Quality Of Clothing Research Articles

Impact of the temperature factor on the quality of road clothes

The article deals with the problems of designing roads associated with short-term and relatively long-term rhythms of temperature fluctuations. The results of temperature changes in the long-term cycle in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan are presented. Based on the importance of the temperature factor, measures to prevent the process of destruction of asphalt concrete road surfaces are recommended.

Evaluating the Quality of Clothes and Gloves Used in the Hospitals in Saudi Arabia

In a hospital, doctors use anesthetic gases during operations. Some of these gases are explosive. If the gas escapes into the air, a tiny spark from static charge could make it explode. The reduction or avoidance of static charge in operating theatres and other rooms is necessary. The present work aims to investigate the quality of textiles in hospitals in terms of the electrostatic charge generated from the contact and separation. This can be achieved by studying the sliding of latex gloves of doctors, nurses, and other workers in hospitals against the textiles of clothes in dry working conditions. Based on the results, the amount of static charge collected on the textile surface determines its quality. The finest grade textiles have the lowest static charge values. The static charge is created when sliding the gloves accumulates charge on the material and clothing. In dry conditions, the larger value of static charge was 240 volts, as shown on yellow clothing worn by physicians in operating theatres. For safe working in various workplaces, It's indeed necessary that pay careful attention to the particulars that impact performance in order to enhance the working environment of health care professionals. The following quality management policies and selection of textiles and clothing based on electrostatic charge is strongly advised. Hand and glove performance is extremely important for health care professionals. Glove makers, hospital administration, and health-care personnel all need to be more aware of the issues surrounding gloves. There is a need for procedures and tools that can detect issues with medical gloves.

Laser Additive Remanufacturing Cladding Thickness Detection System

As an important parameter in laser additive remanufacturing technology, cladding thickness is related to the quality of remanufacturing. Thickness detection during the cladding process can help improve the cladding quality and facilitate manual adjustment of parameters in real time to optimize the cladding thickness. This system develops a set of cladding thickness detection system based on laser displacement sensor. The system consists of hardware and software parts. The hardware part includes laser displacement sensor, mounting plate, digital signal acquisition device and laser cladding system. The software part a set of data acquisition software is developed according to Visual Studio. The system uses two methods to measure, and eliminates the error caused by the tilt factor of the worktable, and realizes the online measurement of cladding thickness.

The Impact of Instability in the Business Environment on the Competitiveness of Enterprises Using the Example of the Apparel Industry

Recently, many disruptions have occurred in the environment of companies, mainly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also, for example, by the war in Ukraine and by the sharp increase in fuel prices. The aim of the article was to present the competitive strategies of chosen companies from the garment industry and the impact of environmental instability on the competitiveness of enterprises using the example of the clothing industry in Poland. The author has been conducting comprehensive research in Polish clothing companies since mid-2017, using, first of all, the method of interviews with company management. This article presents partial results of these studies concerning the competitiveness of companies, especially in terms of the instability of the environment. On the basis of the conducted research, it can be concluded that the instability in the environment has a significant impact on the competitiveness of clothing enterprises. In the initial period, the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the level of logistic customer service. Because of this, availability of clothing in some stores and quality of deliveries to online customers deteriorated. The war in Ukraine also caused a temporary deterioration of the availability of clothing in the case of companies that outsourced production to Ukraine. Instability in the environment resulted in an increase in logistics and production costs, which in many cases resulted in an increase in the price of clothing for the end customer. The COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in fuel prices have reduced the efficiency of outsourcing clothing production in low-cost countries, but in the surveyed companies, this had not caused a shift of production from global to local. The problems resulting from the instability of the environment were more quickly overcome by those companies that were more flexible and that earlier on had diversified their sales channels (i.e., sold both in the stores and via e-commerce customers) and the sources of supply (production not only in low-cost countries but also in the local sewing factories). The research confirmed the significant impact of instability in the environment on the ability to compete with the level of logistic customer service and price. The instability in the environment did not affect the ability to compete with the quality of clothing in the surveyed companies.

The Sale and Use of Used Clothing by Using IoT to Improve the Quality of Ready-Made Clothing in the Apparel Industry

Consumers, manufacturers, and retailers all over the world are becoming more conscious of the importance of high-quality products at low prices. However, many garments go to waste, raising the cost of production. As assets are exhausting, item costs are rising. To ensure profitability, effective apparel waste management is required. Lessening such waste can be a productive choice for the two makers and purchasers. Considering this, a task is being embraced in the instant piece of clothing fabricating industry to further develop item quality using a traffic signal system. To lessen creation imperfection rates, a sale and use of used dress system was executed. As per the review, the typical deformity pace of a line for day-to-day eight-hour creation was diminished from 4.13 to 1.25 pieces. Executing this system diminishes imperfection rates while expanding month-to-month creation. It obviously shows that the month-to-month limit prior to carrying out the sale and use system was comparable, yet the inadequate creation was higher, though after execution, the damaged creation was immaterial.

The Design of Reflected Laser Intensity Testing System and Application of Quality Inspection for Laser Cladding Process

Laser cladding is one of the critical technologies for additive manufacturing and rapid repair. Improving cladding performance by materials and process parameters is the leading research direction, but defects and instability of quality in the cladding process are inevitable. Therefore, it is necessary to study which factors are related to quality. In this paper, a new detection method is proposed to measure the radiation intensity of the reflected laser, laser scanning displacement, and temperature of the substrate while cladding. The characteristic values corresponding to the position of the cladding spots are extracted, the cladding quality is preliminarily evaluated and graded, and the correlation between them is verified with the method of machine learning nu-SVM. The results show that the accuracy of the model trained by 300 groups of data to predict the quality grades is 78.74%, which indicates that there is a strong correlation between these process variables and the cladding quality, and this method is feasible for the quality evaluation and control of the cladding process.

Effect of closed-loop controlled melt pool width on microstructure and tensile property for Fe-Ni-Cr alloy in directed energy deposition

Continuous heat accumulation in the directed energy deposition (DED) usually leads to irregular shape of the molten pool and seriously affects property of the part, while the closed-loop control of melt pool width (MPW) is a challenging issue. In this research, process monitoring and closed-loop controlled MPW to adjust real-time cladding quality is achieved. The laser power during the DED was optimized in order to maintain a steady MPW by proportion integration differentiation algorithm. Subsequently, the effect of closed-loop control method on the tensile property was investigated in particular. The results illustrated that closed-loop controlled MPW not only affected the cooling rate and reduced the melt pool width significantly, but also promoted phase transformation and grain refinement. More small-sized radial cleavage planes formed due to grain refinement, leading to the increase in ultimate tensile strength of ~59 % at 1600 W in the control mode.

METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING THE PROPERTIES OF WATERPROOF CLOTHING MATERIALS

The article is devoted to the development of a methodology for assessing the performance properties of composite textile materials for waterproof clothing. The existing normative and instrumental base for research of properties of materials for waterproof clothes is criticised, and a new methodological approach to the research and estimation of indicators determining the quality of waterproof clothes is substantiated. It consists in creation of such methods and means, which allow simulation of operating conditions for making a decision on suitability/unsuitability of a material for manufacturing clothes by a chosen method and for use in a designated field of application on the basis of results of comparative analysis of material properties be-fore and after such simulation. This approach is based on the analysis of manufacturing and operating con-ditions of a particular garment model. A concept, algorithm, methods and means of investigating the proper-ties of composite textile materials for waterproof clothing have been developed. The prospects of application of the developed methodology are outlined.

Application of Digital Image Processing Technology in Textile and Garment Field

In order to study the shortcomings of traditional manual inspection of clothing, improve the quality of clothing. A method of applying digital image processing technology in the field of textile and clothing is proposed. This method combines computer digital image technology to propose an image processing and measurement process technology based on the Labview platform. Through the effective combination of neural networks and support vector machines, methods such as deep learning can better realize the recognition and classification of clothing images. According to a random interview survey of 80 people, 78 people think that the quality of clothing is the most important, and 2 people think that beauty is the most important. The experimental results show that the digital book processing technology platform can further improve the accuracy of clothing detection.

Optimization of process parameters for direct energy deposition of 15Cr5Ni precipitation hardened stainless steel for aircraft parts repair and maintenance

In the aerospace industry, regular maintenance and repair consume maximum cost and time. Direct energy deposition is an effective cutting edge repairing technology used in aircraft parts. This paper projected direct energy deposition as an important cladding technology. And as a cladding material, the acceptability of 15Cr5Ni precipitation-hardened steel is evaluated through single-layer deposition over 304 L stainless steel via direct energy deposition. 15Cr5Ni steel is a high-strength alloy mainly used for jigs, fasteners, and landing gears in the aerospace industry. Optimization of process parameters, that is, laser power, scan speed, and powder feed rate, is performed using response surface methodology through a prediction model along with a validation test. The microstructural investigation of clad cross-section and surface morphology followed by four-dimensional X-ray microscopy reveals an improved clad quality with minimized porosity and defects. A relative error of less than 5% has been found between the prediction model and experimental values, which validate the significance of optimized process parameters toward improving the clad quality for aircraft part repairing purposes.

PENGARUH LOKASI DAN KUALITAS PRODUK DALAM MENENTUKAN MINAT BELI ULANG PADA TOKO INAYAH STORE DENGAN KEPUASAN KONSUMEN SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING

Clothing is the most important element to protect and beautify one's appearance. Along with the development of human life, clothing is usually used as a symbol of status, position, or position of someone who wears it. Therefore, choosing quality clothing products in order to maintain appearance and look elegant in public. The purpose of this study is to analyze and test the Effect of Location and Product Quality on Repurchase Interest at Inayah Stores through Consumer Satisfaction. This research is an explanatory research. The population in this study are consumers of the Inayah Store. The sampling technique was determined by quota sampling. Data analysis and hypothesis testing in this study used the Structural Equation Model - Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM).
 The results of the direct influence hypothesis test using the Smart PLS 3.0 application, indicate that location has a significant positive effect on consumer satisfaction, product quality has a significant positive effect on consumer satisfaction, location has a significant positive effect on repurchase interest, product quality has no significant positive effect on repurchase interest, Consumer satisfaction has a significant positive effect on repurchase intention. The results of the hypothesis test of location on repurchase intention through consumer satisfaction have a significant positive effect, product quality on repurchase interest through consumer satisfaction has a positive but not significant effect.

Influence of product selection criteria on clothing purchase and post-purchase behaviours: A gender and generational comparison.

Purchasing and consumption behaviour is a factor with an important impact on sustainable development. In this regard, the clothing category plays a key role due to the high volume of products that are manufactured in countries with poor environmental and social conditions. While some research has investigated personal, social and cultural conditions that influence these behaviours, little is currently known about the influence of the attributes of sustainable clothing selection on the frequency of sustainable purchase and post-purchase actions in this category. This research seeks to evaluate this effect by comparing the results among genders and age/generation and measuring sustainable consumption using the Young Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption Behaviour method, which has two dimensions: purchase choices and sufficient and frugal consumption. Responses to online surveys of 240 university students in Chile are analysed using descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test and ologit regressions. The findings show significant differences between the groups analysed with respect to the influence of attributes for sustainable clothing selection and highlight the negative effect of the search for quality in men and in older people. The evidence highlights the need to inform the population about the characteristics of sustainable clothing that positively affect purchase and post-purchase actions such as buying secondhand clothing, repairing, exchanging and donating clothing. This study also suggests that it is important to strengthen the relationship between sustainability and clothing quality among older generations and men.

The Influence of Price, Product Quality, and Service on Apparel Purchase Satisfaction at Emi Boutique

The fashion business is a business that continues to grow rapidly, the latest fashions are published every day making business people engaged in this business sector to always keep abreast of the updates that occur. The updates that occur do not only focus on the design and fashion of clothing, but also consumer behavior in the fashion sector, which requires businesses to continue to pay attention to consumer behavior. Consumer satisfaction is the center of attention for companies engaged in the fashion business, not least at Emi Boutique, which is also always crowded with consumers who are looking for the best quality clothes. This research was conducted at Emi Boutique by analyzing the effect of price perception, product quality and service quality on customer satisfaction at Emi Boutique. The study was conducted with a quantitative approach using primary data and analyzed using SPSS. The results of this study indicate that all predictive variables have a specific and significant effect on customer satisfaction who shop for fashion products at Emi Boutique.

Frugality, style longevity and garment repair – environmental attitudes and consumption behaviour amongst young Canadian fashion consumers

ABSTRACT As awareness grows of the detrimental environmental impacts of the fashion industry, an increasing number of consumers are indicating a willingness to consume more sustainably. Part of sustainable clothing consumption includes extending clothing life through repair of worn or damaged garments. Younger consumers are an important demographic who consume and dispose of the majority of fashion garments. This study examined the influence of environmental awareness, frugality, style longevity and quality consciousness on garment repair by young consumers. A survey was conducted using established scales. Hypotheses were tested using a structural equation model. Environmental awareness, frugality and quality consciousness directly influenced garment repair. However, style longevity did not directly influence repair. Style longevity may indirectly influence repair through quality consciousness, as consumers seeking long-lasting quality clothing are more likely to engage in repair. This study contributes to the emerging literature that seeks to understand the consumers’ behaviours that prolong clothing life.

IMPROVING BUSINESS QUALITY THROUGH MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND MARKETING STRATEGIES

Competition in the business world is getting tighter along with the growth of a region or country. Likewise, business activities in the Clothing industry are also getting tighter and tighter. In the Bandung area, there are clothing industry centers, all of which are MSME artisans. In MSMEs, the weakness that has always been owned is its management and marketing strategy. In this article, what is discussed and done is to improve the business ability of MSMEs by conducting management training and marketing strategies. This activity is also given knowledge on how to make Clothes that conform to national standards. There are 2 forms of management training and marketing strategies that aim to improve the quality of their business. This activity aims to improve the ability of clothing artisans in making quality clothing as one of the marketing strategies

Development of Affine Transformation Method in the Reconstruction of Songket Motif

Songket is one of the clothes with a high artistic value besides Batik originating from Indonesia. Songket is widely used at weddings and other traditional formal events. Songket is the result of a traditional craft consisting of the main ingredients of cloth made of cotton and silk threads by inserting the feed (basic material) transversely on the Lunsing (yeast cloth). The quality of Songket art is found in the motifs on the Songket. This research has a conceptual outline in terms of improving the quality of Songket cloth and making it easier for craftsmen and artists to spare their art for the reconstruction process of the Silungkang Songket motif. This research aims to get a new Songket motif with a more modern and aesthetic motif but still has its original characteristics and identity. Based on these objectives, the researchers focused and motivated to develop the motif of one of the types of Songket in Indonesia, namely Silungkang Songket, in the form of a more modernized motif. This research develops a digital image transformation method named Affine Segmentation Point (ASP) to produce modernized Songket motifs. The basis of the developed ASP method is the Affine transformation. Songket image input was used as data and created a new motif in this study: a Songket image with the Rangkiang Lumbung Padi Besar motif. The results of this study can create excellent Songket motifs and modernization. The new motifs produced have been tested by Songket experts, Songket observers, Songket craftsmen, and Songket sellers with an interest rate of 97.5%. The method developed is very precise and can be used to develop other high-value artistic motifs on traditional cloth.

Rationale for the choice of material for manufacture of adaptive underclothes for disabled children

The article substantiates the choice of materials for designing adaptive underclothes for the most severe group of children with infantile cerebral paralysis – bed patients. As a rule, these are denied children, who, in principle, spend their lives in medical hospitals, require constant care by medical staff. Such children are in sharp need of specialized adaptive underclothes, which could significantly improve the quality of life of such children and facilitate care for them by medical staff. In many respects the quality of similar clothes depends on properly selected materials. Analysis of modern innovative materials that could have been used to create such clothes was conducted. Hygienic, physical and mechanical properties of existing knitted materials were studied according to standard methods for identifying the most suitable for similar clothes.

Effect of laser power on corrosion behavior of GO/Ti-6Al-4V coating in simulated body fluid solution

Graphene oxide (GO)/Ti-6-Al-4 V composite coatings were prepared on Ti-6Al-4V alloys by using laser cladding technology, and the effects of laser power on microstructure, microhardness, and corrosion resistance in simulated body fluids (SBFs) were studied. The results showed that when GO sheets were added to the coatings, the phase of the coatings was mainly composed of α-Ti, β-Ti, TixCy, TixOy, and Al2O3. The value of a too low or too high laser power selected could adversely affect the cladding quality of the coating. At a laser power of 1600 W, there was no obvious pore in the coating. Besides, the corrosion resistance of the coating in the SBF was the best; specifically, the Icorr was the lowest (0.738 × 10−7 A/cm2) and the impedance of the passive film was the highest (4.463 × 10005 Ω cm2). The density of the coating has a positive effect on the formation of a passive film. When the porosity of the coating was low, the dense passive film formed on the surface of coatings made it difficult to erode the alloy surface in the corrosive medium. In contrast, the corrosion resistance of the composite coating at a laser power of 1200 W was even worse than that of cast Ti-6Al-4V due to its low density.

Picture fuzzy MABAC method based on prospect theory for multiple attribute group decision making and its application to suppliers selection

In the garment manufacturing industry, purchasing management is an important link. The materials of making clothes often need high cost. In addition, customers put forward a request in the quality of clothes. Thus, choosing an optimal supplier is an essential part of job. Reaching cooperation with an optimal supplier not only can help garment manufacturer improve the quality of clothes but also is benefit to reduce the cost of producing. Most importantly, it can improve the competitiveness of manufacture enterprises. So, it is important for managers to find an optimal supplier and make a cooperation with it. In this paper, we analysis an issue about choosing an optimal supplier during four different suppliers. With analyzing this problem, we can introduce an extended method under picture fuzzy environment to evaluate and choose an optimal supplier. In this article, we describe some basic knowledges about picture fuzzy sets (PFSs) and picture fuzzy numbers (PFNs). Then, we introduce the extension of MABAC method which is on the basis of prospect theory (PT) with picture fuzzy numbers (PF-PT-MABAC) and utilize the PF-PT-MABAC model to evaluate different suppliers to choose an optimal supplier. Finally, we compare the result of PF-PT-MABAC with the result of traditional MABAC, PFWG operators and traditional TODIM method to test the efficiency of PF-PT-MABAC model.

Castoff from the West, pearls in Kantamanto? A critique of second‐hand clothes trade

AbstractAfrican countries are today the major importers of the lowest grade of second‐hand clothing (SHC). With the opening of global markets and the intense circulation of fast fashion in the Global North from the 1990s, the trade of SHC has exploded in the twenty‐first century. The fast fashion business model, which fuels the SHC trade, has led to reduced quality of clothes, limited clothing lifetime, and accelerated discard of clothing, which end up as donations or become waste. The complexity of the international geographies of the SHC trade creates opacity and secrecy, maintaining inequalities and imbalances between Global North (GN) and South (GS), which continue a relationship of colonial dependence. This paper presents a critical look at SHC exchange in Kantamanto, the biggest SHC market in West Africa, situated within the central business district of Accra, Ghana. The paper scrutinizes the export of unwanted donated clothing, popularly known as “Obroni w'awu” (white man is dead), to Kantamanto. We use direct observation along with an interpretive research design through the analysis of photos taken from Kantamanto, and scholarly and gray literature. The paper documents local practices of reuse, exposing a duality: on the one hand, clothing's symbolic value that is lost in the GN is reconstituted in the GS through exchange and labor‐creating local economies. On the other, the global trade of SHC has become synonymous with dumping, continuing a colonialist relationship between the GN and GS whereby the GN exports unwanted clothing to predominantly African countries’ landfills.