Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 21 Issue 4

Designing an educational tool to revitalise woven textile mending

Viktorija Sakalyte, Tom Cassidy, Amy Holroyd

Because of advances in woollen woven textile manufacture, the occurrence of industrial textile mending has diminished. While the demand for the skill is still present in certain…

Research on microwave pad dyeing process for wool fabric

Xue Zhao

This paper aims to study microwave pad dyeing process for wool fabric. Influences of various dyeing process conditions including galactomannan dosage, urea dosage, sodium…

Evaluation of body geometry and symmetry for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with 3D body scanning system: A 6-month follow-up

Lu Lu, Kit-Lun Yick, Sun Pui Ng, Joanne Yip, Chi Yung Tse

The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively assess the three-dimensional (3D) geometry and symmetry of the torso for spinal deformity and the use of orthotic bracewear by using…

Seam efficiency of woven linen shirting fabric: process parameter optimisation

Mallika Datta, Devarun Nath, Asif Javed, Nabab Hossain

The focus of this research is to identify the optimum commercial grade sewing thread and stitch density to be used with woven linen shirting fabric used in making men’s formal…

A tensile study of fancy multicount yarn sections

Shakeel Iqbal, P. Pramanik

No study was published about the tensile properties of different sections of multicount yarn. Hence there was a need to conduct a detailed section-wise tensile study of fancy…

Autonomy support, need fulfilment and job performance in lean implemented textile and apparel firms

Vathsala Wickramasinghe, G.L.D. Wickramasinghe

The purpose of this study is to investigate conditions that facilitate shop-floor operators to fulfil their needs to carry out job roles and whether the need fulfilment affects…

Textile technologies for the manufacture of three-dimensional textile preforms

Natalie Ishmael, Anura Fernando, Sonja Andrew, Lindsey Waterton Taylor

This paper aims to provide an overview of the current manufacturing methods for three-dimensional textile preforms while providing experimental data on the emerging techniques of…