Medical clothing: a tutorial paper on pressure garments

The use of pressure therapy as an effective means of preventing and controlling scarring after burn injury is discussed. Pressure garments are tailor-made to the individual's measurements to provide uniform and firm support to the body contours, and they are designed individually for the area of injury. The use of fabrics and production m..

Supercritical carbon dioxide as replacement for perchloroethylene?

Preliminary investigations have been carried out to test the suitability of supercritical fluids for the dry cleaning of textile fabrics. The solvent properties of these fluid systems for various types of soil have to be established under conditions where the textile goods are not damaged in any way. Investigations currently under way in ..

Controlling a graphic human body model by the fuzzy inference

A three-dimensional model to represent a human body in motion is investigated for use in the design of garments. They body models generated by computer graphics are composed of many elements such as a head, forearms, upper arms, thighs, etc. Dynamic posture of the model is simulated by a method based on fuzzy inference. This simulation sy..

Three-dimensional modelling of the human body for garment design based on body silhouette

In order to construct a CAD system for clothing, body shape information must be obtained by measuring a human body. The silhouette method, a non-contact method, is a relatively easy one but only provides a two-dimensional silhouette. In this report, a method of constructing a three dimensional body model based on a two-dimensional silhoue..

Determining the air permeability of materials

The results of using various air-permeability testing instruments during trials on 22 different apparel fabrics (both woven and knitted) of various compositions are summarized. The instruments include the VPTM-2M from Moscow and the Shirley Air Permeability Tester from Shirley Developments Ltd, UK. The results for the VPTM correspond clos..

Shrinkage of Shirts.

Shrinkage of shirts can result from either improper stabilization of fabrics during manufacture or from improper cleaning procedures. The most common type of shrinkage is relaxation shrinkage, which occurs when the fabric is not adequately stabilized or p

A QR guide to fabric mills

Fabric mills offering Quick Response services to sewn-products customers are listed alphabetically, with full contact details. Most mills customize their services to meet customers' needs. Principal services offered are indicated. The listing is limited to US mills.

Improving the wear resistance of wire card clothing

A method of improving the wear resistance of metallic (wire) card clothing is described. The equipment comprises an electromagnetic pulse generator and a magnetic field inductor. The structure of the metal is examined by X-ray analysis. It is shown that the wear resistnace of card clothing treaed in a magnetic field is increased 3-4 times

Garment Wet Processing: Influence of Fiber Saturation Regain and Uniformity of Moisture Content on Quality.

An introduction to the physicochemical forces that influence apparel wet processing reviews moisture regain, saturation regain, location of process water, and vacuum wetting. In garment dyeing, washing, or finishing, the saturation regain properties of the fibers and the uniformity of moisture content of the fabric during processing dicta..

Wool and Its Potential in Protective Clothing.

Wool fabric has many potential uses in protective clothing. In addition to its spinnability, its amenability to blending with other fibers, and well developed technologies for processing into woven, knit, and nonwoven fabrics, wool's most favorable proper