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Fiber, Yarn, and Fabric Structures
Used in Industrial Textiles
2.1 Fibers in Used Industrial Textiles
During the last decade, there was a remarkable growth of the production
of industrial textiles, which denitively promoted this branch as one of
the most potential and dynamical elds for the development of the tex-
tile industry. The ranges of industrial textile products are very broad, and
it comprises various products such as industrial lters, hose and belts,
ropes, acoustic materials, battery separators, and composites. Today, we
have access to a wide variety of bers and yarns showing the appropri-
ate ...