Textile fiber Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Textile fiber Technology (subject code C4322901) as prescribed for ICT · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 30 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (C4322901)Unit 1 Introduction of Textile Fibre
- 1.1. Meaning of fibre, Staple fibre, Regenerated fibre, Filament, Monomer, Polymer, Degree of polymerization, Crystallinityand Orientation.
- 1.2. Classification of natural, regenerated and man-made textile fibres.
- 1.3. Physical and chemical properties of natural and manmade fibres.
- 1.4. Cross-sectional and Longitudinal view of natural and manmade fibres.
- 1.5. Identification of textile fibre according to their burning characteristics, chemical group and reaction.
- 1.6. Cultivation, harvesting, structure and properties oforganicfibres such as Leaf fibres (Banana and Sisal), Fruit fibres (Coir).
Unit 2 Natural Fibres
- 2.1. Cultivation and harvesting, Development of fibre in seed, Morphological structure, Properties and applications of Cotton fibre.
- 2.2. Retting and extraction process of bast fibres, properties and applications of bast fibres such as Jute and Flax.
- 2.3. Manufacturing process, Morphological structure, properties and applications of Wool fibre.
- 2.4. Types of silk, Stages of manufacturing process, degumming and reeling process, morphological structure, properties and applications Silk fibre. Textile Fibre Technology Course Code: C4322901 Topics and Sub-topics
- 2.5. Introduction to mineral origin Basaltfibre.
Unit 3 Man-made Fibres
- 3.1. Raw material, Manufacturing process, Properties and applications of Viscose Rayon, Lyocell fibres.
- 3.2. Criteria for fibre forming polymer.
- 3.3. Give classification of Polymer.
- 3.4. Addition and Condensation polymerization process.
- 3.5. Raw material, Polymerization, Manufacturing process, Properties and applications of Nylon 6, Nylon
- 3.6. Raw material, Polymerization, Manufacturing process, Properties and applications of Polyester fibre.
- 3.7. Raw material, Polymerization, Manufacturing process, Properties and applications of Acrylic fibre.
- 3.8. Raw material, Polymerization, Manufacturing process, Properties and applications of Polypropylene, Polyethylenefibres.
Unit 4 Manmade FibreFormati on Technology
- 4.1. Melt spinning process and parts of machine such as Single and Double extruder, Manifold and Quenching system.
- 4.2. Importance of drawing process.
- 4.3. Spin draw processes: H4S process and FDY process.
- 4.4. Dry spinning process, method of Dope (solution) preparation and list the factors affecting the process performance.
- 4.5. Wet spinning process, method of Dope (solution) preparation,Fibre formation and coagulation variables and list the factors affecting the process performance.
- 4.6. Dry jet wet spinning process.
- 4.7. Functions, Desirable properties, Chemical constitute, Method of application (Metered finish system) and affecting factors of spin finish. Unit– V 5a. Describe the salient features 5.1 Raw material, structure, properties Textile Fibre Technology Course Code: C4322901 Topics and Sub-topics High Performance Fibres of high-performancefibres.
- 5.2. Raw material, structure, properties and application of Glass, Silicon and Boronfibres.
- 5.3. Modified polyester fibres: (synthetic fibres) Limitations of synthetic fibres.
- 5.4. Hydrophilic, Hollow, Low pilling, Flame Retardant, Silk like, Cationic dyeable polyester fibre
- 5.5. Compare Bi-component fibre and Lycra