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Defined as textile materials and products manufactured for their technical performance and functional properties rather then their aesthetic and decorative characteristics.

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TECHNICAL TEXTILES

BROAD WOVEN FABRICS

MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS

TYRES

NETS

SUTURES PROSTHESES VASCULAR GRAFTS

SEWING THREADS

BUILD TECH SPORT TECH INDU TECH HOME TECH CLOTH TECH
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GEO TECH INDU TECH PROTECH

MOBITECH HOME TECH

AGRO TECH
PRO TECH

MEDI TECH

CLOTH TECH INDU TECH HOME TECH

Agricultural Textiles are used for Increasing yield, quality and safeguarding agricultural products.

Agro textiles are basically technical textiles that have specialty applications in agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, animal husbandry & forestry.
Agricultural Textiles find applications right from sowing to harvesting. They offer new insight on solving the problems faced by agricultural industry. Various technical textiles such as woven, nonwoven, knitted, nets and coated textiles are used as agro textiles.

Arable Farming Horticulture : To protect the expensive

Animal husbandry: basically used in

General application : include clothing,

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Nylon Polyester Polyethylene Polypropylene Jute

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They prevent the soil from drying out and increase crop yield. They improve product quality. Agro textiles protects farmer from harmful pesticides. Thermal protection textiles are treated with ultraviolet ray stabilizers. The best known products are shed netting and thermal screens, the use of which can save up to 40% on energy in heating green houses. Their use prevents staining and improves uniformity of color.
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Resistance to micro-organisms:Agro textile should be

Withstands solar radiation: laid over the cultivated

Withstands ultraviolet radiation : These are

special types of carbon black which convert the UV radiation into thermal radiation. Good potential to reduce the impact of UV radiation on plants by light-absorbing or light-reflecting nonwovens

High potential to retain water :This is achieved

by means of fibre materials which allow taking in much water and by filling in super-absorbers

Protection property Protection from wind and the

creation of a micro-climate between the ground and the nonwovens, which results in temperature and humidity being balanced out
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Woven: Woven products are produced using Sulzer projectile weaving machines. The machines with weaving width of 540cm to 846cm are available for the production of agro textiles .The nets with a mesh width of 1.8mm to 40mm. Knitting: Warp knitting technique is most widely used compare than the weft knitting. Warp knitted protective nets are used indifferent sectors, which are produced on Rachel Machine. Nonwoven: Needle-punched nonwovens, Stitchbonded nonwovens, Thermally bonded nonwovens ,Hydro entangled nonwovens ,Spun bonded nonwovens. Needle punched fabric plant bags provide advantages over conventional fired clay pots.
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Sun screening (shade cloth) Frost Covering Harvesting Wind protection Landscape covering Bird protection Insect protection Turf protection Irrigation Drainage Aquaculture Insulation Horticulture Animal Husbandry
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Shade cloth/Shade Netting

These are sunscreens and provide necessary protection to the plants against:

Excessive heat, Burning of the crops due to direct sunshine and UV damage.

Examples:
Knitted or woven polyethylene fabrics. Should not rot or become brittle & should avoid mildew formation

Adverse Effects of Frost

Frost Covering
Minimizes moisture and heat loss. Keeps the plant warm and healthy.

Nonwoven fabrics are preferred for Frost Covers: Lightweight, breathable and those which dry quickly are used. These fabrics should provide open spaces for crop treatments. Examples: Nonwoven spun bonded mesh fabric and nonwoven UV resistant polypropylene fleece.

Harvesting nets are used to collect the fruits falling from a tree.
This helps to keep the cost of cultivation low by eliminating additional labor associated with harvesting. Harvesting nets are predominantly grip structures which can be developed using warp knitting technology.

 Windshields are used to protect the crops from high velocity wind damage. These can also be used to control the temperature by hindering cooling due to the wind. These are installed perpendicular to the direction of the wind to reduce the wind speed. These Prevent: Breaking of branches, Early falling of the fruits and Damage to the leaves and flowers.
Examples: Woven and knitted UV stabilized windshields using high density polyethylene monofilaments.

 These are used for weed control and prevent penetration of thin roots of weeds. In addition they also maintain optimal soil temperatures for rapid plant growth.

Examples: Biodegradable needle punched nonwovens and coated fabrics

Product
Sawagrow

Application
For soil free cultivation of vegetable and used as growing substrate Pest control for vegetable Crop

company
Vleiesstoffewerk Christian heinrich sandler GmbH & Co K G Freudenberg Ltd U K

Lutrasil Thermoselect

Net fabric

For Agricultural purpose& protecting Crops from Weeds

Gebr Wunderlich GmbH

World End- use Consumption 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 1995 2000 Year 2005 2010
Agro -Textiles ( $ USMillion)

World End- use Consumption

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 The wide end use application are motivation for the

potential uses and advantages of greater efficiency using resources of land, water and labour, higher and consistent quality and higher yield of products including environmental protection of health community . Agro textiles preciously is a stepping stone in progress of human kind since it influences productivity ,economics, and advance techniques for the better future.