New Textile Concepts for Use in Control of Body Environments

Abstract

Double layer, or three dimensional, textile constructions have been manufactured for some years by Heathcoat in the form of spacer fabrics based on a warp knitted construction and also woven double layer products used in the civil engineering industry. The upper and lower layers of such products are interconnected with common threads during the manufacturing process. This paper conveys the new functional products that are becoming available in double layer constructions from the John Heathcoat textile company. The R&D Department at Heathcoat have developed a series of novel composite fabrics based on double layer substrates, categorised for discussion as follows: Woven: I. Coated - no spring support 2. Coated with spring support Warp and Weft Knitted: 3. Spring support, no coating 4. Spring support, coated both faces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADP012409

Entities

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  • Roy W. Buckley

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Insulation
  • Air Flow
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coatings
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Construction
  • Cooling
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Fabrics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Separators
  • Textiles

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