International Conference on Technical Textiles
November 11-12, 2006 IIT Delhi.

Programme - DAY ONE

 8AM – 9AM 

REGISTRATION

 0.90 – 09.45 INAUGURATION

09.45 -10.15

Technical Textiles : An Overview

 10.15 -11.00

TEA AND INAUGURATION OF POSTERS

11.00 – 1.00
SESSION – I Woven and Knitted Technical Textiles
11.00 – 11.30
Woven Technical Textiles and Sultex ,
Peter Schegg , Sultex (India) Pvt. Ltd.
11.30 – 12.00
Knitted Three-Dimensional Structures for Technical Textiles Applications Subhash Anand , Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, The University of Bolton, U.K
12.00 – 12.30
The Mechanical Properties of Directionally Oriented Weft Knitted Structures Designed for Technical Application Mario de Araujo, R.Fanguerio and F.Soutinho, School of Engineering , University of Minho , Portugal
12.30 – 1.00
Polyamide Industrial Yarn – Klause Schaefer, Barmag Saurer, Germany
1.00 – 1.15
Question – Answer and Summing Up

1.15 – 2.15 PM

LUNCH

2.15 – 4.15
SESSION – II Nonwoven Technical Textiles
2.00 – 2.30
Erko-Truetzschler – for Every Nonwoven Product
Marc Wolpers, Erko Truetzschler GmbH, Germany
2.30 – 3.00
Needle Punched Nonwoven Fabrics
Geoff Kershaw, NSC Schlumberger, France
3.00 – 3.30
Superabsorbent Solutions for Technical Applications
David Hill, Technical Absorbents Ltd, U.K
3.30 - 4.00
Technical Textiles and Hygiene Disposable Products Manufacturing Paolo Simonetta and Guido Conio , GDM SPA, Italy
4.00 – 4.15
Question – Answer and Summing Up

4.15 – 4.30

TEA

4.30 – 6.00

SESSION – III A Medical Textiles -I(Parallel Session One)

4.30 – 6.00

SESSION – III B Fibre Reinforced Composites -I(Parallel Session Two)

6.00-6.15

TEA

6.15– 7.45

SESSION – IV A Medical Textiles-II (Parallel Session Three)

6.30– 7.45

SESSION – IV B Fibre Reinforced Composites-II (Parallel Session Four)

7:45-8.15

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

8.15 - 9:30

DINNER

DAY ONE - Parallel Sessions

4.30 – 6.00
SESSION – III A Medical Textiles (Parallel Session One)
4.30 – 4.50
Barrier Nonwovens, Olaf Isele, Kemal Catalan, Srinivas K. Mirle, Terrill A. Young, Carrie Spitzmueller, Chengming Wang, Gene Huang Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati,U.S.A.
4.50 – 5.10
At the Interface of the World of Biotextiles Bhuvanesh Gupta, Department of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi, India
5.10 -5.30
Surface Modification of PCL Nanofiber Mats for Tissue Engineering L.Ghasemi-Mobarakh, Morshed.M, Nasar-Isfahani. M. H, Fesharaki.M. A and Baharvand.H, Zare .N, Islamic Azad University of Najafabad Isfahan , Iran
5.30 -5.50
The Development of Drug Releasing Surgical Cotton Thread O.L.Shanmugasundaram, Department of Textile Technology, K.S.R. College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India
5.50 -6.00
Question – Answer and Summing Up
4.30 – 6.00
SESSION – III B Fibre Reinforce Composites (Parallel Session Two)
4.30 – 4.50
Survivability of Textile Composites Under Static and Dynamic Loadings Ajit D. Kelkar, Ram Mohan and Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, USA
4.50 – 5.10
Humidity Effects on Woven Ceramics Composites Shankar Mall, Air Force Institute of Technology,Wright-Patterson AFB, USA
5.10 -5.30
New Textile Structure for Composite Reinforcement Hong Hu, College of textiles, Donghua University Shanghai, China
5.30 -5.50
Seismic Strengthening of Buildings with CFRP Composite and Mechanical Characteristics of Composites H.C. Uzoegbo , School of Engineering, University of Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, R. Senthivel University of Minho, Portugal, Alok Madan, Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T, Delhi, India
5.50 -6.00
Question – Answer and Summing Up

6.00-6.15

Tea

6.15 – 7.45
SESSION – IVA Medical Textiles (Parallel Session Three)
6.15 – 6.35
Structure Development of Poly(L-lactic acid) Subhas Ghosh and Sukanya Krishnan , Eastern Michigan University, Michiga. Nadarajah Vasanthan, Long Island Unversity, New York, USA
6.35 -6.55
Specially Designed Stimuli Responsive Fibres for Polymeric Artificial Muscles Anusuya Sahoo, Manjeet Jassal and Ashwini Agarwal, Department of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi, India
6.55 – 7.15
Development Of Polyester/Glass Knitted Fabrics for Medical Applications M.Subramanian Senthil Kannan , Technology Innovation Group, The Arvind Mills Limited, Ahmedabad, India
7.15 – 7.35
Production of Antibacterial poly (ethylene terphthalale) fabric and its properties M. Abdolahifard, S. Hajir Bahraini, R. M. A. Malek, Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology Tehran- Iran & J. Hamedi , Tehran University Tehran- Iran
7.35 – 7.45
Question – Answer and Summing Up
6.15 – 7.45
 SESSION – IVB Fibre Reinforce Composites (Parallel Session Four)
6.15 – 6.35
Demands on functional thin layers for Technical Textiles and coating machinery for India, Christian Maennich, Coatema, Coating Machinery Gmbh Germany
6.35 -6.55
Industrial Hemp Fiber and Reinforced Composites Zhang Hua and Zhang Jianchun, The Quartermaster Institute of the General Logistic Department of PLA China, China
6.55 – 7.15
Jute Composite: Use of Needle Punched Nonwoven as Reinforcement Surajit Sengupta, Sambhu Nath Chattopadhyay, Soma Samajpati & A Day, National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata, India
7.15 – 7.35
Nano structured Carbon/Polymer Matrix Composite Fibres T. Ramachandran, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, N. Gobi KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India
7.35 – 7.45
Question – Answer and Summing Up

Programme - DAY TWO

 09.00 – 11.20
SESSION –V Product Development in Technical Textiles
09.00 – 09.30
Product Innovation Through Value Addition S. Balasubramanian, Naresh Tondare and Hari Venkataraman , AccuMED Technologies India Private Limited, Coimbatore, India
09.30 – 10.00
The “Made in Italy” Technology for Nonwovens Marcora Roberto, STP Impianti, Comerio Ercole, Automatex, A.Celli and Canalair, Italy
10.00 - 10.30
Innovative Applications of Nonowoven Felts Produced by M/s FIR, Ambrogio (Torino), Italy, A. Giustiniani and N.K. Sharma
10.30 - 10.50
Technical Textiles: Textile Mission – Vision 2020 TIFAC Vimal Kumar and Suresh Babu, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India
10.50 - 11.10
Polypropylene Fibres: A Boon for the Construction Industry S. R. Vengsarker , Zenith Fibres Limited, Baroda , Urmil V. Dave, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
11.10 – 11.20
Question – Answer and Summing Up

11:20 -11.30

TEA

 11.30 – 1.40
 SESSION – VI Nonwoven Technical Textiles - II
11.30 – 12:00
Rieter Perfojet - Biodegradable Nonwovens
Tarun Gulati, Rieter ( India) Limited, India
12.00 – 1.00
Nonwoven Technology for Technical Textiles
Axel Martell, OSKAR DILO Maschinenfabrik KG, Germany
Fibre Preparation Systems for Technical Textiles Uwe Kamps, Temafa GmbH, Germany
Latest Carding Technology for Excellent Nonwoven Products Frank Kieras, SPINNBAU GmbH, Germany
1.00 – 1.30
Nonwoven Technologies for Microbiological BarriersJean-Michel Anspach , EDANA, Belgium
1.30- 1.40
Question – Answer and Summing Up

01.40 – 2.30 PM

LUNCH

02.30 – 04.30
 SESSION – VII A (Parallel Session Five) Geotextiles and Jute based technical textiles
02.30 – 02.50
An Approach to Develop Asphalt Overlay Fabric from Jute M. Ghosh and P.K. Banerjee, Department of Textile Technology , IIT Delhi, India
02.50 – 03.10
Development of Jute Geotextiles P.K Chaudhury, IJIRA &JMDC, Kolkata, India
03.10 – 03.30
Statistical Modelling of Properties of Needlepunched Nonwoven Geotextiles Amit Rawal, Subhash Anand and Tahir Shah , The University of Bolton, Bolton, UK
03.30 – 03.50
Jute Nonwovens in Concrete Curing Application Mukhopadhyay, P. Kumar and D L Venkatesh Babu, Dept. of Textile Engineering, Anuradha Engineering College, Chikhli, India
03.50 – 04.10
Evaluation of Mechanical Bonded Crosslaid Jute Based Nonwovens Asok Majumdar, National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata, India
04.10 – 04.20
New Developments in Auto Industry Textiles T. Arunachalam Subramainam, Consultant in Technical Textiles India
04.20 – 04.30
Question – Answer and Summing Up
02.30 – 04.30
SESSION – VII B (Parallel Session Six) Product development and characterization of technical textiles
02.30 – 02.50
Characterisation of Technical Textiles Using Special Techniques A.V.Gore and A.N. Desai, BTRA , Mumbai, India
02.50 – 03.10
Nonwovens Uniformity Characterization by Surface Variation Function Jiří Militký and Václav Klička, Dept of Textile Materials, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
03.10 – 03.30
Electrical Properties of Nonwoven Fabrics Containing Liquid Vera Soukupová, Department of Nonwovens, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
03.30 – 03.50
Powered Clothing – A Novel Approach L. Ashok Kumar, Department of Textile Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
03.50 – 04.10
Development and Characterization of Wearable Electromagnetic Cloth Prabhakar Bhat, Rahul Jain, Rahul Chandrashekar, Robin Pandey and Neha Kaushik, Department of Textile Technology, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, India
04.10 – 04.30
Question – Answer and Summing Up

04.30 – 04.45

TEA

04.45 – 06.00

Valedictory Function and Prize Distribution