Monday, April 6, 2009

Textile Fibers, Dyes, Finishes and Processes - A Concise Guide

A book by Howard L. Needles of University of California and published by Noyes Publications, USA in 1986.

ISBN: 0-8155-1076-4

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Lecture Notes on Yarn Manufacturing Technology

A series of very high quality lecture notes on yarn manufacturing technology by Prof. Dr. Ali Kirecci of Gaziantep University, Turkey. W klein's Manual of Textile Technology has been used as reference.

Chapter 1 - Raw Material

Chapter 2 - Blow Room

Chapter 3 - Card

Chapter 4 - Drawing

Chapter 5 - Combing

Chapter 6 - Roving

Chapter 7 - Ring Spinning

Friday, April 3, 2009

Handbook of Technical Textiles

A book Edited by A R Horrocks and S C Anand and published by Woodhead Publishing Limited in 2000.

ISBN 1 85573 385 4

This major handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, processing and applications of high tech textiles for a huge range of applications including: heat and flame protection; waterproof and breathable fabrics; textiles in filtration; geotextiles; medical textiles; textiles in transport engineering and textiles for extreme environments.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Weaving Machinery and Its Related Technologies

A research work by Kinari Toshiyasu and published in 'Journal of Textile Engineering' in 2007 concerning weaving machinery and it's related technologies in the period between 1990 to 2005 are surveyed in this review.

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Colour Chemistry

A book written by Robert M Christie from Heriot-Watt University, UK and published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2001. A paperback edition.

ISBN : 978-0-85404-573-0

Friday, March 27, 2009

PANTONE for Fashion and Home Color Chooser 3.0

PANTONE for fashion and home color chooser 3.0 is a quick and easy way to integrate over 1, 900 PANTONE for fashion and home colors into your design software. Now includes color swatch libraries for use with Adobe Illustrator. Optimized sRGB and HTML values enable improved visualization on screen.

This installs like an application and works as an add on to your current system color picker.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Report on Denim Manufacturing

An internship report on denim manufacturing mill by a student of N.E.D. University Of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. Very good document to have a complete idea of denim manufacturing right from warping through dyeing, sizing, weaving, finishing to inspection.

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