Textile Application in Technical Fields

Abstract

Textile is generally referred as spinning and weaving and the layman does not hove
idea of textiles in transportation, filtration, protective clothing, military application
a nd in the medical field. The use cf textiles for clothing was to mankind from
primitive age and was extended to household and domestic applications with
progressive civilization. Amit Dayal 1999) states that the technological advancement
of textile science has Seen tc such cn extent that no area seem fo be untouched by
textiles. David Rigby (1997) defined Technicol textik materials products
manufactured primarily for their technical performance and functional properties
rather thon their aesthetic or decorative characteristics.