FABRIC MANUFACTURING

Paper Code: 
HCT 126
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To enable students to understand and learn methods of developing fabrics using different fibres, yarn and fabric making techniques.
  2. To gain knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of weaving machinery and processes.
  3. To analyse different weave patterns and learn principles of creating designs through weaving.

 

  1.  Color and Weave effect                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       7Hrs

 

  2       Collection of woven fabrics and their identification                                                                                                                                                                                                        10Hrs

 

 3       Fabric analysis for design, repeat, draft, peg plan.                                                                                                                                                                                                          10Hrs  

 

4       Weaving: Setting up of a simple loom – winding, warping, drafting, drawing in. 

5.    Sample preparation of various weaves on looms        30 Hrs

 

6.   Creating designs for stripes, checks, towels etc          15 Hrs

 

7       Introduction to knitting, nonwovens, dobby and jacquard loom                                                                                                                                                                                           8Hrs

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Grociki, Z.J., Watsons Textiles Design and Colour, London, Newness Butter Worths.
  2. Sengupta, R., Weaving Calculations, Taraporewale Sons and Co., Bombay.

 

 

References: 
  1. Corbman, B., Fibre to Fabric, 6th, McGraw Hill Book Company, USA
  2.  William, Watson., Advanced Textiles Design, Longmans Green and Co. Ltd., London.
  3. Nisbet, H., Grammar of Textile Design, Taraporewale Sons and Co., Bombay.
  4. Aswani, K.T., Weaving Mechanisms, Mahajan Book Distributors, Ahmedabad.
  5.  Robinson and Mark., Woven Cloth Construction, Butter Worth and Co. Ltd., London.
  6.  Kulkarni, M.M., Weaving Technology, Mahajan Book Distributors, Ahmedabad.
  7.  Ajgaonkar, D.B., Knitting Technology, Universal Publishing Corporation, Mumbai.

 

Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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