Handbook on Fabric Manufacturing: Grey Fabrics: Preparation, Weaving to Marketing(Woodhead Publishing India in Textiles)

Handbook on Fabric Manufacture deals mainly with the activities involved in manufacturing of grey fabrics, inspection of both grey and finished fabrics, presentation of samples for market, marketing and customer service activities where technical people are involved. The activities of value addition to the fabric by way of wet finishes like bleaching and dyeing, finishing printing etc., are explained in a separate book. This book does not deal with any technology or design of the machine parts and mechanisms, but explains the methods of monitoring the activities in general. The book deals with the purpose of each process, the activities within the process, the knowledge required to run the process, the control points and check points, the do’s and don’ts of the process, normal problems observed in the process, the responsibilities and authorities of supervisors in the process, methods of working out the expected productivity and the workloads, so that the supervisor handling that process can handle it efficiently. The individuals have to study the manuals given by machinery manufacturers, and refer to the systems followed in their company and make their own manual for day to day activities. This book can be taken as a guide.

Table of Contents:
Activities in a fabric manufacturing unit Introduction Cone winding Winding General activities in cone winding Knowledge required for cone winding Control points and check points Normal problems in winding Dos and don’ts for cone winding Responsibilities of supervisor in winding Authorities of supervisor in winding Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Winding–yarn dyeing section Purpose General activities in winding Knowledge required for cone winding Routine activities of winding supervisor Control points and check points Normal problems Dos and don’ts Responsibilities of supervisor in winding Authorities of winding supervisor Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Quest for ideal yarn dye package Winding of soft package for dyeing The package Conventional or random winding machines Ideal dye package Principles of winding Main features of dye package machines How to calculate the package density? HTHP yarn dyeing Introduction Purpose of yarn dyeing on HTHP machine General activities of Yarn dyeing in HTHP machine Knowledge required for HTHP dyeing Routine activities of yarn dyeing supervisor Control points and check points Normal problems in yarn dyeing Dos and don’ts for supervisor Yarn singeing – yarn gassing Yarn singeing Quality of singeing General activities in yarn singeing Knowledge required for singeing Precautions to be taken for singeing Control points and check points Normal problems in yarn singeing Dos and don’ts for singeing Responsibilities of supervisor in singeing Authorities of supervisor in singeing Some hints for better performance Yarn mercerising Mercerising Purpose of yarn mercerising Quality of mercerising General activities in yarn mercerising Knowledge required for mercerising Control points and check points Normal problems in yarn mercerising Dos and Don’ts for mercerising Responsibilities of supervisor in mercerising Authorities of supervisor in mercerising Some hints for better performance Space dyeing of yarns What is space dyeing? Purpose of space dyeing of yarn Quality of space dyeing General activities in yarn space dyeing Knowledge required for space dyeing Control points and check points Normal problems in yarn space dyeing Dos and don’ts for space dyeing Responsibilities of supervisor in yarn space dyeing Authorities of supervisor in yarn space dyeing Some hints for better performance Warping Purpose of warping Different types of warping What warping should do? What warping should not do? General activities in warping Knowledge required for running warping Control points and check points Normal problems in warping Dos and don’ts for warping Responsibilities of supervisor in warping Authorities of supervisor in warping Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Sizing Definition and purpose Quality of sized beam General activities in sizing Knowledge required for sizing Control points and check points Normal problems in sizing Dos and don’ts for sizing Responsibilities of supervisor in sizing Authorities of supervisor in sizing Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Basics of fabric structure Weaves Plain weave Twill weave Satin/sateen weave Leno weave Honey comb weaves Huck a back weaves Crepe weaves Dobby fabrics Jacquard fabrics Pile fabrics Double cloth Drawing-in Purpose of drawing-in General activities in drawing-in Knowledge required for drawing-in Control points and check points Normal problems in drawing-in Dos and don’ts Responsibilities of supervisor in drawing-in Authorities of supervisor in drawing-in Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Weaving Definitions and functions Methods of shedding Types of shed Methods of weft insertion Multi-phase loom Multi-axial weaving technology Weaving machines with embroidery unit Multi-axis three dimensional (3D) woven fabric Needle weaving technology Measuring weaving loom shed performance Weaving - shuttle looms Purpose of shuttle loom shed Quality of loom shed General activities of a shuttle loom shed Knowledge required for running shuttle looms Routine activities of shuttle loom shed supervisor Control points and check points Normal problems in loom shed Dos and don’ts for weaving Responsibilities of weaving supervisor Authorities of weaving supervisor Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Weaving - shuttle less looms Purpose of shuttle less loom shed Quality of loom shed General activities of a loom shed Knowledge required for running shuttle less looms Routine activities of loom shed supervisor Control points and check points Normal problems in loom shed Dos and don’ts for supervisor Responsibilities of weaving supervisor Authorities of weaving supervisor Some hints for better performance Applicable formulae Grey fabric inspection Purpose General activities in grey inspection Knowledge required for Fabric inspection Control points and check points Normal problems in grey inspection Do’s and don’ts for fabric inspection Responsibilities of supervisor in grey inspection Authorities of supervisor in grey inspection Mending of defects in fabrics What is mending? Mendable and non-mendable defects Stages of mending Mending methods for woven fabrics Mending a sweater Typical procedure followed in a mill for mending Care for fancy and special fabrics Possible mending defects Methods for removal of stains from fabrics made out of natural fibres Final inspection and packing of fabrics Introduction Receiving Mapping faults and cutting finished fabrics Good cutting Book folding Packing Folding of fabrics Purpose of folding Hand folding – warkata (वारकाटा) Single folding machine Double folding machine Typical procedure for folding Control points and check points Dos and don’ts Fabric sampling and presentation Presentation of samples Different types of sample presentation Sample cutting machines Typical procedure followed for sample preparation Control points and check points Dos and don’ts Textile marketing What is marketing? Marketing strategies Competitive environment in marketing Sales management Textile marketing Customer services Importance of customer services Product development Production planning and control Quality assurance Market feedback and complaint analysis Controlling of non-conformance and taking corrective actions Preventive actions