Woven Design and Structure of Fabrics

Paper Code: 
MTX-223
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To develop ability to understand the woven fabric structure.
  2. To enable students to understand and learn methods of developing basic weaves and their application.
     
10.00
Unit I: 
  • Elements of woven design: Introduction of cloth formation on loom, classification of fabrics, fabric structure
  • Methods of fabric representation, repeat of weave
  • drafts, requirements of drawing in, weaving plan, lifting plan,                                        relationship between weave, draft and lifting plan
  • Construction of weaving plan from a given weave
  • Construction of weave from a given draft and lifting plan, construction of draft from a given lifting plan and weave
     
8.00
Unit II: 
  • Introduction to  fabric calculation: Standard procedure of fabric calculation
  • Calculation of number of warp and weft threads in fabrics type of weave and weaving plan; calculation of reed, calculation of harness and healds, calculation of yarn mass per unit area of fabric
     
12.00
Unit III: 
  • Construction of elementary weaves: General characteristics, plain weave, twill weaves, satin and sateen weaves, irregular sateen and satins
  • Development of weave from elementary basis: Weaves constructed on plain base, warp and weft ribs, hopsack, mat or basket weaves
     
9.00
Unit IV: 
  • Weaves constructed on twill basis; waved herring bone; curved, broken transposed twill, angel of twill, firmness of twill, elongated twill, combination of twill weaves.
6.00
Unit V: 
  • Weaves constructed on satin or sateen bases: - simple developments extension of sateen weaves
Essential Readings: 
  1. Grociki, Z.J., Watsons Textiles Design and Colour, London, Newness Butter Worths,1998.
  2. Sengupta, R., Weaving Calculations, Taraporewale Sons and Co., Bombay.
  3. Corbman, B., Fibre to Fabric, 6th, McGraw Hill Book Company, USA,1983
  4. William, Watson., Advanced Textiles Design, Longmans Green and Co. Ltd., London.
  5. Nisbet, H., Grammar of Textile Design, Taraporewale Sons and Co., Bombay.
  6. Aswani, K.T., Weaving Mechanisms, Mahajan Book Distributors, Ahmedabad.
  7. Robinson and Mark., Woven Cloth Construction, Butter Worth and Co. Ltd., London.
  8. Kulkarni, M.M., Weaving Technology, Mahajan Book Distributors, Ahmedabad.
     
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