The future of the Indian Textile and Apparel Industry depends on highly specialized products with added values. The textile industry develops advanced fiber types which are already available or will be available in the near future and can compete on the market. This will also have some influence in forensic fibres investigations. Smart Clothes and Intelligent Textiles are catchphrases but what can we expect to find behind these slogans and how can we determine new fiber types in forensic investigation? Especially the identification of nano-particles and nano-composites is a task for the forensic scientist. The question how and if the forensic scientist has to develop more refined techniques to identify these specialized textiles and fiber types is highlighted. Though there are some disadvantages in manufacturing method, research work is going on to make them completely viable in the technical textile industry. Keywords: nano-particles, nano-composites, Smart Clothes, Intelligent Textiles
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