Simple Instruments for Quality Control by Finishers and Tailors

Abstract

Recently developed by CSIRO for quality control and assurance of fabrics, FAST, or fabric assurance by simple testing, consists of a series of instruments that are in expensive, robust, and simple to use, and their related test methods. FAST is specifically designed for use by tailors and worsted finishers; it measures fabric properties that are closely related to the ease of garment making-up and the durability of worsted finishing. FAST- I gives a direct reading of fabric thickness over a range of loads with micrometer resolution. FAST-2 measures the fabric bending length and its bending rigidity. FAST- 3 measures fabric extensibility at low loads. Fabric shear rigidity is calculated from the 45° bias extensibility. FAST-4 is a quick test for measuring fabric dimensional stability, including both relaxation shrinkage and hygral expansion.

The tactile triangle: a design research framework demonstrated through tactile comparisons of textile materials

“…The Kawabata Evaluation System (KES-F) and the SiroFAST (Fabric Assurance by Simple Testing) system (Kawabata, 1982;Lai et al, 2002;Ly et al, 1991;Minazio, 1995;De Boos, 2005) have been used in industry for predicting the aesthetic qualities perceived by human touch and communicating them both in manufacture and in quality assurance processes. For such purpose, much investigation has taken place to compare the results of Subjective and Objective textile testing (Howorth and Oliver, 1958;El-Mogahzy et al, 2005).…”

“…Literature in the textile realm highlights a number of methods, both subjective (Winakor et al, 1980;Philippe et al, 2003;Sular and Okur, 2008;Soufflet et al, 2004) and objective (Kawabata, 1982;Lai et al, 2002;Ly et al, 1991;Minazio, 1995;De Boos, 2005), used in research and industry to predict or discern the tactile properties of textiles. During their education, and through experience in industry, fashion and textile designers are trained to perceive differences in the tactile qualities of textiles.…”

The Physical Properties of Woven Fabrics for Emotional Garment According to the Weaving Loom Characteristics

“…Formability is defined as ability of the fabric to be re-shaped from a plane fabric to the 3D form of clothing (Pavlinic, 2006). Fabric formability was predicted by many researchers (Lindeberg, 1960;Niwa et al, 1998;Shishoo, 1989;Postle & Dhingra, 1989;Ly et al, 1991). And fabric mechanical properties were used in the predicting fabric formability by Lindberg et al(Lindeberg, 1960), Niwa et al (Niwa, 1998), Yokura et al (Yokura, 1990) and Morooka et al (Morooka & Niwa, 1978).…”

The effect of an innovative atmospheric plasma jet treatment on physical and mechanical properties of wool fabrics

“…FAST is a simple fabric objective measurement system that helps to assess aspects of the appearance, handle and performance properties of fabrics. It represents an inexpensive, robust, and simple to use alternative to the more complex Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabrics (KES-F) (Ly et al, 1991), with highly significant correlations between the test parameters measured (Yick et al, 1996). It consists of a compression meter that provides a direct measure of fabric thickness at selected loads, a bending meter that provides a direct measure of fabric bending length, and an extension meter that provides a direct measure of fabric extension under different loads (Rombaldoni et al, 2008b).…”