Overview
Understanding the techniques for joining fabrics together to consider durability, strength, leak-tightness, comfort in wear, and the aesthetics of the joints is critical to the production of successful, structurally secure fabric products. Joining Textiles: Principles and Applications is an authoritative guide to key theories and methods used to join fabrics efficiently. Part One is a clear overview of sewing technology. The mechanics of stitching, sewing, and problems related to sewed textiles are discussed, along with mechanisms of sewing machines and intelligent sewing systems. Part Two explores adhesive bonding of textiles, including principles, methods, and applications, and reviews bonding requirements in coating and laminating textiles. Welding technologies are the focus of Part Three. Heat sealing, ultrasonic, and dielectric textile welding are covered, as are laser seaming of fabrics and the properties and performance of welded or bonded seams. Part four reviews applications such as seams in non-iron shirts and car seat coverings, joining of wearable electronic components and technical textiles, and joining techniques in industrial and medical products including nonwoven materials. Joining Textiles is an important reference work for textile product manufacturers, designers and technologists, fiber scientists, textile engineers, and academics.