INTRODUCTION Quality is very frequent word used in industry as synonym for good product, technologies etc. Strictly speaking this word is frequently misused or misinterpreted. In some cases word “quality” is used for expression maintainability, reliability or economy of production Especially in the textile branch is necessary to define quality very tightly because textile products (e.g. weaves)...

Electric components based on fibers or textiles have been investigated owing to their potential applications in wearable devices. High performance on response to gas, drape-ability and washing durability are of important for gas sensors based on fiber substrates. In this report, we demonstrate the bendable and washable electronic textile (e-textile) gas sensors composed of reduced graphene oxid...

Water plays a vital and essential role in our ecosystem. This natural resource is becoming scarce, making its availability a major social and economic concern. Use of a large variety of synthetic dyes in textile industries has raised an hazardous environmental alert. About 17 20% of freshwater pollution is caused by textile effluents. These effluents are recalcitrant to biodegradation and cause...

In this paper, a textile-based sensing principle for long term photopletysmography (PPG) monitoring is presented. Optical fibers were embroidered into textiles such that out-coupling and in-coupling of light was possible. The "light-in light-out" properties of the textile enabled the spectroscopic characterization of human tissue. For the optimization of the textile sensor, three different carr...

Magnesium chloride, though cost wise roughly same as of ferrous sulphate, is less commonly used coagulant in comparison to the ferrous sulphate for the treatment of wastewater. The present study was conducted to investigate the comparative effectiveness of ferrous sulphate (FeSO4.7H2O) as iron based salt and magnesium chloride (MgCl2) as magnesium based salt in terms of decolorization and chemi...

A wide variety of everyday objects consist of textile fibers (clothes, wall paper, chairs). Their primary purpose is structural and aesthetic. Fibers can have added functions by the integration of computing power into the material that forms them. The purpose of the Fiber Computing project is to integrate this new dimension of functionality into fibers, thus turn everyday objects into artifacts...

In the recent era of development, global market for sportswear textile manufacturing industries has increased with increase in consumption active sportswear. The manufacturers not only focused on trends but also material diversification technology enhancement. performance characteristics directly influence comfort level and athletic during sports activities. Different types products require dif...

Carthamin from safflower petals has been used for centuries in Asia as a red colorant for dyes and cosmetics. Carthamin is unstable, however, both in hot, aqueous solutions, which causes difficulties in its analysis in textiles, and to light, which results in fading of dyed textiles. We have found, using HPLC and mass spectrometric analysis, that carthamin undergoes a reverse aldol condensation...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Textile manufacturing is a complex industry that has frequently been associated with bladder cancer. However, results have not been consistent. This study investigated the risk of bladder cancer in Spanish textile workers. METHODS We analysed data from a multicentre hospital-based case-control study carried out in Spain (1998-2001) including 1219 cases of bladder cancer a...