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Spandex: A Journey from An Alternative to An Essential in Garment Industry

Jan 07, 2019

Posted in Spandex Yarn

In 1956, a spark was ignited in the form of the invention of a product which was supposed to be the alternative for “Rubber” in that time of war where rubber was getting scarce and expensive; this yarn was given...

Defects of Circular Knit Fabric and Their Remedies

Dec 14, 2018

Posted in Inviya

The major defects in Knitted fabrics be it flat knit or circular knit are as below: 1. Barre 2. Streakiness 3. Imperfections 4. Contaminations 5. Snarling 6. Spirality 7. Spandex Jump 8. Spandex miss 1. Barre Barre is a defect...

Why is Heat Set of Knit Fabric important ? Why do we relax knit fabric before heat setting?

Nov 28, 2018

Posted in Inviya

Why Heat Set is important? INVIYA® spandex is always fed in to the fabric at high draft. Because of the high draft, the fabric always tries to relax to its original length. During different wet processing stages, it becomes very...

Benefit of using INVIYA® in Circular Knit Fabric

Nov 19, 2018

Posted in Inviya

Circular knit fabric with INVIYA® can be used in a varied range of clothing from fashion wear to active wear/ athleisure. The prime requirements of fabrics for these garments are: comfort, recovery, stretch, strength – and these are the qualities which...

TYPES OF CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES

Oct 12, 2018

Posted in Inviya

Circular Knitting Machine: In this machine the needles are implanted on a circular cylinder, which when used creates a seamless tube of fabric, by joining the stiches from the needles. Double Jersey Machine: Double jersey machines have two sets of...

Role of Spandex in Compression wear

Sep 19, 2018

Posted in Spandex Yarn

Compression wear is used in medical to sportswear garments. In medical area compression garments prevents risk of deep vein thrombosis, varicose veins, healed venous ulcer etc. While in sports it is commonly worn by athletes and people doing exercise to...

Spandex Dry Spinning Method

Aug 03, 2018

Posted in Spandex Yarn

Spandex Dry spinning method: Dry spinning is the most efficient and widely used way of manufacturing spandex filament. At Indorama Industries Limited we have since the beginning used “Dry-spinning” to manufacture our spandex yarn. In simpler terms “Dry spinning” of...

Athleisure Remodeling Intimate Wear

Jul 20, 2018

Posted in Intimate Wear

Intimate wear term is an umbrella term consisting of many clothing items like bra, panties, lingerie, sports bra, nightgowns, shape-wear, loungewear etc. In the 21st century, intimate wear has taken a new turn which started 3 years back with the...

Air Covered Yarn – Faults and Diagnosis

Jun 15, 2018

Posted in Air Covered Yarn

Just like any other yarn, Air Covered Yarn also experiences some faults which are caused mainly by two issues – Positional Faults and General Faults. Below are some of the faults that are seen in Air Covered Yarn. 1. Filamentation:...

What are the Package Winding Conditions of ACY yarn ?

May 24, 2018

Posted in Air Covered Yarn

Package winding conditions in Air Covered Yarn, should be kept in check to ensure resulting end package is optimum and as per quality standards. These conditions should be kept in control throughout entire Air covered yarn manufacturing process; any slight...

Spandex: A Journey from An Alternative to An Essential in Garment Industry

Defects of Circular Knit Fabric and Their Remedies

Why is Heat Set of Knit Fabric important ? Why do we relax knit fabric before heat setting?

Benefit of using INVIYA® in Circular Knit Fabric

TYPES OF CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES

Role of Spandex in Compression wear

Spandex Dry Spinning Method

Athleisure Remodeling Intimate Wear

Air Covered Yarn – Faults and Diagnosis

What are the Package Winding Conditions of ACY yarn ?

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