A Z About Textile And Garments

Tags: Textiles

This course is will give you the ideas to think according the way a textile technocrats think.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 3.4

- In this course students will learn about the entire process involved in fabric manufacturing i.e. shirts
- t-shirts etc

What you'll learn

In this course students will learn about the entire process involved in fabric manufacturing i.e. shirts
t-shirts etc

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Description

Taking the example of T-shirts for this very first day.

T-shirts are durable, classic, and versatile garments with mass appeal as a staple closet item. The life of a T-Shirt begins in cotton fields most commonly found in the US or India. They’re typically made of 100% cotton but can be found in polyester or a polyester-cotton blend.

Fabric uses vary depending on the designers choice of material and budget; stretchable knit fabrics or jersey, which is comparatively inexpensive and great for screen printing and heat applications, are commonly used.

Before a T-shirt is stocked by your favorite retailer, it goes through several processes. The cotton balls are put into a gin where the usable cotton is mechanically separated from the seeds and chaff.

Modern cotton gins use multiple powered cleaning cylinders and saws which leads to higher productivity and less labor-intensive work than previous methods required. Bales of cotton fibers are spun at a facility where they are carded, combed and blended.

Before the carding stage, which involves separating the fibers into loose strands, the cotton is taken off a picking machine. The spun cotton is then knit on a loom like the weaving process into a rough greyish fabric.

The fabric is treated with heat and chemicals where it takes on its final touch and appearance. Examples of this include bleaching, printing, and dyeing. At this stage, the fabric goes through inspection for grey textile.

This process is typically divided into three separate stages of preparation, coloration, and finishing. Fabric is finished to the desired softness and coloring. The coffee printed t-shirts are folded, sorted, and placed into inventory.

When an order is placed online the t-shirt is pulled from inventory, packed and shipped to its new home. Often times the finished fabric travels great distances to its next stop, the sewing facility. 15% of the fabric will end up on the cutting room floor as sewers create the blank garments.

Who this course is for:

  • Graduate students seeking to make the career in textile field