... 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. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed...

... 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. Flexible manufacturing processes for clothing...

... and nonwoven fabric measurement will be elaborated in the future papers. Originality/value The measuring equipment is original. Gojko Nikolić can be contacted at: gojko.nikolic@ttf.hr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Automation Clothing Sensors The problem of accurate...

... and wool fabric assemblies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Clothing Garment industry Automation Materials handling The automation of garment manufacture is an important field of study in the textile industry. In this field, a major focus has been placed on materials...

...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...

... automation where it can be related to friction (Ajayi, 1988). Any surface treatment of the fabric such as singeing or pressing generally applied to enhance the hand will have a significant influence on the compressibility. Therefore, compression measurements can be used to assess the surface related...

...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. A three‐dimensional sewing system...

... 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 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, USA INTRODUCTION The ultimate goal...

... 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...

... 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...

... of the dynamic interactions between the fabric and the sewing-machine is pivotal for the advancement of practical, automated, highspeed sewing-machines. The sewing system must have the ability to sense the changing material properties under the foot, analyse the consequences of the changing properties...

...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...

... 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...

... 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. Automation Textile Industry The authors express...