Technical textiles are the outcome of the application of sophisticated technology in industries. As a new kind of materials, they are widely used in various industries, enhancing the development of these sectors of national economy. Biaxial warp knitting coated composite fabrics (hereafter referred as BWKCC fabrics) are new products among the important technical textiles. They are fabrics of new structure made on KS type biaxial warp knitting machines with 550-2200 dtex high-strength PET filament as warp and weft yarns, which are knitted together by 84 dtex filament. What is special in the structure of these fabrics is that the wefts are squarely laid on warps without interlacing. This structure brings the strength in two direction into full play, resulting in the fabrics with less weight, higher tensile/tear strength. After being directly coated with PVC resin, they feature excellent rot-resistance, weather-proof, water-proof, air-tightness and durability and can be widely used in various industrial application. China started to produce these new materials in 1993 and has made many efforts to explore and develop their industrial applications since then. The application of BWKCC fabrics in manufacture of inflatable life rafts and boats is one of these development programs in this respect. Current major task is to make more investment and efforts to develop new variety of products, improve quality and produce high quality and high performance composite polymers in order to meet the demands of wide range of industrial sectors and to be more competitive in world market. Meanwhile, we should bring the manufacturing enterprises and research institutes together to research and develop cooperatively on the basis of sharing out the work and helping one another, bring the performance properties and quality of this kind of products to a higher level, lay a solid foundation for the development and application of inflatable products and other technical products and open a greater space for them.
Application of biaxial warp knitting and coated composite fabrics in inflatable rafts and boats
Der Einsatz von biaxialen Kettengewirken und beschichteten Verbundstoffen für aufblasbare Flösse und Boote
1998
6 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 2 Tabellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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