ABSTRACT
Industrial textiles are widely used in transportation vehicles and systems including cars, trains, buses, airplanes and marine vehicles. Transport conveyors reinforced with textile substrates are used for passenger transportation at airports and shopping centers. Approximately 50 square yards of textile materials is used in an average car for interior trim, reinforcement, lining, underlay fabrics, tires, filters, belts, hoses, airbags, sound dampening and insulation. Polyester is the predominant yarn used in the United States as the carcass reinforcement for radial passenger cars and light trucks. Various adhesive and heat treatments are applied to synthetic cord fabrics to optimize adhesion and performance. Standard test methods for tire cords and tire cord fabrics are given in ASTM D 885, Standard Methods of Testing Tire Cords, Tire Cord Fabrics, and Industrial Filament Yarns Made from Man-Made Organic Base Fabrics (standard units) and in ASTM D 885 ? (metric units).
