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APPAREL: QUALITY CONTROL (PRACTICAL) [1]

Paper Code: 
SFSD 301
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1.      Carry out inspection and grading of fabric.

2.      Apply requisite test for ensuring fabric quality.

3.    Measuring garments and identifying finishing defects

Unit I: 
Course Content:
  • Fabric Quality:
  • Fabric Inspection
  • Inspection machines/ Equipment’s
  • Fabric defects
  • Grading of Fabric
  • 4 point and 10 point system    
  • Random sampling
  • Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
  • Average Out going Quality Level (AOQL)
  • Fabric Testing: Color fastness tests (Damp & Dry)
  • Fabric shrinkage
  • Raw material inspection: sewing thread, zippers, buttons, buckles and snap fasteners, inter-linings
  • Garment
  • Stitch and seam defects
  • Sizing specifications, Measuring Garments, tolerance     
  •  Finishing
  • Assessing quality in finished garments,
  • Identifying finishing defects in garments
  • Quality Assessment
  • Judging the quality of readymade garments: overall appearance, fabric, fit, workmanship, price
  • Garment fit: grain, set, line, balance, ease
  • Project work: Visit to readymade garments retail outlets belonging to different levels (designer outlets, middle class outlets, ordinary outlets) and compare the workmanship, fabric, etc. of the garments. Presentation of the report by the students.
  • Practicing considering safety and health aspects.
  • Understanding apparel care labels, dimensions and positioning of labels

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Kincade, Doris, H., Sewn Product Quality- A Management Perspective, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, London, 2008
  2. Mehta,P, Bhardwaj, S.K., Managing Quality in the Apparel Industry, New Age International Ltd. Publisher, New Delhi
  3. Das S., Quality Characterisation of Apparel, Wood Head Publishing Ltd., 2009
  4. Singh A.K. Quality Evaluation of Textiles, NITRA, Ghaziabad
  5. Sara. J. Kadolph, Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel, Fairchild Publication, 1998
  6. Booth, J.E, Principle of Textile Testing, Butterworths. 1986

 

References: 
  1. Janace, E., Bubonia, Apparel Quality: A guide to evaluating sewn products, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. 2014
  2. Chuter, A.J., Introduction to Clothing Management, Blackwell Science, London. 1995

 

Academic Year: 
2016-17 [2]

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