Testing for Wearability and Reliability of TPU Lamination Method in E-Textiles

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) and wearable computing have been emerging increasingly during the last decade. Since the market interest and predictions have grown, the research into increasing reliability and durability of wearables and e-textiles is developing rapidly. The washability of different integration methods and resistance to mechanical stress are the main obstacles being tackled. However, the freedom of movement and overall comfort is still often overlooked during the development phase. It is essential to see the e-textile product as a whole and consider several aspects of user experience. This work will focus on developing and improving the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) lamination integration method for e-textiles. In the work, a stretchable copper-polyimide based circuit was laminated onto knit fabric using various TPU films and stacks. The study shares measurable characteristics to determine which material assembly and design would ensure the highest durability for the electronics part without losing its original textile softness, flexibility and stretchability.

ANALYSIS ON IMPOSITION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTION AGAINST TAX EVASION OF TEXTILES TAX AND TEXTILES PRODUCT IN INDONESIA

Import of textile product which keep getting higher has caused serious injury to the domestic textile industry, as an effort to protect domestic industry government has imposed additional import duty in form of safeguard duty for import of textile product. Introduction of safeguard duty is expected to give domestic industry an opportunity to adjust itself for competing with import product, but the establishment of safeguard duty for textile product is thought to be the trigger for tax evasion on import of textile product, against this violation government impose administrative sanction. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of safeguard duty imposition and administration sanction on tax evasion. Object of this research is all import activity on textiles product which has been imposed safeguard duty and committing administrative violation since the establishment of safeguard duty for textile product beginning on November 2019 till October 2020. Regression technique used is ordinary least square regression to regress cross section data. Research conclusion find that safeguard duty introduction significantly affecting tax evasion while administrative sanction didn’t have significant effect on reducing tax evasion.. Keywords: textile product, safeguard duty, administration sanction, tax evasion.

Expert role in image classification using CNN for hard to identify object: distinguishing batik and its imitation

<span id="docs-internal-guid-25a2977b-7fff-96bd-b93a-19bd55e68ea7"><span>In this research we try to solve the recognition problem in differentiating between batik and its imitation. Batik is an Indonesian heritage of process in making traditional textile product that is now endangered by the existence of imitation products. We try to compare two popular CNN model to classify batik products into five classes. The classes are tulis, cap, print warna, print malam, cabut warna. Tulis and cap are genuine batik, and the other three are an imitation. We realize that this problem is go beyond the recognition of fine grained image problem, it is a hard to identify image problem because even the batik experts is having a hard time identifying batik and its imitation if only based on its picture. The two CNN models, inceptionV3 and mobilenetV2 were trained on three types of image. One type is a freely taken image, the other two were taken based on the experts suggestion. The accuracy score shows that the model trained with the suggestion based picture perform better than the one trained with the random picture.</span></span>

TEXTILE-CIRCUIT - the opportunity of integrating functionality into a textile product

With its technology KARL MAYER provides the possibility to use tailored fiber placement of functional yarns directly during the textile production process. It allows a fast production of functional fabrics with no additional steps while keeping the desired textile properties. These functional warp knitted products can be used in a wide range of applications such as active- and sportswear, lingerie, outdoor, automotive and agricultural fabrics.

Content Estimation of Foreign Fibers in Cotton Based on Deep Learning

Cotton foreign fibers directly affect the quality of a textile product; the less foreign fibers in raw cotton, the higher the quality grade of the textile product. Based on the foreign fiber clean machine, this paper proposed an evaluation method of foreign fiber content using deep learning. First of all, a large number of images of foreign fibers were collected from different production lines and annotated to obtain the mask image dataset of foreign fibers. Secondly, by comparing the image segmentation algorithm based on deep learning, tests showed that U-Net has a better performance on different segment metrics evaluations, and U-Net is improved to realize the real-time segmentation of foreign fiber images. The actual size of the foreign fiber could be calculated through the combination of the segment result and the mechanical parameters of the machine. Finally, the test results showed that the relative error between the estimated size and the actual size was less than 4%. After the prototype test, the algorithm was deployed on the actual production line and, by comparing the algorithm data in a random time with the actual foreign fiber statistical data, the overall error was less than 2%. The test showed that the new evaluation method can fully reflect the content of foreign fiber in raw cotton.

A study on the bandage production process of Bangladesh

The aim of this paper is to study the bandage production process of Bangladesh. Bangladesh, a destiny of self-development and self-employment, where low price medicated textile product, Bandage has been producing near kakshiali river at Nolta in the kaligonj Upzilla of Satkhira district. All the process of bandages up to packaging is conducting by local manufacturer. This product has brought alight of employment for both men & women of Nolta. Women are directly involved in the manufacturing process in home whereas men are working at outside. This paper shows a simple and one of the cheapest manufacturing process of bandage.

Study on relationships between knowledge factors influencing Textile and Clothing disposal behaviour towards sustainable waste management

Increasing textile and clothing consumption resulted not only exhaustion of natural resources and virgin raw materials but also assimilation of textile material disposal from pre-consumer waste (i.e. various textile and clothing manufacturing activities) and post-consumer waste. Many environmental problems have been created by this pre-consumer and post-consumer waste generation. Adequate amount of measures has been taken by the government and standard organization to minimise the impact on environment by the textile manufacturing activities. Now a days, textile industries are striving to achieve zero waste generation by adopting various international standards and methods. But for the post-consumer waste generation issue, it is necessary for each and every consumer needs to understand and contribute for sustainable waste disposal. Hence, it is essential for everyone to know the existing sustainable concepts available to create sustainable environment. The main objective of the study is to examine the factors influencing textile and clothing disposal behaviour. The theory of disposal behaviour is related to consumer knowledge about textile product, environmental concern and waste management technique, namely Textile reuse and Textile recycle. Primary data was collected from 150 respondents through online questionnaires for this study. Statistical analysis such as correlation and regression were used with SPSS statistics. The research suggests that Apparel and Home textile product manufacturer should focus on creating consumer awareness on the possibility of reuse and recycle of the specific products along with the care label in order to achieve sustainable environment.