...Sabria Gribaa; Sami Ben Amar; Abdelwaheb Dogui Purpose The aim of this work is to check the influence of some sewing parameters upon the tensile behaviour of a textile assembly (assembly of two woven samples by a seam). Design/methodology/approach This analysis was carried out according...

...J.T. Black; Joseph C. Chen Various staff methodologies of a just‐in‐time (JIT) apparel assembly cell with various numbers of walking workers, and various levels of process time variation were discussed and evaluated by simulation models. Decouplers are placed between two workstations (or subcells...

...John R. Beaton; Timothy G. Clapp Describes the redesign of the Clupicker, a ply separation device used in the textile industry, based on design for assembly techniques. Presents design for assembly (DFA) guidelines. Describes Boothroyd's Systematic DFA Methodology and Zorowski's PDM program...

...J. Betts; K.I. Mahmoud Brings knowledge of assembly line balancing algorithms into the clothing industry. Uses an already published algorithm to solve a particular problem, obtained from a British clothing manufacturer. Identifies optimum solutions to the problem for the situation when each...

... of automation in assembly steps will intensify the problem of detection and removal of fabric defects in cut‐parts. Describes a workstation utilizing machine vision which has been designed and constructed to detect and remove defective cut‐parts prior to the initiation of assembly operations. The workstation...