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Course unit details:
Advanced Textile Technology
Unit code | MATS43702 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | Level 7 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Offered by | Department of Materials |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This programme unit draws on the expertise of several members of staff, to provide a wide range of topics in advanced textile manufacturing technologies.
Aims
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
Learning outcomes
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
Teaching and learning methods
This unit is delivered by lectures (30 hours) supported by assessed laboratory classes (12 hours).
Knowledge and understanding
- 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.
Intellectual skills
- 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.
Practical skills
- 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.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- 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.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Written assignment (inc essay) | 70% |
Report | 30% |
Feedback methods
Feedback given (written and verbal)
Recommended reading
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/
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 30 |
Practical classes & workshops | 12 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 120 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Xiaogang Chen | Unit coordinator |