Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides a review of the latest developments in textile objective measurement and garment automation. Based on the proceedings of the 1st International Cloth Conference, held at Bradford in July 1990, the book addresses "fabric objective measurement" - one of the most widely discussed areas of textile and clothing technology, concerned with characterizing textile materials in accordance with their physical and mechanical properties.;Fabric mechanical properties under low stress are of primary importance because they are similar to those created in manufacture and wear. Classifying fabrics by means of the mechanical properties provides means of quantifying textile structures, which will in turn enable clothing manufacturers to anticipate problems, and textile producers to make better products and monitor the manufacturing process under rigid specifications. Objective measurement in conjunction with automation permits more effective assessment of garment draping, prediction of garment sewability, sewing machine setting, pick and place, guiding, etc.;The book suggests ways forward for future research in primary areas of the textile/clothing interface, and outlines the wider implications of automation, flexible garment manufacture and computer-integrated manufacture by using objective measurement technology. The information provided in this book will go a long way towards bridging the gap between two previously disparate areas - objective measurement and automation.
