Textile-Mechanical Processes

Teachers in charge

Assist. Prof. Snježana Brnada, Ph.D.
Prof. Dragana Kopitar, Ph.D.
Prof. Vesna Marija Potočić Matković, Ph.D.

associates

Ana Kalazić, mag. ing. techn. text., Assistant
Paula Marasović, Ph.D., Assistant
Gabriela Vanja, mag. ing. techn. text., Assistant

Study program

•   Undergraduate study Textile Technology and Engineering

module

•   Engineering Design and Management of Textiles
•   Textile Chemistry, Materials and Ecology
•   Clothing Engineering
•   Textile and Clothing Design for Industry

summary ∑ (L+S+p):

5 (3+0+2)

ECTS

7

Knowledge verification

writing exam

Precondition for testing

Passed exams

Lecture type

lectures, practice

Exercise type

audio practice, laboratory practice, workshops

Subject content

Routes of yarn spinning from natural fibres and/or man-made staple fibres. Ring, rotor and aerodynamic spinning. Winding and twisting. Warping and sizing. Division and basic properties of weaving machines based on shed formation and inserters. Fabric structures and properties according to application. Development and specificties of the machinery for fabric manufacturing. Processes of manufacturing knitted fabrics. Basic elements of the knitting machinery. Warp knitting machines. Loop sinking machines. Yarns, machinery, automata and knitted fabrics for various applicaitons. Quality parameters of yarn, woven and knitted fabrics.

Aim of course

The aim of the course is to study basic technologies of manufacturing yarns, woven and knitted fabrics and to know control and regulating mechanisms in manufacturing the aforementioned products.

Literature necessary for course

•   Lord, Peter R. Handbook of yarn production, Cambridge: Woodhead Pub.:
    Textile Institute; Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2003.
•   Karthik, T. Nonwovens : Process, structure, properties and applications.
    Editors T. Karthik, R. Rathinamoorthy, C. Praba Karan. New Delhi : Woodhead
    Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., 2016.
•   Kovačević S.: Priprema pređe, sveučilišni udžbenik, Tekstilno-tehnološki
    fakultet, 2002.
•   Kovačević S., Dimitrovski K., Hađina J.: Procesi tkanja, Sveučilišni udžbenik,
    Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet, 2008.
•   Vrljičak Z.: Tekstilno-mehanički procesi, interna skripta, TTF, Zagreb 2008.
•   S. C. Ray: Fundamentals and Advances in Knitting Technology, Woodhead
    Publishing, 2012.
•   Članci iz Tehničke enciklopedije: Vlakna, Predenje, Tkanje, Pletenje i čipkanje