Controlling the occurrence of defects is a major challenge for manufacturing organizations that are seeking to enhance their competitive position in today’s global market. This paper considers the process of screen-printing T-shirts using hydraulic and pneumatic printing machines. Several defects in the output of this printing process have been observed, especially with multi colors printing as...

In this position paper, the current and potential contributions of three-dimensional printing to the fashion retail industry in a mass customization context is questioned. This is considered from a user-centered design perspective, focusing on the ability and problems in utilizing user-generated design while curating brand loyalty, acceptance, and value. A series of research questions are posit...

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Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam, Faculty of Foundation Science, College of Printing Industry, Phuc Dien, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam, VNU University of Science, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, 19 Le Thanh Tong Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam, and Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Biomolecular Architecture, Cel...

The process of product development in the textile and apparel industry usually needs several partners. These partners have to share and to communicate their ideas in a more and more efficient and time saving way. The internet technologies offer new fields for the application of a prototype (search engine) in a TRIAL project, called CREATIV[1]. The test bed is the so-called design network includ...

We describe a design problem arising in the colour printing industry and discuss a number of integer linear programming and constraint programming approaches to its solution. Despite the apparent simplicity of the problem it presents a challenge for both approaches. We present results for three typical cases and show that the constraint programming approach provides better results , although in...

This paper examines the work to control colour in graphic design and printing focusing on the reasons why practitioners do not implement ‘colour managed’ (CM) workflows. CM workflows should allow for successful transfer and reproduction of colour information from e.g. computer to print. However, the technical requirements – in terms of equipment ‘set-up’ and knowledge – prove to be beyond most ...

Solder paste is a homogeneous, stable suspension of solder powder particles suspended in a flux binder, and is one of the most important process materials today in surface mount technology (SMT). By varying the solder particle size, distribution and shape, as well as the other constituent materials, the rheology and printing performance of solder pastes can be controlled. Paste flow behavior is...