Course Title: Identify purpose and performance outcomes of technical textile product
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: MANU7217C
Course Title: Identify purpose and performance outcomes of technical textile product
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C5210 - Diploma of Textile Technology and Production Management
Course Contact : Inna Konopov
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9197
Course Contact Email:inna.konopov@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 40
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
LMTTN2003B
Course Description
The course provides an extensive study in understanding technical textile products behaviour and performance, to identify the opportunities to develop a product on a market, to analyse various technical textile products in order to recognise the manufacturing process, to understand the impact of the fibre characteristics and used technologies on the technical textile products, to select the textile elements and manufacturing processes to design the final product for such industries as Automotive, Geo, Agro and Medical.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTN2006B Identify purpose and performance outcomes of technical textile product |
Element: |
1. Identify purpose of technical textile |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Purpose of technical textile is identified. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Blended learning consisting of classroom activities, laboratory experiments and practical workshops.
Teaching Schedule
| Week Beginning | Session – Topic | Element Performance Criteria |
Assessment Tasks |
| 8 February 2010 | Technical Textiles Market – an overview. Definition and scope of Technical Textiles. | LMTTN2006B (1) | |
| 15 February 2010 | Textile processes employed in the manufacture of technical textiles and applications. | LMTTN2006B (1 &2) | |
| 22 February 2010 | Geotextiles. Essential properties of geotextiles. | LMTTN2006B (1,2 &3) | |
| 1 March 2010 | Natural Fibre Geotextiles. Development of natural materials as geotextiles. Applications for natural geotextiles | LMTTN2006B (1,2 &3) | |
| 8 March 2010 | Research project on smart, protective and advanced textiles | LMTTN2006B (1,2 &3) | Issue assessment Task1 requirement |
| 15 March 2010 | Medical Textiles – an introduction. Textile fibres used in medicine. Experimental work on superbsorbent fibres. | LMTTN2006B (1,2 &3) | Assessment Task 2- laboratory workshop |
| 29 March 2010 | Semester Break | ||
| 6 April 2010 | Medical Textiles – Clothing for hospital staff and patients | LMTTN2006B (1 &2) | |
| 12 April 2010 | Rebuilding the body: Textile implants and hygiene products. | LMTTN2006B (1 &2) | |
| 19 April 2010 | Textiles in Defence. Criteria’s for modern military textile materials | LMTTN2006B (1 &2) | |
| 26 April 2010 | Power Point Presentations on Research project | LMTTN2006B (2 &3) | Submission of assessment Task 1 |
| 3 May 2010 | Technical Textiles testing to assess quality and/or performance characteristics “Designing of a technical textile for a given application” -task 3 (project) |
LMTTN2006B (1 &2) | Issue assessment Task 3 requirement |
| 10 May 2010 | Flame retardant, heat protective and ballistic protective textiles | LMTTN2006B (3) | |
| 17 May 2010 | Textiles in transportation ( car, other road vehicles, rail, aircraft, marine) | LMTTN2006B (3) | |
| 24 May 2010 | Innovations in technical textiles and power point preview for “ technical textile design” – 20 min. student/teacher consultation | LMTTN2006B (1,2 &3) | |
| 31 May 2010 | Student assessment week - submission of ’ design of technical textile’ | Submission of assessment Task 3 | |
| 7 June 2010 | Teacher assessment week | ||
| 14 June 2010 | Term break | ||
| 21 June 2010 | Term break | ||
| 28 June 2010 | Term break |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
1. Physical Properties of Textile Fibres. 4th Edition by Morton, W.E. and Hearle, J.S. |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students will study the technical textile manufacturing processes, conduct research on material selection (fibre, yarn or fabric and associated materials) for various technical textile product applications including: transport, medical and hygiene products, construction and engineering, geo-textiles, protective and safety clothing, agriculture and fishing; understand the properties of technical textiles and performance characteristics, collect and analyse the technical effects desired to be achieved by the technical textile product through practical experimentation, laboratory classes and prescribed exercises.
Assessment Tasks
1. Conduct technical textile testing to assess quality and performance characteristics – Individual report (experimental work on superbsorbent fibres – Individual report 15 %)
2. Conduct market research for technical textile for a designated end use to determine fabric/product properties and effectiveness (20%)
3. Design technical textile for a given application - Individual report (65%)
Assessment Matrix
| Elements |
Task 1 Market research/ power point presentation/written report |
Task 2 Demonstrations/ Laboratory workshops/ written report |
Task 3 "Designing of a technical textile for a given application" - Project Problem solving/written report/ presentation/ production/ experimentation/simulation |
| LMTTN2006B/01-Identify purpose of technical textile | yes | ||
| LMTTN2006B/02- Describe performance features of technical textile | yes | ||
| LMTTN2006B/03- Describe process used to generate technical textile performance features | Yes |
Other Information
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