Tailoring the Right Approach to Interlinings.

The selection and application of interlinings depends mostly of the type of tailoring used. Tailoring traditional garments involves the use of relatively heavy interlinings (>200 grams per meter) of wool fabrics with high resilience and shape retention. Assembly techniques in tailoring traditional garments remain a labor intensive art. Ta..

The Goal - Speed and Efficiency.

The 1993 Bobbin Show introduced new technologies for the design, tracking, and manufacturing of apparel. Microdynamics has developed Product Data Management (PDM), which automates the entire product development documentation process. PDM is used by such Duropean companies as Lee, Wrangler, Laura Sahleyk and Carly Cry, and by Liz Claiborne..

How he Apparel Industry Measures up to Quality Standards.

A survey examined current quality manufacturing and the cost of quality management in the United States apparel industry. The survey comprised four sections: company background, company quality philosophy, quality practices, and the cost of quality practices. The survey was mailed to the plant managers and quality personnel at 201 apparel..

Fabric Mills Encourage Pipeline Quick Response (QR) Partnerships.

The number of QR relationships between apparel manufacturers and fabric mills will continue to increase. The tehnology to establish QR partnerships is available and affordable. Many small apparel manufacturers however, are hesistant about establishing QR programs with fabric mills because of the lack of necessary personnel. AMTEX a partme..

Workwear for the Electronics and Pharmaceutical Industries.

Klopman has introduced polyester fabrics for use in cleanrooms in electronics and pharmaceutical facilities and for use i sterile areas in healthcare facilities. Protective clothing for these applications provide a barrier against particles and bacteria. Nonlinting properties are critical. Klopman's Vektron series of fabrics in plain and ..

Rinse process innovation

In the laundering of polyester/cotton workwear, Senking makes use of a patented rinsing process where rinse bath levels are lowered immediately before or after batch transfer, so that only half the water remains to be transferred. The rinsing process is accelerated and water consumption is reduced. The locatin of the centre opening betwee..

Hospital and dialysate textiles

The sterilization of medical textiles is discussed and the various textile end-use areas within the medical sector are considered. Textile used in hospitals include operating theatre gowns and drapes, masks surgical swabs and covers and sanitary pads. Hollow-fibre materials used in dialysis are also examined.

Firms becoming cleaner and more effeicent

General developments in the carpet industry are reviewed. Aspects of the industry covered include US commercial developments, environmental issues affecting the industry, wool consumption, computerized tufting ad economic trends. An appraisal of BASF's Carpet Products Group is included.

Meeting clean area demands

Details are given of Vektron polyester fabrics which are designed to ve used in the production of workwear for the clean-rooms of electronics and pharmaceutical plants. Four different versions (two in plain weave and two in twill weave) are available. The fabrics ae antistatic, which is achieved by encapsulating conductive characteristics..

Clothing for clean rooms

The requirements made of garment fabrics for clothing to be worn in clean rooms are set out, ie not transporting particulate matter into the room's atmosphere, being as antistatic as possible, and being comfortable to wear. Tests which can be carried out to determine the propensity of a fabric to release particles into the atmosphere or a..