MEng Materials Science and Engineering / Course details

This programme unit draws on the expertise of several members of staff, to provide a wide range of topics in advanced textile manufacturing technologies. 

The programme unit aims to:

• introduce advanced textile technology for manufacturing textile products and materials for technical as well as conventional applications; and
• provide knowledge of the latest advances in weaving, knitting, spinning and nonwoven making

A greater depth of the learning outcomes will be covered in the following sections:

• Knowledge and understanding
• Intellectual skills
• Practical skills
• Transferable skills and personal qualities

• develop an appreciation of the latest advancements in weaving, knitting, yarn and nonwoven technologies and their impact on new product development;
   
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of structures of a range of textile products and the relationships between the product specifications and mechanical properties;
   
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding in 3D textiles for specific applications.

• develop practical textile skills in engineering and manufacturing advanced textile products;
   
• appreciate the analytical content in textile products and assemblies;
   
• demonstrate skills necessary to interpret, analyse and draw conclusions from textile structures, and their manufacture on appropriate machinery;
   
• translate effectively the product specification information into products, and appreciate the structure-property relation of various textile products.

• recognise the operation principles of a range of laboratory weaving and knitting equipment;
   
• develop awareness the operation principles of a range of laboratory weaving and knitting CAD systems;
   
• develop technical writing and experimental analysis skills.

• understand product requirements and determine the types of techniques to use;
   
• work independently and solve practical problems;
   
• Use textile knowledge and skills to provide solutions to problem.

Feedback given (written and verbal)

Weaving:

• K. Greenwood, Weaving: Control of Fabric Structure, Merrow Publishing Co Ltd, 1975
• Doris Goerner, Woven Structure and Design, Part 2 Compound Structures, British Textile Technology Group, 1989
• Z Grosicki, Watson’s Advanced Textile Design, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1976

• X. Chen, Characteristics of cloth formation in weaving and their influence of fabric parameters, Textile Research Journal, 75(4), 281-287, 2005
• X. Chen, Chapter 8: Interwoven fabrics and their applications, in Specialist yarn and fabric structures, ed H. Gong, Woodhead Publishing, 2011
• X. Chen, L.W. Taylor, L-J. Tsai, An overview on fabrication of 3D woven textile preforms for composites, Textile Research Journal, Vol. 81(9), 932-944, 2011

Knitting:

• Knitting technology a comprehensive handbook and practical guide, David J Spencer, Woodhead Publishing, Ltd.; 3 edition (18 Aug 2010)
• Warp Knitting Production, Dr Samuel Raz, Melliand Textilberichte GmbH, D06900 Heidelberg
• Handbook of Technical Textiles - A R Horrocks and Subhash C. Anand, Woodhead Publishing, Ltd. (24 Jun 2011)
• http://www.knittingindustry.com

Yarn production:

• Klein, W. New Spinning Systems, Text. Inst. 1993
• R. Furter, R. "Evenness Testing in Yarn Production", Part I & Part II, Textile Institute, 1982
• Martindale, J.G. A new method of measuring the irregularity of yarns with some observations on the origin of irregularities in worsted slivers and yarns, Journal of the Textile Institute, 36, T35-47, 1945
• www.uster.com/