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QUALITY OF KNITTED FABRICS AND ARTICLES.

Objective

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF KNITTED GOODS IN THE EEC.

THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF KNITTED GOODS IN THE EC. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY EFFECTIVELY PUTTING THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE IN INDUSTRY. TO MAKE THE TRANSFER OF RESEARCH RESULTS MORE EFFECTIVE, THE FACTORS DETERMINING QUALITY ARE TO BE ANALYSED ON THE BASIS OF A LIMITED GROUP OF PRODUCTS. AS OUTER WEAR FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN IS A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP OF PRODUCTS FOR THE EUROPEAN KNITTING INDUSTRY, THE RESEARCH IS TO BE CONDUCTED ON THIS KNITWEAR.

IMPORTANT TARGETS AIMED AT FOR BETTER QUALITY ARE/

- THE USE OF HIGH-GRADE FIBRE

- UNIFORM LOOP STRUCTURE (E.G. AVOIDING STRIPES, HOOPS, LOOP DISTORTION, ETC.)

- A MINIMUM OF FLAWS IN THE KNITWEAR (EG. FLAWS CAUSED BY THE YARN, SUCH AS SLUBS, SNICKS, FLUFFING, YARN BREAKS, ETC.; AND FLAWS CAUSED BY MACHINES SUCH AS NEEDLE DEFORMATION AND NEEDLE BREAKAGE, AND ADJUSTING THE MACHINES IN THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS: DIFFERENCES IN LOOP STRUCTURE ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE FABRIC AND BETWEEN THE ROWS; YARN FEED AND FABRIC TAKE-OFF; FLUFFING PROBLEMS; FABRIC SOILING AND OIL STAINS; CONSTANT MASS PER UNIT AREA AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY.

- HIGH DEGREE OF COLOUR FIDELITY AND COLOUR LEVELNESS

- GOOD WEARABILITY (EG. WITH REGARD TO WASHFASTNESS, COLOUR-FASTNESS, PILLING BEHAVIOUR, BAGGINESS, ETC.)

- GOOD SEWABILITY

THE RESEARCH AIMS ARE TO BE REALISED BY ANALYSING THE YARN USED; BY IMPROVING THE KNITTING CONDITIONS; BY IMPROVING THE FINISHING PROCESSES; BY IMPROVING THE MAKING-UP CONDITIONS.

THE WISHES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONSUMER ARE DECISIVE FOR THE REALISATION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY. THE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH INDUSTRY OF THE INSTITUTE OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY STUTTGART-DENKENDORF IN THE FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE GERMAN WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT AACHEN IN THE CHEMICAL SECTOR ARE AVAILABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY.

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Deutsches Institut für Textil- und Verfahrenstechnik
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Körschtalstraße 26
73770 Denkendorf
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