This major handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, processing and applications of high tech textiles for a huge range of applications including: heat and flame protection; waterproof and breathable fabrics; textiles in filtration; geotextiles; medical textiles; textiles in transport engineering and textiles for extreme environments.

Recycling and use of waste as raw materials; sustainability and ecodesign; sustainable development and renewable; waste management; novel technologies.

Fiber and yarn identification; chemical analysis of feather and down textile materials; chemical analysis of leather; analysis of common chemicals used in textile wet processes; analysis of chemicals used in fibre finishing; chemical analysis of fabric finishes and performance-related tests; water and wastewater analysis; chemical analysis of colorants

General survery; materials and their properties; products from coated and laminated fabrics; testing, product evaluation and quality; coating and laminating effects on the environment; future developments and outlook; sources of further information.

General issues: Synthetic polymer fibers and their processing requirements; understanding the behavior of synthetic polymer fibers during spinning. Spinning techniques: Melt spinning of synthetic polymeric filaments; gel spinning of synthetic polymer fibers; integrated composite spinning (ICS); wet spinning of synthetic polymer fibers; dry spinning of synthetic polymer fibers

Fiber and yarn identification; chemical analysis of feather and down textile materials; chemical analysis of leather; analysis of common chemicals used in textile wet processes; analysis of chemicals used in fibre finishing; chemical analysis of fabric finishes and performance-related tests; water and wastewater analysis; chemical analysis of colorants

Biomechanical engineering of textiles and clothing addresses issues of designing and producing textiles and clothing for optimum interaction and contact with the body. It covers the fundamental theories, principles and models behind design and engineering for the human body’s biomechanics, contact problems arising between textiles/clothing and the body and the mechanics of fibres, yarns, textiles and clothing.

Ecotextiles is a valuable reference for the textile industry on best practice in sustainable production.

Coating and lamination offer methods of improving and modifying the physical properties and appearance of fabrics and also the development of entirely new products by combining the benefits of fabrics, polymers and films.

An increasingly important feature across the technical textile industry is to produce textiles faster and to have more effective new product development (NPD). New product development in textiles: Innovation and production not only provides a fascinating overview of how products are launched, but is also a source of practical guidance for developing textile products successfully