This paper will review the evolution of wearable textile antennas over the last couple of decades. Particular emphasis will be given to the process of embroidery. This technique is advantageous for the following reasons: (i) bespoke or mass produced designs can be manufactured using digitized embroidery machines; (ii) glue is not required and (iii) the designs are aesthetic and are integrated i...

Geotextiles incorporating inorganic nutrients (particularly phosphorous) to enhance the growth of oil degrading microoganisms when geotextiles are used in pervious pavement applications have been shown to be effective in the past. However the cost and manufacturing difficulties have been a barrier to their use. A polypropylene random mat geotextile incorporating an alternative polymer additive ...

Since the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) wrote the first carpet cleaning standard in 1991, preconditioning carpet to maximize soil suspension prior to soil removal has been an industry-accepted practice. However, not until The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) implemented its Seal of Approval (SOA) program, which included spectrophotometer measurement of li...

Class I hydrophobins produced from fungi are amongst the first proteins recognized as functional amyloids. They are amphiphilic proteins involved in the formation of aerial structures such as spores or fruiting bodies. They form chemically robust layers which can only be dissolved in strong acids. These layers adhere to different surfaces, changing their wettability, and allow the binding of ot...

Since the introduction of acrylic fibres as a wool-like apparel fibre to the textile market in the early 1950s, their applications have greatly diversified. Substantial modifications of the acrylic fibres are now possible at several points in the manufacturing route. These range from the selection of comonomers through changes in spinning conditions to specific thermal and chemical modification...

Abstract Due to increasing sustainability demands, textiles manufacturing, an industry that uses substantial amounts of natural resources, energy and labour, are facing tough challenges in the years ahead. One more overlooked concepts with great potential for sustainable manufacturing is Industry 4.0. This paper addresses how textile engaging 4.0 technologies applications context manufacturing....

The study presents a novel quantum immune algorithm (QIA) for solving the parallel machine scheduling in the textile manufacturing industry. In this proposed algorithm, there are distinct characteristics as follows. First, the encoding method is based on Q-bit representation. Second, a novel mutation operator with a chaos-based rotation gate is proposed. Most importantly, two diversity schemes,...

background: noise induced hearing loss (nihl) is the highest reported occupational disease among industrial workers but there is scarcity of data on disease burden in malaysia. this study estimated the risks and burden of nihl in manufacturing industries in malaysia. methods: this cross-sectional industrial survey was conducted by interviewing osh practitioners at 26 industries categorized as f...