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Tech. Textile and Management Consultant
Fabtech Solutions, India

Ashok Hakoo is a technical textile and management consultant, who undertake projects on mill operational activities and provides solutions to technical and management shop floor problems.

He has an extensive business background in international, multi-cultural environments with proven achievements in textile technology and management, operational functional applications, for conventional and technical fabrics.

He is currently working with Fabtech Solutions as a textile Consultant.

Textiles

Textile composite materials

Ashok Hakoo Dec 4, 2018 1

A composite textile material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce…

Textiles

Introduction to breathable water-repellent textiles and their production methods

Ashok Hakoo Oct 18, 2018 3

Breathability refers to the ability of a fabric to absorb moisture and release it through the material itself, allowing it to ‘breathe’. Breathable Fabrics transmit body moisture away from the body, thus maximizing comfort and dryness…

Fabric

Importance of shed geometry on operational performance of Weaving machines

Ashok Hakoo Aug 30, 2018 0

The effect of shed geometry has been studied on a loom under the combination of weaving conditions that give the best cover and least stress on loom and warp yarns determined.

Fabric

Narrow Fabrics – tapes, braids, and webbings

Ashok Hakoo Aug 23, 2018 1

Narrow Fabrics often appear in surprising places, enabling healing, harnessing wiring, in war zones and on training grounds, and in the manufacturing of products as different as surfboards and automobiles.

Textiles

Carbon Fibre – strong, stiff, & light weight fibres

Ashok Hakoo Jul 3, 2018 1

Carbon fibres are extremely strong, thin fibre, made of aligned carbon crystals with the shape of a honeycomb and consisting of long, chainlike molecules of pure carbon that are made by charring synthetic fibres such as rayon in the absence…

Fiber

Aramid fibre – a modified form of polyamide Nylon

Ashok Hakoo Jul 3, 2018 0

ARAMID is a synthetic fibre that is produced by spinning a solid fibre from solution. The initial preparation of the polymer is generally achieved by a chemical reaction between the amine group and a carboxylic acid halide group.

Textiles

Terry towels – fabrics that can absorb large amounts of water

Ashok Hakoo May 24, 2018 0

A terry towel is a textile product which is made with pile loops on one or both sides covering the entire ground surface or forming pile strips, pile checks, or other pile patterns (with hemming end or with firm selvedges).

Specialty

Disposable Baby Diapers

Ashok Hakoo May 16, 2018 0

Since their introduction modern single-use diaper products have continuously improved, becoming lighter, more compact, more absorbent and easier to use. Today it is estimated that more than 95 percent of all parents use them – and it is…

Textiles

Coated and laminated textile fabrics

Ashok Hakoo Apr 18, 2018 1

Fabric surface modification is a novel technique by coating and lamination which can improve structural performances. It provides the opportunities to manufacturer the special fabrics like water-proof resistant tarpaulins, coverings, large…

Fiber

Linen Fiber and Linen Fabrics from the Flax Plants

Ashok Hakoo Mar 28, 2018 9

Linen fabric is made from the cellulose fibers that grow inside of the stalks of the flax plant, or Linum usitatissimum, one of the oldest cultivated plants in human history.

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