Staple yarns form the bulk of the manufacturing activity of the U.S. textile industry. Staple fiber yams are utilized in the making of apparel, upholstery and industrial fabrics. Yarns may be made from natural staple fibers or from a variety of synthetic fibers or from the blends of different fibers. As a matter of fact, blends constitute a bulk of the staple yarns manufactured in the U.S. Alth...

Vascular implants belong to a specialised class of medical textiles. The basic purpose of a vascular implant (graft and stent) is to act as an artificial conduit or substitute for a diseased artery. However, the long-term healing function depends on its ability to mimic the mechanical and biological behaviour of the artery. This requires a thorough understanding of the structure and function of...

The traditional textile industry is characterized by a discrete production pattern, because the manufacturing workshop and equipment are quite old, level of information construction low. To assist enterprises in improving informatization, utilization data, management efficiency, system must strengthen data integration. In this paper, with exponential smoothing method proposed. proposed to manag...

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...

Enormous volumes of effluent are generated at different stages of textile manufacturing, as a result of the use of copious amounts of chemicals and dyes. Several tons of textiles required to meet up with societal demands are produced daily in this industry. Effluent derived from the textile and dyestuff activities can provoke serious environmental impact in the neighboring receptor water bodies...

An enterprise resource planning system (ERP) is the information backbone of a company that integrates and automates all business operations. It is a critical issue to select the suitable ERP system which meets all the business strategies and the goals of the company. This study presents an approach to select a suitable ERP system for textile industry. Textile companies have some difficulties to...

The three connected buildings of the former Suffolk Manufacturing Company in Lowell, known as Mills Nos. 5, 6 and 8, were built in 1862 (No. 5) and 1880 (Nos. 6 and 8), at a time when the city of Lowell was one of the predominant centers of the textile industry in the United States. Located within the Locks and Canals National Register Historic District, this impressive complex of mill building...