International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 2 Issue 3

FABRIC OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY: PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE POTENTIAL

R. Postle

The continuing development of the textile and clothing manufacturing industries depends in no small measure on the successful implementation of reliable objective methods for the…

APPLICATION OF OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT TO CLOTHING MANUFACTURE

S. Kawabata, Masako Niwa, K. Ito, M. Nitta

The application of objective measurement of the mechanical properties of fabrics in the apparel industry began around 1975 in the Hirakata area, which is one of the centres of…

THE USE OF KES AND FAST INSTRUMENTS: IN PREDICTING PROCESSABILITY OF FABRICS IN SEWING

Herbert Barndt, Fred Fortess, Mel Wiener, J. Cyril Furniss

The experience of the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science with the use of Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabrics (KES‐F) since 1984 and more recently, 1988, with the…

RELATION BETWEEN FABRIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND GARMENT DESIGN AND TAILORABILITY

R.L. Shishoo

Future automation and robotisation of apparel manufacturing processes will undoubtedly require that the machines and systems are selected based on the specific properties of the…

THE PREDICTION OF GARMENT APPEARANCE FROM MEASURED FABRIC PROPERTIES

U. Biglia, A.F. Roczniok, C. Fassina, N.G. Ly

A simple measurement of fabric pressing performance as indicated by crease angle has been developed and applied to the prediction of appearance of wool and wool blend tailored…

PLACING FABRIC ONTO MOVING SURFACES

M.B. Gunner, P.M. Taylor

There are many instances in automated garment manufacture where static fabric panels have to be picked up and placed onto a moving surface such as a conveyor. The techniques used…