COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COATING AND LAMINATION OF TEXTILES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEX 4549 COATING AND LAMINATION OF TEXTILES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Textile Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BENGI KUTLU

Offered to

Textile Engineering

Course Objective

To give detailed information about coating and lamination methods and their end-products.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the definitions of coating and lanimation, and increasing importance and place in the world trade.
2   To have knowledge about coating chemicals and properties.
3   To have knowledge about lamination chemicals
4   To learn coating methods and systems
5   To learn lamination methods and systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of coated and laminated textile materials
2 Textile materials that is used in coating, their advantsges and disadvantages; coating and lamination products.
3 Chemical materials used in coating: polymers and rubbers
4 Chemical materials used in coating: rheology properties, viscosity, adhesion and adhesives.
5 Chemical materials used in lamination: compounding resins and polymers
6 Pretreatment before coating: scouring, fixation etc. (technical trip)
7 Coating methods and machines: Direct coating
8 Coating methods and machines: Calender coating
9 Coating methods and machines: Foam coating
10 Coating methods and machines: Transfer coating
11 Coating methods and machines: rotary-screen coating, cylinder coating
12 assignment presentations
13 Coating methods and machines: hot-melt coating, dip coating, other coating methods: flocking, yarn coating etc.
14 Lamination methods: flame lamination, IR heating lamination, hot-melt lamination

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fung, W., Coated and Laminated Textiles, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., 2000
2. Sen, A.K., Coated Textiles Principles and Applications, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2008
3. Tracton, A.A. (Ed.) Coating Materials and Surface Coatings, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2007
4. Sen, A.K., Coated Textiles, Technomic Publishing Co., 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and technical trip to factories.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam 25% + assignment 25% + Final Exam 50%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Bengi KUTLU
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tekstil Mühendisliği Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Buca Izmir

Office Hours

-

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55