World conference on 3D textiles

The first world conference on 3D textiles will be held during April 3-4, 2008 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Textile technology provides many unique solutions for requirements on fibrous material configuration and construction and therefore properties, and its capability for creating various 3D textile architectures have caused tremendous interests for advanced technical applications in for example the aerospace and automotive industries.

The 3D textiles offer flexibility in fibre configuration, fibre continuity throughout the 3D fabric assembly, structural integrity, shaping capability, extra lightweight and high performance, and many more.

The themes will cover the progress in technologies for all types of 3D fabrics including weaving, knitting, braiding and nonwovens, as well as the modeling and properties, economics, and applications.