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Category: Manufacturing Process
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Cotton is most widely used as a raw material in the world for manufacturing apparels, denims, textiles, lingerie and even food and medical products.With an increase in the organic cotton demand in the fashion world, it is a known fact that growing cotton has many challenges. This renewable and biodegradable resource has became an essential…
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RevoLaze, LLC, a laser technology firm headquartered in Westlake, OH, announced the official launch of the revolutionary LightLaze, an automated online software tool aimed at decreasing laser cycle time and removing harmful chemicals in the denim finishing process. The company has worked deeply into the technical aspects of the laser working to enable improve the…
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Vegan Denim ORTA, Turkey , brings out a new angle to sustainability with their VEGAN Denim, a collection of denim fabrics produced exclusively with vegetable and natural dyestuff at an industrial scale. What makes the concept special is its unique dyeing methodology that has never been applied at industry scale before. ORTA claims that it…
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Pizarro laundries in Portugal , and one of the largest in Europe, is known for its innovations in the field of washing. Besides being the first one to launch ice wash, the company brought out the Eco Blast – a process which is claimed as the ‘ World’s First Substitute of Sandblasting’. Sandblasting , as…
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This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on the process of Shade control in Indigo dyeing. This is the third in the series. The first and second part of this article were published before . Standard Illuminants As stated earlier in this series, colour starts with a light source or illuminant. Illuminants have been…
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This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on the process of Shade control in Indigo dyeing. The first part of this article can be found here While it cannot be disputed that, ultimately, how the individual consumer values color with their human subjectivity is the true test of coloration, in large-scale manufacturing of fabric…
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For customers of denim, color is the quality that distinguishes denim from other apparel fabrics, especially the unique appearance of Indigo. Indigo has been in use for perhaps 5000 years, originally as a natural dye and in the last 100 years primarily available in the synthetic form. No other commercially available dye can match…
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Colors in denim have been quite strong in the last few seasons with all kinds of shades from pastel to very bright and neon colors. While some of the these fabrics have been yarn dyed , most of the colors have been achieved with overdyeing of ecru fabric. The process of garment overdyeing provides the…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer where he shares some ideas on denim product developments. 1) More Softness In Fabrics Made With Open-End Yarn: Ring spun yarns are preferred in denim because of a feel that is more soft than open-end. The softness of open-end denim can be raised to the level of…
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“Sustainability” in textiles refers to methods employed in the production of fabrics that are more environmentally friendly. “Sustain” means “to uphold” or “maintain”, which in regard to manufacturing calls for establishing practices which maintain a balance in nature. A sustainable fabric is one that is produced in such a way that reduces the effect on…
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A seminar on denim titled “Improved Denim Manufacturing” will be held in the city of Leon, MEXICO on November 13th and 14th (2012) It will be a two day seminar where various aspects , particularly technical aspects, of denim fabric and jeans manufacturing will be discussed . Some of the topics to be discussed are:…
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As mentioned before , we are starting the denim production education series of articles. The content for these articles on various stages of denim production has been kindly provided by Denim Academy of Orta Anadolu – the premium denim mill from Turkey. The first article concentrates on the Yarn production process upto the formation of…