1.1 Textile industry Textile industry is the largest industrial employer in the country, contributing to 6% GDP (Gross domestic product), 16% of export and about 18% of industrial production. The textile industry plays an important role in Indian economy. It contributes to 9% of excise collection, 30% of export revenue and 18% of employment in industrial sector. Since global trade in textile an...

The motivation of our work is from the paper by Chen et al. (2012) in which the assembly line balancing (ALB) problem in the garment manufacturing process for a single model is solved by using genetic algorithm. Out of four steps of manufacturing the product, we focus on the third step in their paper in which there is a sewing line which is to be operated by different employees having different...

1.1 Economical, social, environmental, and industrial contexts A significant added value of textiles is sensory in nature. During garment handling in a shop, the customer engages a selection process that involves touching and trying on clothing. A multifaceted multi-sensory, emotional and psychological experience occurs. A decision is made and motivations are based on anticipated reality of pre...

Current standard test methods for the evaluation of the performance of modern ESDprotective clothing used in electronics industry do not measure correctly the effectiveness of the clothing to protect sensitive electronics from electrostatic phenomena. Therefore a new European research project – ESTAT-Garments – was started in early 2002. The main objective of this three-years project (2002-2005...

The fashion industry faces the increasing complexity of its activities such as the globalization of the market, the proliferation of information, the reduced time to market, the increasing distance between industrial partners and pressures related to costs. Digital prototype in the textile and clothing industry enables technologies in the process of product development where various operators a...

Abstract Thermal insulation may be influenced by the size of clothing and thus volume air gaps. The aim this study was to determine relationship between outer wear clothing, indirect fit (the gaps), thermal in static dynamic conditions. A set underwear two types outerwear for workers energy sector chemical industry were selected study. Results showed that value (regardless type outerwear) first...

With the booming development of Internet and AI (Artificial Intelligence), smart clothing has emerged to meet consumers’ personalized needs in healthcare, work, entertainment, etc., rapidly become a hotspot industry research field. However, as gets popular, sustainability issues are becoming increasingly prominent during its circulation. To explore status quo sustainable clothing, from perspect...

The objective of fabric inspection is to ascertain whether the fabric received is of expected Quality standard or not. The main objective is detection of fabric defects as early as possible so that time and money are not wasted in the manufacturing, process. The ultimate goal of any quality control activity in clothing' industry is to satisfy the customers. Most defects in cloth occur while it ...

In this work, I describe the methodology of automatic computer-based measurement for taking anthropometric data. The result of this process can be employed in many areas, e.g. security, medicine, sport or clothing industry. The designed methodology comes out from the demand to create, from the measured person’s view, the least annoying system of the measurement. It must be simple (cheap and por...