Indutech

Indutech (Industrial textiles) is the branch of technical textile that deals with textiles used in the diverse industrial applications such as in filtration, conveying, cleaning and other industrial uses.^[1][2]

Industrial textiles

These are the specially designed (unconventional) textiles useful in the industrial processes, products and services. Technical textiles are classified with their area of applications, and it is divided into twelve separate categories.^[3] Though certain sectors overlap each other.^[4] Industrial textiles can act as a component to strengthen other product, or act as a tool similar to filteration, or it can be a product (independently) sufficing several functions.^[5][6] Indutech has vast application areas like filtration, cleaning, chemical industry, electrical applications and in mechanical engineering.^[2] Indutech includes conveyor belts, drive belts, ropes and cordages, filtration products, glass battery separators, decatising and bolting cloth, AGM (absorption glass mat) plasma screens, coated abrasives, composite materials, printed circuit boards, printer ribbon, seals, gaskets, paper making fabrics.^{[1][2][5][7][8]}

Ratio

Indutech is a large economic activity.^[4] As per records referring reports of 2009-2010, in India, Composite materials 37% and ropes and cordages around 27% were the major contributors in the total share of Indutech.^[2]

Material

Several synthetic and high-performance fibers are used to achieve the appropriate performance from the components.^[6]

See also

• Automotive textile: textiles used in a variety of applications in the automotive industry.
• Clothtech: technical textiles for clothing and footwear applications.
• Membrane technology
• Microfiltration: It is a type of membrane filtration process that uses semipermeable membranes to separate particles or molecules from a mixture. This process is widely used in various industries, including water treatment, food and beverage processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing ¹.
• Performance (textiles): the ability of textiles to withstand against various conditions and environments.
• Semipermeable membrane
• Oekotech: Technical textiles that are environmentally friendly.