Mobiltech: Automotive and Transport Textiles
Textiles in cars, trucks, trains, ships and aircraft: in the seats, the safety systems, the tyres and the body.
- 7 articles
- 41 standards
- 7 calculators
What it covers
- airbag fabrics
- seat belts
- tyre cord
- seat and headliner fabrics
- carpets and acoustic insulation
- hoses and belts
- composite body parts
Made from
Nylon 6,6 and high-tenacity polyester for airbags, belts and tyre cord, polyester for interiors, and glass and carbon in composites.
Market size India: Rs 11,164 crore (US$1.71 billion) in 2019-20, 9.1% of India’s technical-textiles market. World: US$36.3 billion. Ministry of Textiles, Baseline Study 2020, Tables 9.1 and 9.2
Articles
- Mobiltech – Technical Textiles for Transportation and Mobility Applications
- Revolutionizing Automotive Performance: Textile Innovations in the Car Industry
- Step Onto Style: A Comprehensive Guide to Floor Mats
- Revolutionizing Car Interiors: The Evolution and Future of Automotive Interior Fabrics
- Industry 4.0 in Textiles: Smart Factories in Textile and Apparel Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Process of Automobile Airbags
- Airbag Woven Fabrics for Automobiles
Test methods and specifications
Grouped by the subject in each standard’s official title. Each entry links to the register record, which names the current edition and its equivalents.
Tyre yarns cords and tyre cord fabrics made from man-made fibres metho12
- IS 4910 : Part 10 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 10…
- IS 4910 : Part 11 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 11…
- IS 4910 : Part 12 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 12…
- IS 4910 : Part 13 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 13…
- IS 4910 : Part 2 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 2…
- IS 4910 : Part 3 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 3…
- IS 4910 : Part 4 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 4…
- IS 4910 : Part 5 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 5…
- IS 4910 : Part 6 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 6…
- IS 4910 : Part 7 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 7…
- IS 4910 : Part 8 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TESTS PART 8…
- IS 4910 : Part 9 TYRE YARNS CORDS AND TYRE CORD FABRICS MADE FROM MAN-MADE FIBRES METHODS OF TEST PART 9…
ASTM methods and specifications8
- ASTM D2229 Standard Test Method for Adhesion Between Steel Tire Cords and Rubber
- ASTM D2692/D2692M Standard Test Method for Air Permeability of Tire Fabrics, Tire Cord Fabrics, Tire Cord, and Yarns
- ASTM D2969 Standard Test Methods for Steel Tire Cords
- ASTM D2970/D2970M Standard Test Method for Testing Tire Cords, Tire Cord Fabrics, and Industrial Yarns Made From Glass…
- ASTM D4776/D4776M Standard Test Method for Adhesion of Tire Cords and Other Reinforcing Cords to Rubber Compounds by…
- ASTM D6477 Standard Terminology Relating to Tire Cord, Bead Wire, Hose Reinforcing Wire, and Fabrics
- ASTM D6588/D6588M Standard Test Method for Fatigue of Tire Cords (Disc Fatigue Test)
- ASTM D885/D885M Standard Test Methods for Tire Cords, Tire Cord Fabrics, and Industrial Filament Yarns Made from Manufactured…
Road vehicles3
Restraint systems for motor vehicles2
Leather2
Mountaineering equipment2
Pyrotechnic articles2
Webbing for restraining devices for occupants of motor vehicles1
Cargo restraint systems1
Specification for netting and fibre rope load restraint systems in sur1
Protective clothing for automobile racing drivers1
Textile trim materials in the interior of automobiles1
Textile trim materials in automotive interior applications1
Textile trim materials in the interior of automobiles-Test method for 1
Tyre yarns cords and tyre cord fabrics made from man-made fibres1
Textile glass chopped-strand mats for reinforcement of plastics -- Det1
Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics -- Determination of fogging charact1
Laws and mandatory certification
Instruments in the regulation register whose obligations name this class’s products. In force first; rescinded and replaced orders stay listed as history.
No law in the register names this class’s products yet.
Upcoming trade fairs
No fair is filed under this class. The general technical-textiles fairs are on the section page.
Machines
No machine in the register is filed under this class yet.
Calculators
- VARTM Resin Infusion Flow & Fill Time Calculator
- V50 Ballistic Limit from Fair-Fire Test Series
- Triaxial Woven Fabric Directional Strength Predictor
- Seatbelt Webbing Energy Dissipation & Elongation Modeler
- Woven Roving Thickness & Laminate Stack Planner
- Carbon Prepreg Resin Content & Ply Thickness Calculator
- Parachute Canopy Permeability at Deployment Pressure
Raw-material prices
Daily and monthly series for the fibres and feedstocks this class is mostly made from.
US import duty headings
The HTS headings these products usually fall under. Classification turns on the exact product, so read the lines under each heading.
India’s official HSN codes
Codes India lists as technical textiles (DGFT, 2019 and 2022) under this page’s HS headings.
| HSN code | Description |
|---|---|
| 59021010 | Tyre Cord Fabric Of High Tenacity Yarn Of Nylon Or Other Polyamides: Impregnated With Rubber |
| 59021090 | Tyre cord fabric Of nylon or other polyamides: Others |
| 59022010 | Tyre Cord Fabric Of Polyester: Impregnated With Rubber |
| 59022090 | Tyre cord fabric Of polyesters: Others |
| 59029010 | Tyre Cord Fabric Of Others: Impregnated With Rubber |
| 59029090 | Tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polysters or viscose rayon: Others |
Where to read more
Industrial-textile incubation, coating and lamination, and NABL-accredited testing for products such as conveyor belts and automotive textiles.
AITEX (Textile Research Institute) Paid
Spanish textile research and testing institute with sector pages for geotextiles, PPE, medical, automotive, ballistic and sports surfaces.
DITF (German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research) Free
Research from polymer and fibre to finished structure, grouped by application such as construction, health and mobility.
Advances in Technical Nonwovens, 2nd ed. (G. Kellie, ed., 2025) Paid
Covers nonwoven processes and their technical end uses such as filtration, medical and automotive.
Textile Advances in the Automotive Industry (R. Shishoo, ed., 2008) Paid
Automotive textiles from seat fabrics to airbags and composites, with markets and testing.