Martindale Pilling And Abrasion Test Abrasion : Abrasion is one aspect of wear and is the rubbing away of the component fibers and yarns of the fabric. Abrasion may be classified as follows- Plane or flat abrasion-A flat area of material is abraded. Edge abrasion-This kind of abrasion occurs at collars and folds. Flex […]
What is Color | Color Theory
Color Theory What is Color : Color is the general name of all the sensation arising from the activity of retina of the eye & attached nervous mechanism. We see are the colors of the visual spectrum of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet. Objects absorb certain wavelength & reflect others back to […]
Fabric Thread Density Testing
Fabric Thread Density Testing For Woven Fabric: Picks per inch : The number of weft thread per inch is called picks per inch. Ends per inch : The number of warp thread per inch is called ends per inch. For Knitted Fabric: Courses per cm : Course is a row of loops across the […]
Fabric Tensile Strength Test | Strip Strength Test | Grab strength test | Tearing strength test | Elmendorf Tear Test | Bursting strength
Fabric Tensile Strength Test Methods Tensile Strength Testing: This is referred to as a strength test where the load is applied along the direction of the test sample. Tensile strength test of fabric is divided into two groups- Strip test Grab test. Strip Strength Test: Five fabric samples are extended in a direction parallel to […]
Clothing Made From Pinapple Fibre Called Pina
Clothing Made From Pinapple Fibre Called Pina Pineapple is a fruit which is known to all. We think that only fruit is useful and other parts of the fruit are garbage. What we think is wrong. We can produce fiber from pineapple leaf which is known as pina fiber and is natural fiber also. […]
Air Permeability Test by Shirley Air Permeability Apparatus
Air Permeability Test by Shirley Air Permeability Apparatus Air permeability: The air permeability of a fabric is the volume of air measured in cubic centimeters passed per second through 1 cm2 of the fabric at a pressure of 1 cm of water. Air resistance: The air resistance of a fabric is the time […]
Dyeing Auxiliaries | Function of Auxiliaries | Dyeing Method of Vat Dye | part 02
Vat dye | Why called vat dye | Vat dye properties | Uses of Vat dye | Classification of Vat dye | The 1N (indanthrene normal) group | The IW (indanthrene Warm) group | The IK group | Anthraquinonoid | Indigoid | Dyeing of cotton with vat dye | Vat dyeing recipe | Part 01 […]
Collagen: Changing the Course of the Future
Collagen: Changing the Course of the Future Muh. Amdadul Hoque , Md. Iftekhar Mahmood Department of Fabric Engineering famous American architect and inventor R. Buckminster said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” It is in this spirit that the predictions […]
Polysaccharide Thickeners
Polysaccharide Thickeners Introduction: Thickener is a colorless thick mass which imparts stickiness and plasticity to the print paste so that it may be applied on the fabric surface without bleeding or spreading and be capable of maintaining the design out lines. Polysaccharides: Nature has provided large quantities of many polymers that are soluble or dispersible […]
Dyeing of Cotton with Vat dye | Part 01
Vat dye Vat dye is one of the oldest types of dye. It is mainly suitable for cellulosic fibre for best overall fastness properties. Because of the popularity of blue jeans, indigo is still one of the most important dye in the world in the present time. Natural indigo was extracted by fermenting Indigofera tinctoria […]