1. Textile architectures
There are a number of different technologies for producing textile architectures, the properties of which depend essentially on the orientation of the constituent yarns or fibers. We speak of textile surfaces or fabrics when the constituent yarns are arranged in a plane, or of 3D (volumetric) textiles when the yarns are arranged in all three directions in space. In each of these categories (textile surfaces and 3D textiles), the direction of the threads in a plane can be axial, biaxial or multiaxial.
1.1 Textile surface manufacturing
Textile surface manufacturing technologies are based on four main families of yarn transformation processes:
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Production of technical textiles in Western Europe in 2002 amounted to 1.2 million tonnes, according to the Comité International de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques (CIRFS), which gathers data from Europe's main fiber-producing affiliates. This corresponds to 23% of total fiber consumption in Europe (table
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- Textiles - Dictionnaire des termes normalisés - NF G00-001 - 9-85
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Institut français textile-habillement (IFTH) http://www.ifth.org
Bureau de normalisation de l'industrie textile et de l'habillement (BNITH)
Bureau international de standardisation des fibres artificielles (BISFA) http://www.bisfa.org
...Leading manufacturers of fibers, yarns and textiles
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3M (ceramic fibers) http://www.3m.com
3Tex http://www.3tex.com
Acordis (alginate) http://www.acordis.com
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Karl Meyer http://www.karl-meyer.de
Laroche http://www.laroche.fr
Liba Maschinenfabrik http://www.liba.de
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