This books describes methods of care and maintenance for textile products, focusing on types of laundering and dry-cleaning processes, chemicals, and equipment. It details care labelling of garments and discusses various factors such as pilling, abrasion, snagging, color fading, and dimensional chan..
Although the main theme of this book is products for the elderly and the disabled, it also contains major sections on medical garments, which include personal protective equipment (PPE), hip protectors (HP), pressure garments (PG), compression stockings (CS), wet dressings, products for wound dressi..
"Providing fundamental knowledge related to worker protection from chemical, thermal, and biological hazards, this practical reference focuses on recent scientific and technical developments in protective apparel systems. Introduces relevant health and safety legislation and rulings for worker safet..
This book considers the role of indoor textiles and clothing as a barrier between the environment and the human body. It details an experimental study of heat and mass transfer processes through woven textiles. It describes a numerical investigation of the transport of air and heat through woven fab..