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Technical textiles are defined as textile materials and products
used primarily for their technical performance and functional
properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics.
Technical textiles ?
These all are Technical Textile products we are talking about…….
Interlinings
Tire Cords
Fire Retardant Fabrics
Defense
Clothing
High Altitude Clothing
Automotive Fabrics
InterliningsShoe Soles
Medical textiles
Packtech36%
Clothtech17%
Hometech12%
Mobiltech8%
Sportech7%
Indutech6%
Buildtech4%
Medtech4%
Protech3%
Agrotech1%
Geotech1% Okeotech
1%
Technical Textiles - Indian Scenario
Total US$ 12 bn
Why Sportech ?
Over the last 15 years there has been a huge increase in participation in active
sports all over the world.
Increase in the participation in sports activity is accompanied by the
development of appropriate of sports wear tailored to meet different
requirement of different sports.
It is predicted that expenditure on sports will grow with a CAGR of 8.9%,
from US$ 1 billion in 2005 to US$ 6 billion in 2025.
In the global scenario, Mobiltech, Indutech and Sportech are
predominant segments which collectively constitute about 56% of total
global consumption of technical textiles.
Meditech, Sportech , Geotech and Oekotech are smaller size but wiil be the
fastest growing segments, over next 3 years. (CRISIL Report Jan 2012)
What is SPORTECH ?
Special clothing and sports equipment to enhance protection, comfort and
performance. Sportech comprises of technical textiles used in sports and
leisure.
It helps to keep optimum heat and moisture regulation of the sports
person.
It offers good air and water vapour permeability.
It should ensure absence of dampness
Rapid drying to prevent catching cold
It should be durable, easy care, light weight, soft and pleasant touch.
Sportech is extensively used for most popular sports – Soccer, Cricket,
Hockey, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Basket ball,
Rugby, Swimming, Ice Hockey, Yachting, Rafting, Motor Races, etc.
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Sportech is a branch of technical textiles which are used in sports and
leisure such as shoes, sports equipment, flying and sailing sports,
climbing, angling, cycling, winter and summer sports & indoor sports.
Requirements
Comfort
Smart Functionality
Light Weight
Safety Features
What is SPORTECH ?
CLASSIFICATION OF SPORTECH
These are the active sport Items for specific sport like
inflatable balls for volley ball,football and rugby, hockey
sticks, golf club, etc.
Sports Goods
These are the apparels which have performance
enhancement such asmoisture management,
comfort, anti-bacterial, etc.Eg: Sportswear- Sports shirts,
athletic wear, sport shoes, exercise wear, sport jersey,
gloves, etc.
Sportswear
The sport accessories comprise of nets, turfs, rings, etc which provide
requisite playingconditions.
Sport Accessories
SPORTECH MARKET
Source - Baseline survey report of ICRA Management Consultancy Services Ltd
• The technical textiles usage in the
Sportech segment was of Rs 2,632 crore in
2007-08
• Sportech market for 2012-13 is estimated
at Rs. 4,358 crore
Value-wise share of various products in
Indian Sportech market
• Comfort in terms of light weight, form fitting, thermal regulation, moisture management.
• Skin friendly
• Strength and durability
• Easy to handle and maintain
• Specific demands of summer & winter clothing
• Design specific to gender (feminine), age (young athelete)
• In specific cases demands from specific sports may include attributes such as anti-static, anti-microbial, UV resistance, FR resistance, water/stain resistance, cut resistance, etc
• Cultural aspects
• Sustainability and ethical demands
KEY ASPECTS OF SPORTSWEAR
Sportswear Required function
Shirts for tennis, volley ball, golf (+
slacks), football, rugby, baseball uniform,
athletic (+short) track suits
Sweat absorbing, fast drying, cooling
Skiwear, windbreaker, rain wear Vapour permeability, water proofing
Skiwear, windbreakers, track suits Sunlight absorbing and thermal retention
Skating costume, ski jump and downhill
skiing suits, cycling costume
Low fluid resistance (for water and air)
Swimwear, leotards, skating costume Stretchability, opacity
Skiwear, snowboard wear, base ball
uniform, football uniform
High tenacity, resistance to abrasion
ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES
Comfort-priorities of a sportsman
Ergonomic comfort– Fit to body
– Freedom of movement
The key requirement to be met is prevent loss of performance of an athlete
Thermo-physiological comfort– thermal regulation
- Sweat/moisture management• Liquid
• Vapour
Sensorial comfort- feel- smoothness, softness
- clinginess
Psychological comfort– like colour, odour, fashion etc
Bending elbow or knee, skin stretchs by 50%, in active sports higher
Fabric requirement
– 15 to 30%, Comfort stretch
– 35 to 60%, Power stretch
Traditionally Lycra/Spandex incorporation by 2% to 30%
New possibilities
– Bicomponent fibres/yarns
– Newer polyesters like PTT
Ergonomic-Comfort
Special Fibers
• Hygra – sheath-core type (water absorbing polymer and nylon)
• Lumiac - polyester filaments (0.5 - 2.0 denier per filament) with irregular cross sections
• Dryarn - polypropylene microfibre
• Killat - nylon hollow filament
• Roica and Leofeel N - polyether type spandex and nylon66
• Protection against cold (- 18 oC)/hot climate(40 oC)
• From cold
– Best insulator is still air
– Cloths are designed in multi layers to trap maximum air
Thermal comfort
Wasim Akram as a commentator said, during India-England Test series 2011, that when fast bowler from subcontinent try to bowl long spells in test series in England, suddenly back pain starts, that’s why the warm jacket is very much important in cold countries like England.
FAST BOWLERS PAIN IN CRICKET
• From windy, rainy conditions
– Water proof breathable
– Microporous coatings
(Gore-tex)
• Multi layered clothing
• UV resistance
Barrier comfort
Protection
• To prevent or reduce the severity of the injury
• Studies on variety of sports show impact ismajor cause of injury. Abrasion, tear & cutresistance are also important,
• Use of high performance fibres likeKevlar/UHMPE/Carbon/Vectran.
• Major concern is to keep low effect on comfort properties
• Cotton: Swimsuits made entirely from cotton arebecoming popular. While cotton swimsuits arefashionable, they do not always provide the bestfit or the greatest overall longevity in a swimsuit.
• Spandex/Lycra: Most swimsuits contain somepercentage of spandex or Lycra in their fabric.These fabrics provide the stretchy fit that allows aswimsuit to stay in place on the body.
• Velvet: Swimsuits made from velvet and othertypes of crushed fabrics have become morepopular in recent years. A velvet swimsuit isdefinitely nice to look at and to touch, but it is notbest for either swimsuit fit or longevity. Whenwet, velvet has a tendency to soak up water, andcan become quite heavy and sodden.
Swimwear - Raw Materials
Shark skin profiled swim suits will be developed in coming years which will reduce the turbulence of water around the suit and will help in increasing speed e.g. Speedo
Professional swimmers
• Efficient and durable sporting items providing designated playing conditions for the targeted sports, viz. Artificial turfs, Sport nets, rings etc.
SPORTS ACCESSORIES
• Manufactured from synthetic fibres, and made to look and perform like a natural grass surface
• It was named as ChemGrass and as it was first installed in 1966 at the indoor baseball stadium, the Houston Astrodome in Texas, US
ARTIFICAL TURF
Manufacturing Technology
Benefits
• It doesn’t need water, fertilizer, or mowing
• It holds up to wear and tear far better than natural grass.
• Many are dog durable and gopher proof (there are no roots to eat)
• Doesn’t attract bugs and pests
• Use for Used Tires as a infill material
• Less maintenance
Risks
• It tends to get hotter than natural grass in the mid-day sun
• The production and transportation of artificial turf releases more greenhouse gases than the maintenance of natural turf
• It will need to get replaced and disposed of in a landfill since most types cannot be recycled
• Toxic Exposures on Fields
Benefits & Risks
Knotted TwistedKnotted Braided
Raschel Knotless
Twisted knotless
Ultra cross
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETS
Product features
TwineSize (mm)
Color Mesh opening size
Dimensions Side & Bottom
Material ofconstruction
Product features
Badminton nets
0.75 Black 20mm 24 x 2.5 ft Black PVC tape (width 20 mm + 20 mm)
HDPE, P.P.,Cotton & Nylon
Badminton nets
Tennis Nets 3.5 - 45mm 42 x 4 Ft Black vinyl coated fabric (width =63mm + 63mm)
HDPE , UVheated-Machineknotted
Tennis Nets
Volley Ball Nets
3 to 4 - 100 mm 9.5 x 1 Mtr PVC coated fabric
HDPE, P.P.,Nylon
Volley Ball Nets
Soccer Goal Nets
7 to 10 - 5 inch 24 x 8 x 6ft - HDPE, P.P.,Nylon
Soccer Goal Nets
Handball Nets
- - 4 inch 2 x 3 x 1 mtr - HDPE & P.P. Handball Nets
Cricket nets - - 2 to 3 inches 100 x 10ft,100 x 12ft,100 x 15ft
- HDPE & P.P. Cricket nets
http://www.technicaltextile.net/sport-textiles/sports-nets/supplier.aspx
The sports nets have an average GSM of 400 and typically cost Rs 250 per square meter
NET SPECIFICATION
• Dimond Mesh and Squre Mesh
• Dimensional stability is important
- Heat stabilized nettings
• Aesthetic is very important
• Antifungal property is often asked
• Color fastness
• Resistance to UV
• Indore nets – F. R. is important
GENERAL DEMANDS
• Outer fabric: These are almost exclusively synthetic materials which are windproof and usually have a water-repellent coating
• Inner fabric: Synthetic fabrics (especially Nylon) are used predominantly
• Filling: Weight and pack size, for a given amount of warmth, are two of the key considerations when choosing a filling. The fillings are - Down, Kapok or Synthetics
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SLEEPING BAGS
• Tents are generally made of four different fabrics.
• Outer tent and flysheet: Fabric cover pitched over a tent to give extra protection against bad weather
• Inner tent and lining
• Valances/mud flaps
• Ground sheet: Waterproof sheet spread on the ground inside a tent
TENTS
• Cotton canvas
• Polyester/Poly cotton
• Jute
• Nylon/Ribstop nylon
• Pure cotton canvas and polyester cotton blended canvas (Polyester/cotton 30/70 or 50/50) are the most widely used material for making tents. Canvas cloths of 8-15 Oz per square yard are generally used for tents.
• The camping tents are generally made of synthetic materials as they have a higher strength to weight ratio. Nylon is a very popular material.
Raw Materials
• Waterproof
• Breathable
• Lightweight
• Strength
• UV protection
• Rot proof, Persistence &
Decolorize Resistance
• Flame retardant
• Durable
IDEAL TENT PROPERTIES
• The demand from the Defence, Para militaryforces and other government agencies likeGeological Survey of India, Railways etcaccount for majority of the demand both involume and value terms.
• Various types of tents are required by thegovernment agencies for housing of defensepersonnel, stores, temporary hospitals etc.
SCOPE IN NEW APPLICATIONS
• Indian Sports Goods industry is more than a hundred years old.
• India is among the largest sports goods manufacturers in Asia after
China and Japan.
• India is one of the largest producers of footballs and other
inflatable balls.
• Indian hand stitched inflatable balls are preferred due to better
bounce than Chinese machine-stitched balls.
• Exported to United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany,
France and Australia.
• Highly labour intensive
• The unique and high-skill oriented processes helped industry to
survive.
• Global brands such as Reebok, Adidas, Puma, Wilson and Yonex
are sourcing their products from India.
SPORTS GOODS
Categories Products
Inflatable BallsCricket Balls, Training Balls, Volley Balls, Mini Balls, Hand Balls, Basket Balls, Rugby
Balls, Foot ball, Hockey Ball etc.
Exercise
equipment
Exercise and Gymnastic equipments, Health & Fitness equipments, Club equipment,
Playground equipments
Footwear Sports shoes, Boxing boots
Outdoor games
equipments
Flying Discs, Wickets and Bases, Sticks, Bats and Clubs, Badminton, Tennis & Squash
Rackets Cricket equipment, Hockey equipment, Lawn Tennis equipment, Children’s
playing Shuttle cocks, Rolling skates
Indoor games
equipments
Table Tennis equipment, Weight lifting equipment, Carom boards, Chess boards ,
Marbals, Snake & Ladder, Ludo
Protective
Equipments
Leg guards, Head guard, Chest guard, Shin Guard, Helmets, Protective equipment Arm
Boxing gloves, Hand gloves Soccer
Vehicles Bicycles, racing bikes & racing motor cars
Others Metal Trophies and medals Shirts, trousers, track suits, Ties, bags and badges, Inflating
Pumps/ Needles
Different Sports Goods & Equipments
Cluster Major Product Categories
Jalandhar Inflatable ball ( Soccer/Rugby/Volley/Net/Hand & Basket ball) in PU & PVC, Boxing Equipment,Cricket Equipment , Sports ware, Track and Field Equipments, Sports Training equipment,Hockey Equipment, Hockey Foam Moulded Goalie Range & Ship guards, All kinds of Nettings
Meerut Weight Lifting Equipment ,Cricket Equipments, Athletics Equipments,Boxing Equipments, Table Tennis, Badminton, Carrom board, ,Fitness and Exercise equipment,Lane Markers, Basket ball, Netball rings, TT accessories, Sports Apparel
J & K Cricket Bats
Delhi Football Carrom Board, Chess Cricket Equipment, Billiards/Snooker/Pool Tables Accessories,Football Bladders, Boxing equipment, Punching Sports, Helmets Educational, Puzzles BoardGames
Gurgaon Golf Equipment, Board Games
Mumbai Water Park Slides, Carrom Board, Fitness Equipment Sports Nets, Helmets,
Kolkata Skipping rope, Carrom Board, Magic tricks & magic apparatus,
Chennai Tennis Balls, Sports Shoes and Apparels
Bangalore Bowling Equipments Sports Medals & Trophies, Gym & Health Equipments
Different Sports Goods & Equipments
Product Brands
Sports apparel Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Puma and Nivia Sports.
Sports footwear & shoes Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Puma, Lotto Sports and Ace
Sports goods Reebok, Yonex, Cosco, Adidas, Nike, Wilson, Puma, BDM, TSS,
Dunlop Sports and Jonex Sports
Fitness goods Aerofit
Distribution of Sports Goods Manufacturing Units
• Consist of Boxing Gloves, Boxing PunchingGloves, Boxing Head Guards, Boxing PunchingPads, Abdominal Guard, Speed Ball, PunchingBag etc.
Boxing Equipments
BOXING EQUIPMENTS ARE MADE OF
• PU laminated / PVC coated fabrics,
woven polyester fabric / Nylon fabric.
• PU/PVC coated fabrics are the most
commonly used fabrics.
Helmets
• A PVC thermoforming 0.5 mm thick, the edge of which are taped to the foam material which is polystyrene & PU.
Cricket Gloves
• Batting gloves are made of PU
laminated fabric.
• Wicket keeping gloves are made
of PVC coated fabric as they are
subject to more wear and tear.
Protective Equipments
Stiff bounce from fast bowler
• Cricket is now more safer game than, it was in 80s or before
• But still Stiff bounce from fast bowler, when touch the gloves, sometimes results in fracture of fingers
• This can be improved
Leg injury in foot-ball
• This is a very common injury that footballers face, light weight and strong pads having high impact strength can be developed
• Tennis rackets have evolved from wooden and metalframes (the latter were introduced in the late 1960s)to the modern ones, which are made of monolithicmetals, metal–matrix composites & carbon fibrereinforced composites.
Tennis Racket
• Consist of football, volleyball, basketball, handballetc.
• Footballs have varying sizes i.e. Size-3, Size-4 andSize-5.
• Circumference & weight of the Official football ispredefined.
• Manufacturing technique
Inflatable Balls
Raw Materials
• PVC and PU fabrics are the most widely usedmaterial for sport shoes and are also known asartificial leather.
• PU fabrics have the advantage of higherbreathability over PVC fabrics
SPORTS FOOTWEAR
• Shoe uppers made of PU/PVC coated/Laminated fabrics
• Linings on the counters and below the shoe uppers
• Others including non woven insoles, laces, tapes, labels,
elastics, sandwiched meshes, etc
• The shoe uppers and linings account for 90-95 % of the
technical textile components.
Manufacturing
Sports shoes are made of three layer
• Upper layer made of woven nylon, PET & leather
• Middle layer of foam
• Inner layer of warp knit fabric or woven.
The Product Designs
TECHNOLOGY USED FOR MAKING SPORT SHOES COMPONENTS
S.No. Technology used Purpose
1. Weaving For upper layer
2. Warp Knitting As Inner layer
3. Braiding For Shoe laces
FUTURE SPORTS GOODS
• Consumer satisfaction, aesthetics and pleasure in use.
• Consumer safety.
• Diversity of different sports and age groups.
• Environment: extremes of temperature, rain, snow, ultraviolet
• Life time.
• Short development lead-times.
A smart soccer ball that allows exact position tracking during play.
Sporting equipment has been developed withtechnology features attached, like MP3/ipod sportsshoes, the ‘iGallop’ and mini stepper.
FUTURE SPORTS GOODS
GPS Sport Watch for Smart Runners
CARBON-FIBER LEGS
Oscar Pistorius was born without fibulas Paralympics: Pistorius wins final track gold of Games
FUTURE SPORTS GOODS
• A large untapped potential in sportech segment exists in
India.
• India should now prepare technologically as well as investment
wise, to take up challenges with emphasis on areas like product
development through R&D, quality testing, human resource
development, etc.
• India, the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power
& has huge potential for sports textiles.
• With Indian population over 1 billion and its emerging economy
with growing health and fitness awareness the demand for sports
textiles will only increase and market is bound to grow.
CONCLUSION