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Teamwork in Clothing Factories: Experiences from The Netherlands
Marc PeetersThe Dutch clothing industry offers employment to about 20,000 employees. This industry, with about 150 enterprises, serves the Quick Response (QR) home market. Some pioneering…
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Progress in NC Stitching Machines: Improving Shoe Seam Appearance
N. Dunning, C. Preece, K.S.H. Sadek, J. Grantham, S. Owen, G.E. Taylor, J.E.L Simmons, D.C. ReedmanIn recent years NC controlled lock‐stitch sewing machines operating on shoe upper sub‐assemblies held in flat pallets have become well‐established in shoemaking businesses…
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A Study of Ionomers of Polyethylene‐acrylic Acid Copolymer (PEAA): LATEX DISPERSIONS FOR IMPROVING THE TENSILE AND ABRASION PROPERTIES OF TEXTILES CONTAINING COTTON
David M. Hall, Roy M. BroughtonDescribes a study in which three fabric samples containing 50 per cent to 100 per cent cotton were treated with various wettable latex dispersions of Polythylene Acrylic Acid…
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Further Studies on Balance and Thread Consumptions of Lock‐stitch Seams
J. Amirbayat, M.J. AlaghaStudies the effect of thread tension and the stitch length, L, as well as the fabric thickness, t, and its compressive modulus, E, on the seam balance and total thread consumption.
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- Prof George Stylios