TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL OF TEXTILES
AND APPARELs
LESSON PLAN
AIM
To impart Knowledge on Testing and quality control of different yarn counts and fabric
testing instruments.
Course Objectives
To acquire Knowledge to the students about fibre, yarn and fabric testing instruments.
To make the students to understand about the yarn properties such as counts, single yarn
Strength, lea strength and yarn twist and evenness characteristics.
To understand the students about fabric properties such as handle, tensile strength, tearing
Strength, abrasion resistance, pilling resistance, draping and crease recovery angle of
Woven and knitted fabrics.
To create awareness to the students about seam properties, colour fastness test and
dimensional stability of apparels.
S.No
Description of Portion to be
Covered
Periods/ No of Hours
Special Teaching Aids
Proposed/ Other
Reference
UNIT-1
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Definition of Random and Biased
Samples.
Sampling techniques for Fibre,
Yarns and Fabrics
Standard RH and Temperature for
testing and Mechanical Processing
Power point
Power Point
Black Board
Fibre testing by High Volume
Instrument (HVI)
Direction of Twist and Twist
Multipliers
Twist Testers- Tension Type.
Take up type twist tester
ATIRA Direct type tester and
Electronic Twist Tester
PowerPoint
Blackboard
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Blackboard/Power Point
Power Point
PowerPoint
Yarn Hairiness Tester Methods
and Singeing
PowerPoint
10.
Discussion and interactions with
the students
Blackboard
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
Blackboard/PowerPoint
OHP/Power Point
OHP/Power Point
Power Point
OHP/Power Point
Power Point
OHP/Power Point
OHP/Power Point
Power Point
Power Point
Power Point
Power Point
Power Point
Power Point
OHP/Blackboard
Blackboard
UNIT-2
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Yarn count and Analytical Balance
Knowels Balance and Beasley
Balance
Quadrant Balance , Electronic Yarn
Count Balance
Yarn Diameter calculation and
Methods of measuring yarn
Evenness
Yarn appearance board - ASTM
standards and Cutting and
Weighing Methods
Fielden Walkmann Evenness
Tester
Electronic Capacitance Principle Uster Evenness tester
Yarn faults and its Classification
Uster Classimatte tester
Discussion and interactions with
the students
UNIT-3
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Crimp - Shirley Crimp Tester
Fabric Tensile Strength Tester Ravelled Strip Method - Grab
Method
Elmendorf Tearing Strength Tester
Fabric Tearing Strength TesterWing Rip, Trapezoidal and Double
Rip.
Ballistic Tester and Hydraulic
Bursting Strength Tester
Factors affecting Abrasion
Resistance.
Handle and Serviceability
Martindale Abrasion Resistance
Tester
Fabric Pilling- ICI Pillbox Tester
Discussion and interactions with
the students
UNIT-4
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Fabric Drape - Drape Meter
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Fabric stiffness-Shirley Stiffness
Tester
Factors affecting Crease
Resistance
Fabric Crease Recovery Tester;
Terms in Air Permeability and
Water Permeability
Shirley Air Permeability Tester
Methods of Water Permeability
Tester- Shower Proof Method
Spray Test and Bundlesmann
Tester
Friction Measuring Instruments
Discussion and interactions with
the students
PowerPoint/ Blackboard
Blackboard
OHP/PowerPoint
Blackboard/PowerPoint
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
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PowerPoint
Blackboard/PowerPoint
Blackboard/PowerPoint
UNIT-5
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Seam Strength Testing
Seam Severance Testing
Factors Affecting Seam Strength
Tester
Evaluation of Interlining Quality
Colour Fastness Testing Washing
Fastness
Rubbing Fastness Tester
Light and Perspiration Fastness
Apparel Dimensional Stability
Testing
Durable Press Evaluation
Discussion and interactions with
the students
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Black board
PowerPoint
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PowerPoint
PowerPoint
Blackboard/PowerPoint
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Blackboard/PowerPoint
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TEXT BOOKS
1.
Grover E. G. and Hamby D. S., Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control,
Wiley-b Eastern Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1969.
2.
J. E. Booth, Principles of Textile Testing, CBS Publishers and Distributors,
New Delhi, 1996.
REFERENCES
1. Sundaram V., Handbook of Textile Testing, CTRL Publication, Bombay.
2. BSI, BSI Handbooks, British Standard Institution, Manchester.
3. BIS, BIS Handbooks, Bureau of Indian Standards, Delhi, 1989.
4. Pradip V. Mehta, An Introduction to Quality control for the Apparel Industry ASQC
Quality Press, Marcel Decker Inc., New York 1995.
