ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION

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 TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN METHODS
….. VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF DESIGN ENGINEERING INCLUDING ITS NEED AND
APPROACH

“A design process can be defined as a sequence of problem finding, analyzing,

and solving steps used by the designer to develop an appropriate design solution
for the client, which is an organizational
framework used by designers during the process of product design.”

Product design is the process of identifying a market opportunity, clearly

defining the problem, developing a proper solution for that problem and
validating the solution with real users.
 TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN METHODS
….. VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF DESIGN ENGINEERING INCLUDING ITS NEED AND
APPROACH

The design process should satisfy certain criteria such as

 simplicity,
 testability,
 manufacturability
 maintainability
 reliability
 reusability.
 TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN METHODS
THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR TEXTILES

The design of textile products has been carried out for thousands of years in a traditional way.
More recently the textile industry has recognized the importance of design in response to the
growing needs of industry and consumers.
Textile products have found a wide range of industrial and technical applications apart from
apparel and domestic uses.
 to make cables, cords, parachutes, hot-air balloons, tents
 aerospace applications, machine parts, medicine, civil engineering, musical instruments etc.

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 Traditional design methods
market expert formulates the rough concept of fabric requirements

the fabric designer, in consultation with experts from various departments such as marketing,
production, quality assurance, finance and others, prepares a detailed description of the fabric design

From this design a sample fabric is woven and tested until the customer is satisfied.

The fabric is then taken for mass production.

TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN METHODS
THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR TEXTILES

Traditional Fabric Design Cycle

 TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN METHODS
THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR TEXTILES

The basic problem in this process is the amount of expert

knowledge available and its consistency as well as the fact that
no single expert understands the whole process.
TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN
 textile product design involves with several phases:

Conceptualization R&D Design

Marketing Manufacturing Testing

 KEY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN
OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS
the major areas of designing textile products can be broadly classified into
1. Aesthetic design
Aesthetic design deals with the visual appearance of the product, that includes motif , color and patterns that
will be aesthetically pleasing to the consumer.

‘pencil and paper sketching from the sketch onto a special design paper

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 KEY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN
OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS
2. Material Design
 deals with the structural, aesthetic and functional behavior of the material based on product type

Aesthetic and material design have a common region that is the surface or texture
appearance caused by the material.

Partial Design Approach Total Material Design

targeted to satisfy only one / a set of special Total material design refers to the design of a textile
functions, for example product starting from conceptual design up to the
to improve the strength of fabric, manufacturing method. This process tries to
to increase dimensional stability. include all necessary factors for a quality product.
 REVERSE ENGINEERING
Reverse engineering, sometimes called back engineering, is a process in
which a product or part is deconstructed to extract design information
from them.
The reverse engineering process enables you to determine how a part or product
was designed so that you can recreate it.
Reverse engineering enables the duplication of an existing part or product by
capturing the physical dimensions, features, and material properties.
Before attempting reverse engineering a cost/benefit analysis should be
conducted to justify the reverse engineering projects.
Following are reasons for reverse engineering a part or product:
 The original manufacturer of a product no longer produces a product
 There is inadequate documentation of the original design
 The original manufacturer no longer exists, but a customer needs the product
 The original design documentation has been lost or never existed
 Some bad features of a product need to be designed out.
 To analyze the good and bad features of competitors’ product
 To improve product performance and features
 To gain competitive benchmarking methods to understand competitor’s products and develop better
products
 The original supplier is unable or unwilling to provide additional parts
 The original equipment manufacturers are either unwilling or unable to supply replacement parts, or
demand inflated costs for sole-source parts
 To update obsolete materials or antiquated manufacturing processes with more current, less-expensive
technologies
REVERSE ENGINEERING
Application of Reverse Engineering Technology in Apparel Industry
the study of human body shape,
model building of human body,
clothing design,
the development of 3D garment CAD and
virtual fitting system
garment customization system, etc.
 EXPERT SYSTEMS IN TEXTILE PRODUCT
DESIGN
An ES also known as knowledge engineering, knowledge acquired from human experts and other
sources by knowledge engineers.

The textile industry is engaged with expert system

 to increase production,
 to improve quality, and
 to reduce costs.

The expert system concerns a sequence of production planning decisions necessary to produce a
specific category of end product. This sequence is described as follows:
 given the decision to produce a particular type of end product,
 the appropriate fiber type is chosen;
 the appropriate yarn count group is chosen;
 the appropriate weaving system is chosen; and finally,
 the appropriate preparation method is chosen.
Various applications of expert systems in different sectors of the textile industry including
 product components (fibre, yarn and fabric),
 coloration and finishing
 supply chain and management

ES provide powerful tools for solving problems such as design and are very suitable for
database management and decision making.

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