Textile Raw Material-2

Course Code: IE 3002

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 Course Plan
Aim:
This Couse is designed to provide basic knowledge of man made fiber for
conventional textile manufacturing and high performance textile manufacturing
Objective:
By the end of this course student will
Gain knowledge on different man made fibers and their properties
Understand the application of high performance fiber in present days
Reference:
Handbook of Textile Fibers by J. Gordon Cook
Advance Fiber spinning Technology by Prof. Nakajima
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Lecturer No Topic
1 Introduction to man-made fiber, classification of man-made fiber,
Difference Between Natural Fibers and man made Fibers
3-4 Polymer, Different Polymer Types and different chemical structure

5 Different Polymerization Technique

6 History and Different Properties of Man-made Fibre
Class Test-1
7 Different Types Of Man Made Fiber Spinning Techniques
Mid Term Exam
8-12 Study on Synthetic Fibers (Polyester, Nylon, Acrylic, spandex)
13-15 Study on Regenarated Cellulose Fibers (Viscose, Rayon, casein, soyabean)

Class Test-2
16 Study on others Man Made Fibers (Glass, Metal, Carbon, kevlar Fibers)

17 Presentation
18 Assignment submission and viva
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Final Exam
 Man-Made fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are
significantly modified during the manufacturing process.
Man-made fibres are spun and woven into a huge number of consumer and
industrial products, including garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery;
home furnishings such as upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and industrial parts
such as tire cord, flame-proof linings, and drive belts.
The chemical compounds from which man-made fibres are produced are
known as polymers, a class of compounds characterized by long, chainlike
molecules of great size and molecular weight.

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History of Man-Made fiber:
The origins of the man-made fiber (MMF) industry are found in the first
commercial production of artificial silk using cellulosics by De Chardonnet in
France in 1892. Regrettably the business declared bankruptcy in 1894!
However, not to be discouraged, the industry continued to develop other
cellulosics and acetates until the arrival of nylon, which was discovered by
Wallace Carothers at DuPont in the 1930s.
His discovery brought the first truly MMF to the market. Initial applications
including military uses during World War II and replacing silk in womens
hosiery.
Nylon was followed by the ICI development of polyester, discovered in the
early 1940s by two British scientists working for Calico Printers.

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Time line of Man-made fiber development:
1910 Rayon 1941 Saran 1959 Spandex
1924 Acetate 1946 Metallic 1961 Aramid
1930 Rubber 1949 Modacylic 1983 PBI
1936 Glass 1949 Olefin 1983 Sulfar
1939 Nylon 1950 Acrylic 1992 Lyocell
1939 Vinyon 1953 Polyester

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 Classification of Man-Made fiber

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 Man-made vs Natural:

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 Question
Write down six differences between Natural and Man-Made fiber
Answer: Slide 9

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