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Volume 6, Issue 5
1 December 1994
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Conceptual Paper| December 01 1994

A Study of Thread Tensions on a Lockstitch Sewing Machine (Part III): Further Stitch Formation Analysis

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F.B.N. Ferreira
Department of Textile Engineering, Minho University, Guimares, Portugal
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S.C. Harlock
Department of Textile Industries, The University of Leeds, UK
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P. Grosberg
Shenkar College, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5953
Print ISSN: 0955-6222
© MCB UP Limited
1994
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology (1994) 6 (5): 39–42.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556229410074592

The purpose of this investigation was to try to develop a theoretical model to satisfy and explain the interaction between the needle and bobbin threads, the tensions developed and their influence on seam balance. An explanation of the conditions determining seam balance is proposed based on a “robbing back” theory of stitch formation.

Keywords: Clothing industry, Fabric, Sewing, Textiles
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