This document provides an overview of developments in military textiles. It discusses how military clothing aims to provide protection from environmental threats, camouflage, and maintain physical comfort. Key materials used include polyester, cotton, Kevlar and Coolmax fabrics. The clothing systems are designed in layers to block bullets, heat, and radiation. Research focuses on minimizing weight while maximizing wear comfort through new fabric technologies like woven, knitted and nonwoven composites. Understanding threats and material requirements is critical to the design process.

1. DEVELOPMENT IN MILITARY
TEXTILE
PRESENTATION BY
Boobalan.S
710316213301
B.Tech(Fashion Technology)
4th Year
ACET
Tirupur

2. INTRODUCTION
 Military clothing is the clothing that gives protection against
environment, camouflage, specific battlefield threats, flames,
heat and flash, insects, chemical and the ergonomic
considerations to maintain physical comfort properties.
 So we require lightweight, compact, durable, and high
performance fabric made of woven, knitted, nonwoven,
coated, laminated, or other composite.
 Some of the recent developments in military clothing
include progress made in minimizing weight & maximizing
wear comfort

3. MILITARY CLOTHING
Military clothing is the clothing that gives
 Protection against environment,
 Camouflage
 Specific battlefield threats,
 Flames, heat and flash
 Insects, chemical and
 The ergonomic considerations to maintain physical
comfort properties.

4. MILITARY COMBACT CLOTHING SYSTEM
 Based upon the layer principle.
 Each layer performs a specific function. Special
protective layers are added, including:
1. A ballistic protection system comprising body armor and
2. A helmet, a nuclear, biological and chemical over suit, and a
snow camouflage over suit.
3. Each layer performs specific layer
4. Bullet
5. Heat
6. Radiation

5. DESIGNING PROCESS OF MILITARY
CLOTHING
 Understanding types of hazards or threats
 Defining product subsystems
 Determining requirements
 Evaluation of alternatives for material selection,
 Ultimately verification of the design, as well as the individual
materials.

6. MATERIALS THAT ARE USED FOR MAKING
MILITARY DRESSES
1. Polyester
2. Cotton
3. High Tenacity Polyester
4. Kevlar
5. Coolmax
6. Lycra
7. Nomex
FEATURES OF MILITARY TEXTILES
1. Lightweight
2. High-Durability
3. Wind proof
4. Water proof
5. UV light resistant

7. OROTHERCOMPOSITE
FABRICMADEOF-
WOVEN
KNITTED
NONWOVEN
COATED
LAMINATED

8. ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
COMMENTSPROPERTY
1. Water Repellant/Water Proof
2. Water vapor permeable
3. Thermally insulating
4. Rot-resistant
5. UV light resistant
6. Air permeable.
7. Biodegradable
1. For exterior materials exposed
to cold/wet weather
2. For tents, covers, nets etc.
3. For environments with strong
sunlight For hot tropical
climates
4. If discarded or buried

9. UNDERWEARGARMENTS
 Textile materials used for next-to-skin clothing are
primarily worn for hygiene reasons.
 The thermal insulation properties tend to be less important than
the tactile properties and the way the material handles moisture in
order to remove it form the skin.
 Military combat underwear fabric used by many nations
need to be made from non-thermoplastic fibers to minimize
contact melt/burn injuries
 The perspiration and handling properties of knitted underwear
materials are extremely critical for military use.

10. THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS
1. Military forces need to survive and fight in the most extreme
conditions.
2. Cold/Wet regions tend to cause the most severe problems, as it
is necessary to provide and maintain dry thermal insulation
materials.
3. Cold/Dry areas, including the arctic, Antarctic, and
mountainous regions require the carriage and use of clothing and
sleeping bags which possess high levels of thermal insulation.
4. Military forces are prone to sacrificing thermal comfort for
light weight and low bulk items.

11. WATER VAPOUR PERMEABLE/WATER PROOF
MATERIALS
1. One of the incompatibilities in technical textiles is that
associated with providing waterproof materials which allow free
passage of water vapor. Without this facility, physiological
problems can occur when impermeable clothing is worn by highly
active soldiers.
2. In the most extreme war operations individuals cannot choose
either the climatic conditions or the intensity of their activities.
This can result in injury or death due to hypothermia or
hyperthermia.
3. Since around 1980,appreciable effort has been expended by
polymer and textile manufactures to solve this problem.
4. There are now a wide range of woven, coated or laminated
fabrics which are waterproof and water vapour permeable.

12. CAMOUFLAGE GARMENTS
1. The word camouflage was first introduced by the French during
World War I to define the concealment of objects and people by
the imitation of their physical surroundings, in order to survive.

13. FLAME-RETARDANT
1. Although the range of flame-retardant products is large, the
actual number of types used by military forces is quite
small.
2. The most widely used of these is Proban treated cotton, a tetrakis
hydroxymethyl phosphonium hydroxide product, bound to the
fiber and cured in ammonia
ADVANTAGES
Wide availability and low cost. Its resistant to many
launderings, and gives good protection with low thermal
shrinkage in fire.
DISADVANTAGES
It liberates fumes and smoke when activated, the treatment
can weaken the fabric or spoil its handle, and it must not be
laundered using soap and hard water, as these can leave
flammable residues in fabric

14. MILITARY CLOTHING SUPPLIERS
 Goyal Trading Company, New Delhi
 Skylark Uniforms, Chennai
 Naugra Export, Ambala
 D.V SAHARAN & SON, Ludhiana
 Richer Export Inc, Ludhiana
 Roshan Military Store, Ludhiana
 Music Valley Incorporation, New Delhi
 Point Blank Range Private Limited, New Delhi

15. 1. A military uniform is a very Complex System.
2. Understanding types of hazards or threats is the critical first
step.
3. New Research & development need to carried out.
4. Surfaces of fibers have been chemically modified through
surface grafting chemistry.
5. Exciting areas which continue to develop is that of
electronic textiles.
CONCLUSION

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