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Textile is a type of material composed of natural or synthet...

Textile - An introduction

Fiber is a hair-like strand of material. It is flexible and ...

The building block of the textile industry - Textile Fibres.

Yarns are continuous strands of fibers that can be woven or ...

Textile Yarns

Yarn spinning is the process of manufacturing yarn from diff...

Yarn Spinning

The major methods for fabric manufacture are weaving and kni...

Fabric Formation

The weaving is a process of formation of fabric with interla...

Fabric Weaving

Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned i...

Knitting

Embroidery is the art or handicraft of making or decorating ...

Embroidery - machine embroidery

Textile Finishing

Textile Finishing is any operation (other than preparation a...

Textile Finishing

Textile products used for clothing is broadly termed as Appa...

Apparel/Garments

Lingerie industry has been growing prosperously and the d...

Lingerie

Technical Textiles

Technical textile are textile products manufactured for non-...

Technical Textiles

The textile industry is considered as the most ecologically ...

Eco Textiles

Fashion is not defined solely by clothing choices, but it is...

Fashion

ConversionFormulas

Interactive, table style conversion calculator to determine ...

Count Conversion Calculators and Formulas

Costing is the system of computing cost of production or of ...

Costing

Dispatching is the process of delivering the products to the...

Dispatch

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Screen Printing

One method of decorating fabric is screen printing, in this a pattern is painted onto a fine silk screen with resist emulsion. The core of the screen print process involves a fine mesh, or screen, which is stretched very tightly around an unyielding frame. Any area that is not to be printed, will be masked out on this screen or mesh. To create the print, the framed screen is positioned over the item to be printed along with a splodge of thick ink. The ink is pressed through the screen.

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Ring doubling and two for one twister, quality required by yarn to get best doubled yarn. Formula for double yarn count.	Textile products used for clothing is broadly termed as Apparel or Garments. Garment making is one of the basic content of fashion designing. Proficiency in the art of sewing is an essential pre-requisite in garment making. There are Woven garments and Knitted garments. Shirts, trousers, sarees, bed spreads, blankets, towels and made ups are Woven. T-Shirts, sweatshirts, undergarments, pyjamas and socks are Knits.

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Aims of Textile Finishing: The final chemical treatments of the fabric which are carried out to impart special characteristics e.g. softening, stiffening, crease resisting, flam...
Textile Finishing Processes: The whole cycle of finishing consists of mechanical and chemical processes, which are used depending on the kinds and end uses of the fabric. Mechanic...
Textile Fabric Finishing: Fabric direct from the loom is unattractive. To make the fabric attractive and acceptable to the consumer several finishing processes are applied. Som...
Ways to Finish Fabrics: Fabrics fabrics are woven or knitted, freshly coming off the machine are called grey goods which must be treated in different ways to give them the im...
Routine Textile Finishes: Routine finishes are applied to almost all fabrics with an aim to improve their appearance. A finish is anything that is done to a fabric after weavin...
Pre-Shrinking Finish on Fabrics: Pre-shirking is needed almost on all fabrics because most textile materials shrink when washed. However preshrinking can only reduce the residual shri...
Fabric Finishes for Enhancing Appearance: There are finishes applied to fabrics to enhance the look and feel of the fabric, in other ways the finishes neither strengthen the quality of the fab...
Special Garment Finishes: There are finishes done on garments such as Permanent Press Finish particularly on pants for center crease of the pants to stay crisp and make them l...
Special Textile Finishes: Special finishes are done on textile materials to enable it to use for special purposes such as the finishing of fabrics with flame retardants can red...
Water Proof and Water Repellent Finishes: Fabrics to be used as raincoats, umbrellas, and tarpaulins have to be treated with chemicals to give them a property which makes them water resistant....
Fabric Preparation: Preparation, also known as pre-treatment, consists of a series of various treatment and rinsing steps critical to obtaining good results in subsequent...
Preparation Techniques: Various finishing techniques are used after fabrics are made using weaving or knitting techniques such as Singeing, Desizing, Scouring, Bleaching, Mer...
Dyeing- What is Dyeing?: Dyeing operations are used at various stages of production to add colour and intricacy to textiles and increase product value. It chemically changes a...
Dyeing/Finishing with Color: When ‘colour’ is applied to a fabric it is termed as dyeing. Dyeing and printing of fabrics is usually done after routine or basic finishes but prior ...
Dyeing Methods: Dyeing can be performed using continuous or batch processes. Yarn dyeing is used to create interesting checks, stripes, and plaids with different-colo...
Types of Dyes-Classification based on chemical structure: The Dyes are classified based on the fibres to which they can be applied and the chemical nature of each dye. Dyes are complex unsaturated aromatic co...
Printing: Fabrics are often printed with colour and patterns using a variety of techniques and machine types. It is the process of transferring colour, pattern,...
Finishing: Finishing encompasses chemical or mechanical treatments performed on fibre, yarn, or fabric to improve appearance, texture, or performance. Some of th...
Yarn Finishing System: Contains the process sequence of Finishing for yarn. It includes yarn twist setting, cone winding from ring cops to cone by cone winding , ordinary co...
Automatic cone winding: Specifications of automatic cone winding, checking of reeling frequently, reeling doff weight, reeling calculations...
Types of Doubling: Ring doubling and two for one twister, quality required by yarn to get best doubled yarn. Formula for double yarn count....