... transformative role in processes and product quality enhancement. It uniquely integrates academic and industrial research, highlighting the industry’s shift towards digital automation and its impact on efficiency and sustainability. Akhtarul Islam Amjad can be contacted at: akh.textile@gmail.com 14...

... Garment industry Clothing Textile manufacturing processes Mechanical properties of materials Shearing Automation Guiding mechanism Nowadays, we can obtain clothing at a low price owing to mass production and mass consumption. On the other hand, many consumers are looking for unique clothing...

... of pressure in receiver nozzle. These disarrangements are used as output signal and they have low pressure (round≥5 kPa) so it is necessary to reinforce them. Gojko Nikolić can be contacted at: gojko.nikolic@ttf.hr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Automation Clothing Sensors...

..., but this research will not only research a flat indenter and single layers, but also an indenter with a curved surface, and multi‐layer stacks. Indentation tests were carried out on Instron Series IX Automated Materials Testing System 1.04. The indenter was attached to the cross‐head. The pressure foot, i.e...

...H. Lin; P.M. Taylor; S.J. Bull Several pick‐up devices have been proposed and invented for automated garment handling but a scientific understanding of picking up operation is incomplete. This paper is an extension of earlier studies into modelling the interaction of the performance of pinch...

... in an analytical way. The trajectories produced from this process are analysed and presented with mathematical models to be possibly implemented in robotic automation. This paper further investigates the orientation of iron during the ironing process. It is revealed that the orientation is dependent on the regions...

.... The compressibility of fabric is one of the basic mechanical properties, closely related to fabric handle in terms of softness and fullness (Elder et al., 1984) and of major importance in garment automation where it can be related to friction (Ajayi, 1988). Any surface treatment of the fabric...

...Mustafa Al‐Eidarous Recent developments in the hardware and software mean that the automation of visual fabric inspection tasks is becoming feasible at low cost. This paper investigates the techniques that can be used to solve the problem of repetitive, tedious and physically demanding human...

...Philipp Moll Presents a new sewing technology developed by Moll Automatische Nähsysteme GmbH, a German company. This allows complex shapes to be sewn in three dimensions as well as providing the means to automate the manufacture of apparel and other objects. © MCB UP Limited 1997 3D...

... in developing automated test systems. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Automation Fabric Tests Towards automated testing of Towards automated fabrics testing of fabrics Prasad Potluri, Isaac Porat Department of Textiles, and John Atkinson Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester...

...S. Convery; T. Lunney; A. Hashim; M. McGinnity Presents an overview of automated fabric flaw detection immediately after the knitting process. Considers the classification of fabric flaws and how image processing techniques can be applied to their classification, via an introductory example...

...J.P. Turner Describes a PC‐based CAD system for producing made‐to‐measure garment patterns which has been developed and implemented in the commercial environment of a bridalwear manufacturer. The software simulates the hand drafting methods of the company while automating pattern production...

... Limited 1993 Automation Clothing Industry INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLOTHING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Manufacturing Technology for Apparel Automation - Layup Module PART I: SLAT DESIGN A. Seyam, F. Sun, E. McPherson, T. Clapp and T. Little North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina...

... of the samples. Having obtained these relationships, the degree of seam pucker can be measured objectively by both systems. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Clothing Industry Research Technology Textile Industry INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLOTHING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Objective Evaluation...

...G. Stylios; J. Fan; J.O. Sotomi; R. Deacon Introduces a new concept which has been developed to combat the problems of sewability, named “the Sewability Integrated Environment”. It aims at knitted as well as woven materials and incorporates automated objective measurement systems to achieve...

...Frank W. Paul; Marvin W. Dixon Summarizes the work conducted on the research and development of machinery to automate the turning and pressing of collars and their automated assembly to the shirt‐collar bands sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency. This research and development has involved...

... 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...

..., presser foot preload, and machine speed. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Clothing Industry Control Quantitative Techniques Research VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2/3 1992 Sewing Dynamics OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF FABRIC/MACHINE INTERACTION Timothy G. Clapp, Trevor J. Little, Theresa M. Thiel...

... by considering the design and development of an automated lace‐measuring system. Considers the design aspect of the system and reports on the operational feedback and results used to evaluate the system in the context of its operating environment. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Textile Industry...

... to a certain mass. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Czechoslovakia Clothing Industry INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLOTHING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Automatic Manipulation of Fabric in the Czechoslovak Garment Industry Antonin Havelka and Zdenêk Kus University of Liberec, Czechoslovakia Received 4...