Arnab Sen is an Assistant Professor, Textile Design, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bhopal, India. He is a B.Sc.Tech. in Textile Technology from the University of Calcutta and an M.Tech. in Fibre Science and Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has served the textiles industry of India as a teacher and a professional since 2001.
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Research on the Fashion Industry - The Path of Survival
Whenever we talk about fashion, we seem to discuss something that is very light and happening! Can there be anything serious about fashion?
Not really, except for the makers of the garments and articles! But then, that is their jobs that they are up to! Why should we, the end clients and students of fashion, be at all interested in anything serious about it?
Denim Fabric Manufacturing Process –The Learner’s Guide
Denim is by any means the most popular single fabric type across the world. No other particular variety of fabric has gained such widespread acknowledgement globally across the users. The best part is that it is equally accepted among different races, age groups, genders and income slabs.
Learner's Digest to Textile Finishing
Truly, a lot in textiles depend on the end usage. And the variety of end uses is so wide that literally nothing is wasted in textiles; everything gets consumed in some way or the other. But to prepare a particular fabric for a targeted end use, one has to choose a process or a series of processes to impart the required properties in it. And here comes the role of textile finishing.
The Fabric Dyeing Process – An Introduction for Beginners
Dyeing is perhaps the most delicate operation that fabric goes through while being manufactured. It involves the treatment of the fabrics with certain chemicals, some of which are dyes and some other accessories to help in the process. One should thus be very sure about the roles played by each component of these chemicals, since controlling their amount or contact time can bring about certain changes to the effect of dyeing on the fabrics.
Disadvantages of Fabric Dyeing
Do you know how the coloured fabrics get attractive colours and in different shades? Mostly, the colouration of the greige fabrics is done in the dyeing process. I have explained different types of fabric dyeing processes in a separate article. In this post, I will show you various disadvantages of fabric dyeing.
Process of Yarn Dyeing on High Temperature High Pressure (HTHP) Machine
When you buy a textile product what you look for at first? What attracts you first is the colour of the item and then comes the other things - like the surface design, hand feel, comfort and its price. The eyes are our most trusted sense and hence we see the colour first from a distance. While textile was dyed extensively in the fabric form, some of the shortcomings of the process led to the technologists looking for alternatives. Thus the yarn dyeing techniques were introduced. In this post I will explain the HTHP yarn dyeing process.