A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
The machine which we use directly for washing is called washing machine. Washing machines are used in the washing plant. We can do all types of washing with these washing machines. Washing machines can also be used for garments dyeing. Sometimes after washing these machines are also used for spinning purpose. But spinning is only[…]
Definition of Testing Before putting something into widespread use, production or practice, the quality, performance, reliability etc. are checked. It finds out how well something works. Testing can be defined as the process of determining the properties of different kinds of substances. There are mainly two types of testing, one is routine process testing and[…]
Textile is an important term in our daily lives. So everybody should know something about textile. From the primitive time to present time people used textiles for covering, warmth and even for displaying personal wealth. We are the ultimate consumer of textiles. The automobile industries, homemakers, dressmakers, interior decorators, retail-store customers and even the students[…]
The simple term “wool”, according to government standards, must always mean new wool that has not been made up in any form of wool product. New wool comes directly from a fleece. It has never been previously spun, woven, felted, or worn. The term “virgin wool” is now used by the textile industry to designate[…]
Silk is the very fine strand of fibre that is a solidified protein secretion produced by certain caterpillars to encase themselves in the form of cocoons. In spite of its high cost, it has been one of the most popular fabrics because of its unique characteristics. Soft, supple, strong and lighter in weight than any[…]
Raw material (RM) is the primary substance which is used as an input to a production process for subsequent modification and finally modified into a finished good. Raw materials may be in processed or unprocessed state. Most of the times raw materials are natural resources such as cotton, oil, rubber etc. They are also altered[…]
A yarn is a continuous and uniform mass of fibres bonded together by the insertion of a twist. Yarns are the raw material of the fabric. The thickness of the yarn varies to a wide range. Normally, the thickness of yarn is expressed in terms of count. The count may be defined as the number which[…]
For making garments different types of fabrics are used. But the discussion has been made below on some standard commercial fabrics which are frequently used in making of garments: Jeans It is mainly warp faced twill fabric, made with carded cotton yarn, lighter than drill fabric and also the twill lines are very fine. The[…]
Denim and jeans are words that may confuse many people because sometimes the word denim is used for many different garments made from denim. The confusion goes deeper as in some parts of the world, the word denim is used interchangeably with jeans in such a manner that people refer to jeans as denim. But[…]
Definition of Quilted Fabric Quilted fabrics are layered materials consisting of two cloths that encase a filling and are stitched together to form a puffy unit. Composition of Quilted Fabrics The outer layers of these fabrics used for apparel are generally of cotton, polyester, nylon or blends of such fibres. For insulative purposes and to[…]
