Txtl s n mbrll trm tht nclds vrs fbr-bsd mtrls, ncldng fbrs, yrns, flmnts, thrds, dffrnt fbrc typs, tc. t frst, th wrd "txtls" nly rfrrd t wvn fbrcs. Hwvr, wvng s nt th nly mnfctrng mthd, nd mny thr mthds wr ltr dvlpd t frm txtl strctrs bsd n thr ntndd s. Knttng nd nn-wvn r thr pplr typs f fbrc mnfctrng. n th cntmprry wrld, txtls stsfy th mtrl nds fr vrstl pplctns, frm smpl dly clthng t blltprf jckts, spcsts, nd dctr's gwns.
Txtls r dvdd nt tw grps: cnsmr txtls fr dmstc prpss nd tchncl txtls. n cnsmr txtls, sthtcs nd cmfrt r th mst mprtnt fctrs, whl n tchncl txtls, fnctnl prprts r th prrty. Th drblty f txtls s n mprtnt prprty, wth cmmn cttn r blnd grmnts (sch s t-shrts) bl t lst twnty yrs r mr wth rglr s nd cr.
Gtxtls, ndstrl txtls, mdcl txtls, nd mny thr rs r xmpls f tchncl txtls, whrs clthng nd frnshngs r xmpls f cnsmr txtls. ch cmpnnt f txtl prdct, ncldng fbr, yrn, fbrc, prcssng, nd fnshng, ffcts th fnl prdct. Cmpnnts my vry mng vrs txtl prdcts s thy r slctd bsd n thr ftnss fr prps.
Fbr s th smllst fbrc cmpnnt; thy r typclly spn nt yrn, nd yrns r sd t mnfctr fbrcs. Fbr hs hr-lk pprnc nd hghr lngth-t-wdth rt. Th srcs f fbrs my b ntrl, synthtc, r bth. Th tchnqs f fltng nd bndng drctly trnsfrm fbrs nt fbrc. n thr css, yrns r mnpltd wth dffrnt fbrc mnfctrng systms t prdc vrs fbrc cnstrctns. Th fbrs r twstd r ld t t mk lng, cntns strnd f yrn. Yrns r thn sd t mk dffrnt knds f fbrc by wvng, knttng, crchtng, knttng, tttng, r brdng. ftr mnfctrng, txtl mtrls r prcssd nd fnshd t dd vl, sch s sthtcs, physcl chrctrstcs, nd ncrsd sflnss. Th mnfctrng f txtls s th ldst ndstrl rt. Dyng, prntng, nd mbrdry r ll dffrnt dcrtv rts ppld t txtl mtrls.