Textile

Textiles include textile raw materials consisting of natural fibres and man-made fibres as well as non-textile raw materials such as leather, feathers and dandruff. Natural fibres can be of mineral, vegetable or animal origin. Man-made fibres consist of natural or synthetic polymers or inorganic fibres. Textile materials can be divided into linear textile structures and flat textile structures.

In addition to the clothing industry, interior decoration and architecture, where textiles are mainly used for their aesthetic and decorative character, technical textiles are used for their technical and functional properties. Here, for example, geotextiles and textiles in combination with resin should be mentioned, which are used as fibre-reinforced plastics in mobility construction. Industrial production is carried out using the manufacturing technique of joining in textile machines. The recycling steps consist of the collection, sorting, processing and marketing of used textiles. These are returned to the market as second-hand goods or are used as raw materials for the rag, textile, nonwovens or paper industries.