TEXTILE INTERNSHIP

REPORT

ARVIND MILLS, SANTEJ

(AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT).

FIBRE TO FABRIC (SHIRTINGS)

SUBMITTED BY:

AVANI AMBARDAR

HIMANSHU NATH SHEKHAR

ITI VERMA

KRATI AGRAWAL

PRIYAMVADA

ROHIT KUMAR

SHIKHA MAURYA

SHRUTI KAPADIA

-DFT IV
 NIFT GANDHINAGAR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Within the preview of the textile industry there is much information

pertaining to making of fabric, disseminated by words in the books. But to
see the whole process by your own eyes is a wonderful experience.

We the students of Apparel production, Department of Fashion Technology,

semester IV, of NIFT, Gandhinagar would like to extend our sincere
gratitude to the management of NIFT and ARVIND LTD for providing us this
opportunity to experience and learn the processes practiced in Textile
Industry.

It was a great learning experience throughout to see one of the most well
planned and advanced textile units, working with them was eye-opening
for us as we saw how things are done in big companies. We take the
opportunity to thank all the people who guided us through the entire
process and made our training a success by sharing their knowledge.

We would like to thank Mr. Shubhanish Malhotra, Sr. Manager (H.R) and
Ms. Somya Sharotri, Manager (H.R) at Arvind our mentor and all
department heads who helped us through the project without whose
support and guidance the internship couldn’t have been completed
satisfactorily.
 PART – 1

INTRODUCTION
 INTRODUCTION

Arvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, is one of India's
leading composite manufacturers of textiles. Its headquarters is in
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. It manufactures a range of cotton shirting,
denim, knits and bottom weights (Khakis) fabrics. It is India's largest
denim manufacturer apart from being world’s fourth-largest producer and
exporter of denim. In the early 1980s, the company brought denim into
the domestic market, thus started the jeans revolution in India.

Today it not only retails its own brands like Flying Machine, Newport and
Excalibur but also licensed international brands like Arrow, Lee, Wrangler
and Tommy Hilfiger, through its nationwide retail network. Arvind also runs
a value retail chain, Mega mart, which stocks company brands. The
original budget for the company totaled $ 55 thousand, at present it is $
500 million Arvind feature is that its enterprises are equipped with highly
advanced equipment of a full cycle – from painting the fiber to the finished
product.

History and Operations

Arvind Mills was established in 1931. It was founded by the three brothers
Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Narottambhai Lalbhai and Chimanbhai Lalbhai one of
the leading families of Ahmedabad.

• 1931 – Arvind Mills Ltd. is incorporated with share capital

Rs.2525000 ($55000) in Ahmedabad. Products manufactured are dhotis,
saris, mulls, dorias, crepes, shirtings, bra, panties, coatings, printed lawns
& voiles cambrics, twills gaberdine etc.

• 1987 – The Company took up a modernisation programme to triple

the production of denim cloth and to produce double yarn fabrics for
exports. The new product groups identified were the indigo dyed blue
denim, high quality two-ply fabrics for exports, and special products such
as butta saris, full voils and dhotis.

• 1991 – Arvind reached 100 million meters of denim per year,

becoming the fourth largest producer of denim in the world.

• 1992 – The Company increased the production of denim cloth by

23,000 tonnes per day by modernising the plant located at Khatraj of
Ankur Textiles.

• 1993 – The Company proposed to expand the denim manufacturing

capacity by 85, 00, 00 metres per annum. The Company also proposed to
set up a new composite mill for producing annually 120 lakh metres of
high quality shirting fabrics to be marketed in the domestic as well as
international markets.

• 1994 – The Company's operations were divided into 3 units viz.,

Textile Division, telecom division and garments division.

• 1995 – The performance of textile division was significantly affected

due to an unprecedented rise in cost of cotton. Garment division launched
ready to stitch jeans pack under the brand `Ruf & Tuf`.
• 1997 – The marketing and distribution network of `Newport` brand
was strengthened and the relaunched `Flying Machine' and 'Ruggers`
brand were strengthened.

 The Company reported a fire in the goods godown & folding

packing department in Naroda Road unit of the company.
 Arvind Mills sets up the anti-piracy cell for the first time in India
to curb large scale counterfeiting of their highly successful
brands Ruf & Tuf and Newport jeans.
 Arvind Mills adopts the franchisee system for the manufacture
and distribution of Ruf and Tuf jeans.
 Arvind Fashions, doubles its capacity in the state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility in Bangalore to produce Lee jeans.
 1997 was also the year when Arvind mills started facing serious
troubles financially

• 1998 – Arvind Mills emerges as the world's third largest

manufacturer of denim. Arvind Mills goes live with SAP R/3 ERP package in
April 1998 in their new manufacturing units.

• 1999 – Arvind Mills sets a two-month deadline for hiving off its
garments division into a separate company and sale of its real estate in
Delhi.

• 2000 – CRISIL downgrades the debenture issues of Arvind, indicating

that the instruments were in default.

• 2001 – Arvind Mills defaults on a $125 million floating rate note

issue and puts forward a debt restructuring proposal that could
significantly reduce its debt burden and sharply improve its financial
health. Arvind Mills posts a net loss of Rs 44.59 crore for the quarter
ended September 30, 2001.

• 2003 – For the fourth quarter, Arvind Mills witnesses 280% growth in
the net profit Arvind Mills Ltd is assigned a `P1+` rating by CRISIL, which
indicates a very strong rating for their commercial paper.
• 2004 – Company turns itself around showing remarkable
improvement in financial performance.

• 2005 – For the fourth quarter in a row, Arvind Mills has managed to
post a profit growth in excess of 80 per cent. Arvind Mills decides to buy
entire stake in Arvind Brands from ICICI Ventures.

• Arvind Mills does not distribute dividends to its shareholders

consistently.

ARVIND BRANDS
Flying Machine, Newport in jeans and Excalibur in shirts.
Arvind also has licenses from reputed international brands like Arrow, Lee,
Wrangler, Tommy Hilfiger, Marks and Spencer, Adidas and many more.

MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY
Excellence in quality and flexibility in production

VISION
To achieve global dominance in select business built around our core
competencies, through continuous product and technical innovation
customer orientation and a focus on cost effectiveness.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Arvind is 100% self-reliant in power generation with our Naptha based

captive power plant. They have ETP base on reverse osmosis, solid waste
management (Parchment Techniques) water recycling plant to consume
the same water utilized. A forestation campaign through green plantations
around the mill is also on.

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

The textile industry is a term used for industries primarily concerned with
the design or manufacture of clothing as well as the distribution and use
of textiles.
Textile is a general term applied to any manufacture from fibres,
filaments, or yarns characterized by flexibility, fineness and high ratio of
length to thickness. Textile Industry is unique in the terms that it is an
independent industry, from the basic requirement of raw materials to the
final products, with huge value-addition at every stage of processing.

Textile Internship as a module in the course of Apparel Production

emphasizes on the learning of the processes in the Textile Industry which
involves the major processes of procuring raw material, spinning,
weaving/knitting, dyeing, printing, finishing, testing and quality control
measures. The internship revolves around observing the functioning and
processing at a Textile Manufacturing Unit.

It also greatly focuses on the learning of the process parameters, working

conditions, process flow and other important criteria in the manufacturing
process. It is also important to observe the machinery details, safety
measures, and productivity, testing and quality criteria. We were to
understand the step-wise breakdown of all the process, how they are
carried and what are the start and end-product at each of these steps.
The two weeks of internship focuses on enhancing the knowledge about
the properties of different fibres, their physical and chemical nature and
their behaviour when subjected to varied conditions. The observations
made on the treatment of different fibres based on their differing
properties were also to be learnt and recorded alongside.

OBJECTIVE OF TEXTILE INTERNSHIP

The objective of our textile internship at Arvind Limited was to understand

the concept of spun yarn production, grey fabric (both woven and knitted)
production, dyeing, printing and finishing of fabric, textile testing and their
quality aspects both technical as well as for commercial purposes.
Our first step was to learn about the profile of the company and their basic
dealings. We further dealt with the way the company handles the raw
material and sends it through to subsequent stages of manufacturing. We
were to learn about the various stages in the entire process of textile
manufacturing, the importance of each of these stages, the machinery
features, machine and material process parameters available in detail in
the areas as mentioned below.

We summarize some of the major concepts that we were to observe and

understand during our internship:

 Yarn manufacturing and Winding section

 Weaving section
 Finishing section
 Printing section
 Testing and Quality control

COMPANY PROCESS FLOW

The customer and the marketing department communicate with each

other. The marketing department then talks with Product Development
Group (PDG) and then communicates the terms discussed to the Quality
Assurance and Product Planning and Control (PPC) who decide on the
various guidelines and the time required to execute the order. These
guidelines are then communicated to the plant head who conveys them to
the various departments according to the guidelines and instructions. The
fabric is then sent to the fabric inspection and then to the Central Quality
Assurance, who sends it to the folding and dispatch from where other
financial activities follow.

PART – 2
 YARN MANUFACTURING AND WINDING
SECTION

This was the first section to be covered on factory floor. For this we were
sent to Naroda plant of Arvind which is very famous for its Denim
production. Near to them was ASHOKA SPINTEX which was only for yarn
preparation purpose. Below are the various processes they were using in
for yarn preparation.

Storage and inspection section-

Raw material which is basically cotton is received from godown Arvind

Mills, Naroda daily in trucks. The raw material is received in bale form.

COTTON BALES
  Imported (US- least cost , Egypt, Russia, Australia)
 Domestic Organic cotton sourced from Vidharbha (Maharashtra).

YARN REALIZATION/RECOVERY

 Indian/Domestic – 65% for 100 kg

 Imported - 70-75% for every 100 kg

BALE CAPACITY

 Indian bales: 165 kg. (45k/Candy-355kg)

 American: 225 kg
 Egyptian bales: 275 as well as 325 kg

INPUT VS OUTPUT

 Input: 11 ton
 Output: 6-7 tons
This production is for 24 hrs & for all counts.

STROAGE: 3- 4 months

VARIETIES

 Panni Brahma Cotton

 J-34 Cotton
 Pima Cotton
 Egyptian Cotton etc.
 BLOWROOM

The Blow Room is the first stage or first process in the short staple
spinning. The name “Blow Room” is given to this stage because of the
“air” that is commonly used during this processing of fibres.

The cotton arrives at the mill in large bales. The compressed mass of raw
fiber must be removed from the bales, blended, opened and cleaned.
Blending is necessary to obtain uniformity of fiber quality; opening is
necessary in order to loosen hard lumps of fiber and disentangle them;
cleaning is required to remove trash such as dirt, leaves, burrs and any
remaining seeds in order to prepare the fiber for spinning into yarn.

FUNCTION OF BLOWROOM

 Blending, Opening and Cleaning

 To open the baled fibers into small tufts which will allow foreign
matter to be separated from the fibers and prepare the material for
easy carding.
  To clean the fibers by removing the foreign matter as the waste. The
foreign matter consists mainly of seeds, seed coats, leafy matter
and sand/dust in the case of cotton.
 To mix thoroughly the different components fibers of a mixing so as
to give homogenous blending
 To form a compact and uniform sheet of fibers- the lap

The various impurities like short fibers and trash present in the raw
materials are removed here in blowroom.

 Blow room efficiency – 91 %

 Wastage – 2-2.5 %
 Power consumption – 110 kW
 2-3 % impurity is allowed in shirting division
 Blending and cleaning is done in a single machine

Machines Classification:-

Sno. Machine Process Number

1 Blendomat Suction of the 1
fibers

2 Axi flow Opening of the 2

fibers

3 MPM Mixing of the 2

fibers together

4 CNT Further opening 1

of the fibers
5 Vetal Removes color 1
impurities
present in the
fiber
6 Scutcher Converts the 6
fibers into a
sheet form

The segregated waste in sent for re-processing.

Output – Laps . Usually 45 mtr long and 21.6 kg in weight.

 Capacity – Each Scutcher 3500 kgs in 24hrs.
Total Capacity -- 21000 kgs /Day.

Basic problem

Usually ginning and sometimes rains tend to wet the cotton which
makes the cotton heavy and sticky. It becomes hard to open the
fibres then.

CARDING

Carding is the process which involves removal of fibers, impurities from

laps formed in blowroom. Also by this process the fibers are made to
arrange parallel.

Before the raw stock can be made into yarn, the remaining impurities
must be removed, the fibers must be disentangled, and they must be
straightened. The straightening process puts the fibers into somewhat
parallel lengthwise alignment. This process of aligning fibers in parallel
fashion is called carding. The machine used is called the carding machine.

The lap is passed through a beater section and drawn on a rapidly

revolving cylinder covered with very fine hooks or wire brushes. A moving
belt of wire brushes slowly moves concentrically above the cylinder. As
the cylinder rotates, the cotton is pulled by the cylinder through the small
gap under the brushes; the teasing action removes the remaining trash,
disentangles the fibers and arranges them in a relatively parallel manner
in the form of a thin web. This web is drawn through a funnel shaped
device that moulds it into round rope like mass called card sliver.

The machine used for this purpose was a carding machine of Indian made
named ‘Lakshmi Reiter’ .

No. of such machines used – 52.

Mechanism:- The laps are fed into machine which consist of several
rollers in which lap is pressed and impurities are removed. Later the
pressed laps are converted into carded sliver.

The length of sliver varies with the width of it.(again depends on further
requirement of process).

Wire Pin

It is used to straighten the fibers, 800 ppsi (picks per square inch).The
ouput i.e carded sliver are collected in cylinders 20 kg each.

Cylinder speed -4500 rpm.

Temperature – 32 C , Efficiency – 92%

Output Capacity –400 kg/Day.

 COMBING

This process is for the additional straightening of the carded sliver. In this
operation, fine toothed combs continue straightening the fibers until they
are arranged with such a high degree of parallelism that a short fibers
called noils, are combed out and completely separated from the longer
fibers.

Combing is an optional process introduced into the spinning of finer and

high-quality yarns from finer cotton. For coarser cotton fibers, the
combing operation is usually omitted. This is the process of removal
of a predetermined length of short fibers present in the fiber assembly.

2.5.1 TASKS OF COMBING

 yarn evenness
 strength
 cleanness
 smoothness
 visual appearance

In addition to the above, combed cotton needs less twist than a carded
yarn.

WORK OF THE COMBER

To produce an improvement in yarn quality, the comber must perform the

following operations:
1. Elimination of short fibers.

2. Elimination of remaining impurities.

3. Elimination of naps.

COMBING
PROCESS

There are sensors to sense the thickness of sliver. If the thickness is more
than required then the speed of rollers is automatically increased to
decrease the thickness of sliver. For finer count, the production is low

DRAWING
The combining of several slivers for the drawing process removes
irregularities that would cause too much variation if the slivers were put
through singly. The draw frame has several pairs of rollers, each advanced
set of which revolves at a progressively faster speed.

This action pulls the staple lengthwise over each other, thereby producing
longer and thinner slivers. After several stages of drawing out, the
condensed sliver is taken to the slubber, where rollers similar to those in
the drawing frame draw out the cotton further. Here the slubbing is
passed to the spindles, where it is given the first twist and then wound on
bobbins.

FUNCTIONS OF DRAWING

 Improve Evenness by doubling of many card slivers.

 Parallelization of material
 Blending / Mixing different slivers to insure uniformity in the material
 Removal of micro dust and very short fibers by suction
 Drafting(Roller Drafting)

Drawing follows either combing or carding, depending o n the quality of

yarn desired. The purpose of drawing i s to make yarn more uniform by
combing and elongating multiple slivers , thus el iminating the randomly
occurring defects . After drawing, rotor yarns go directly to the spinning
frame.

TASKS OF DRAWFRAME

 Through doubling the slivers are made even

 Doubling results in homogenization (blending)
 Through draft fibers get parallelized
 Hook secreted in the card are straightened
 Through the suction, intensive dust removal is achieved
 Auto leveller maintains absolute sliver fineness

ROVING (Speed Frame)

These bobbins are placed on the roving frame, where further drawing out
and twisting takes place until the cotton stock is about the diameter of a
pencil lead. Roving is the final product of the several drawing-out
operations . It is a preparatory stage for the final insertion of twist.

SPEED FRAME

Speed frames are used for roving bobbin. Roving is an intermediate

process during the conversion of fibers into yarn. The purpose of roving is
to prepare a better input package for the ring frame.

FUNCTIONS OF SPEED FRAMES

 To Draft the material to the required linear density

 To insert required level of Twist (usually very low )
 To Produce a stable package.

SPINNING

RING FRAME PROCESS:

The cones from the preparatory section are set on the machines. The
machines have spindles on which the yarn is to be wound. Here the yarns
of the cone are transformed from thick to thin yarn in the spindles. This is
done by setting a certain draft. The machine is fully automatic. The
programs are set according to the requirement. The workers need to
change the cone once they get empty and spindles as they are filled.

The ring spinning frame completes the manufacture of yarn:--By drawing

out the roving, inserting twist and by winding the yarn on bobbins, all in
one operation.

FUNCTIONS OF RING FRAME

 To Draft the material to the required linear density

(Count)
 Twisting (High twist , to make strong yarn by Traveller )
 Package winding (Bobbins easy for transport )

AUTO-CONER:

The spindles are then fed into the auto-coner. The purpose of auto-coner
is to remove the thick and thin places or any kind of yarn faults (long cuts,
short cuts, naps etc.) and also make bigger cones.

The parameters are set according to the buyers requirements and the
machine automatically cuts the thread with the help of a cutter whenever
it senses a fault. The broken ends are then untwisted to fiber form and re-
twisted together with the help of a thermo splicer.

YARN WINDING

The yarns received from the preparatory section are in the form of
spindles or bobbins. The process of converting spindles into cones is
called winding.
TASKS OF THE WINDING PROCESS

 Extraction of all disturbing yarn fault s such as the short, long thick,
long thin, spinner s doubles, etc.
 Paraffin waxing of the yarn during the winding process
 Introduction into the yarn of a minimum number of knots
 The winding process therefore has the basic function of obtaining a
larger package from several small ring bobbins.

Yarn Wound:

 If 100 kgs of yarn is needed, usually 10-12% extra is made

 For lighter colours, 8-10% extra is made
 For dark colours, 2-3% extra is made

SOFT PACKAGE PREPARATION:

The yarns prepared after winding are tightly wound on the cones. The
yarns which have to be dyed are first converted into soft packages for
better penetration of color.

REWINDING:

After the yarn has been dyed, rewinding is to be done. During yarn dyeing
soft packages are used on which the yarns were loosely wound which
might lead to improper unwinding during warping. Thus, the yarn has to
be wound on the cones again tightly.

One of the major problem in winding is that the yarn may be wound too
tight( hard package) or too loose which may lead to problems in dyeing,
solution to which was nothing but just operators always have to have an
eye on tension of winding.

PROBLEM:--

During the spinning process some workers were not wearing any
protection mask and earplugs which may lead to occupational hazards
such as respiratory problems and temporary hearing loss in short term
exposure and in the long run may lead to fatal diseases as the process
involves a lot of fine suspended particles in the workplace.

SOLUTION

Masks and earplugs should be provided to all the workers in this section
and wearing of mask should be made compulsory for all the workers and it
should be strictly followed.

PART – 3

KNITTED FABRIC MANUFACTURING SECTION

 INTRODUCTION

Arvind knits business division (AML-KBD) is a part of the ‘Multi product

textile facility’ set up at Santej, Dist: Gandhinagar, with an investment of
US $ 50 million; set up in collaboration with Alamac Knits Inc. USA. Arvind
KBD operates one of Asia’s largest vertically integrated knitwear plants.
This features state of the art equipment and world class production
capacities. Arvind assures the best quality and total standardization with
its in-house production from yarn to final garment. The fabric production
capacity is of 4992 tons per annum.

MARKET PROFILE
Arvind knits has over the years acquired strong and meaningful business
relationships with brands and retailers the world over. Arvind has always
been in tune with the fashion trends abroad. The design cell works two
seasons in advance, to cater to the demands of various rungs of fashion
brands and retailers.

Major International Customers

 NIKE International

 FILA Sports

 OUTERBANKS, USA

 Sara Lee, USA

 Wrangler, USA

 S. Oliver Germany

 Espirit Germany

 NEXT, UK

 Reebok, USA
 PDG
Departmen
t

Yarn
Received

Preparation
of soft
package

Yarn dyeing

Rewinding

Knitting

Fabric
Dyeing

Finishing

Packaging
Major Domestic Customers

 ITC Wills Sport

 Color Plus

 Arrow

 Lee

 Parx

 Uni Style Image

Flow in Knit Division

PDG Department:
Working as the front lines for the company, the department is involved in
development of new kind of products i.e. fabrics. The department
functions at four different levels:

 It has a pool of designers which suggest them with the theme board,
and as such inspire them to come up with a new design of fabric for a
season.

 Some freelance designers are also associated with the department.

They come up with new designs and as such fabric is to be developed
in accordance with the design.

 Buyers sometimes come up with a particular sample and demands. As

such the product is being replicated in the lab and the technicality
needs to be decided.

 The department itself also takes initiative to develop a new kind of

fabric or modify a previous product such that it can be targeted to a
different segment of market.

YARN DYEING

The yarns dyed are mainly polyester, cotton and vicose for both shirting
and hosiery. The dyes used are mainly reactive (90%), vat dyes and
disperse dyes.

The grey yarn is sourced from Nahar, Vardhman and Arvind itself. Firstly,
the sampling is done according to customer requirement. If approved the
bulk dyeing begins.
 MACHINE AND PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION

CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE

A. TUBULAR KNITTING

(I) SINGLE JERSEY

BASIC MACHINE

 Single colour single jersey tubular fabric.

 Only 4 types of buts available so can make simple designs like:
pique, honeycomb, twill, herring bond, crape, and fleece.
 Single jersey Lycra, fleece Lycra, pointel, drop needle.

MINI JACQUARD

Can develop complex designs which are not possible by the basic
machine, has got 37 jacks adjustments on drums to knit, miss and tuck.

FULL JACQUARD

Individual needle selection possible here so any kind of design can be

possible.

(II) DOUBLE JERSEY

BASIC MACHINE
  Single colour double jersey fabric.
 Rib & Interlock designs possible with simple needle adjustment.
 Simple designs possible as in single jersey basic machine.

OPEN WIDTH KNITTING MACHINE

BASIC MACHINE

Similar to single jersey basic machine but it cuts the tubular form and rolls
it in open form.

FLAT-BED KNITTING MACHINE

BASIC MACHINE

This machine is especially used to make collar, cuffs, and other bands
used in garment.

Basic designs possible, designs up to 8 colours can be made.

CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE

Machines used for knitting tubular fabric in a continuous uninterrupted

length of constant width.

Circular knitting machine parts

1. Spring loaded yarn support

2. Spring loaded detector points

3. Cylinder needle system

4. Cam system

5. Automatic lubrication system

6. Fabric tube

7. Revolution counter

8. Lint blower

9. Creel stand

10. Dial needle system in case of double jersey.

11. Feeder – there are two types of feeder used for S/J if the front and
back side are different.

12. Latch needle

CIRCULAR MACHINE KNITTING PROCEDURE

 REST
POSITION

CLEARING

YARN
FEEDING

KNOCK OVER

HOLDING
DOWN

PROCEDURE

In case there is any discrepancy in the process flow the machine is

stopped automatically and the problem is indicated on the control box.
The discrepancies may be:

 Thread breakage
 Lycra breakage
 Fabric take up roll door open
 Lint accumulation
 Needle breakage
 Yarn loose

Flatbed knitting machine

V bed machines have two rib gated, diagonally approaching needle beds,
set at between 90˚-104˚to each other giving an inverted v shape
appearance.

FLATBED KNITTING MACHINE PARTS

 Yarn take up spring

 Yarn guides
 Yarn feeder
 Needle bed
 Carriage
 Fabric take up roll
 Control unit

Machine details
END PRODUCTS

BASED ON FABRIC COMPOSITION

 100% Cotton
 Polycot (60%-40%, 65%-35%, 70%-30%, 50%-50% composition )
 Cotton Viscose
 100% viscose
 Polyviscose
 Cotton linen
 Cotton modal
 Modal lycra

BASED ON FABRIC STRUCTURE, COUNT AND GSM

 Single Jersey – 90-240gsm, 60s-10s cotton

 Rib – 145-300gsm, 40s-16s cotton
 Plain Interlock – 180-220gsm, 36s-40s
 Plaited Interlock – upto 320gsm, 30s-40s
 FABRIC INSPECTION

There are 4 fabric inspection machines in the department. Two for greige
fabric (piece dyed) and two for yarn dyed fabric.

They follow 4 point system for fabric inspection.

Size Points
Upto 3” 1
3”-6” 2
6”-9” 3
9” and above 4

Max Minor Max Major Total Penalty

Point in 20-25kg Point in 20-25kg Point in 20-25kg

Fresh 8 8 16
Grade-B 12 12 24

Above 24 and continuous damage is rejected.

Cut able Defect-

 If length of defect is above 2m.

 Needle line or press of more than 1m.
 Heavy yarn variation.
 2 parts roll given 4 penalty points.
 Holes have 4 penalty points.

Points/100sq.mtr= (Total number of point x 10000)/ (Roll meters x fabric

width)

Any deviation more than above standard is to be passed by H.O.D.

KNITTING DEFECTS

 Barreness
 Hole
 Needle Line
 Drop stitches
  Sinker Line
 Press off
 Oil Line
 Knots
 Tail Ends
 Tuck Stitches
 Off Pattern
 Edge Marks

PROBLEM

During the knitting of collar using Lycra yarn, a lot of hole was emerging
as there was not free movement between the yarn and the needle.

SOLUTION

To solve this problem, the supervisor suggested a special kind of oil to be

applied to the yarns which cleared the needle movement and solved the
problem.

PART -4

SHIRTING
 (WEAVING SECTION)

INTRODUCTION

The shirting division has an annual capacity of 34 million meters.

Prominent products within this category include fabrics with non-iron

properties, mechanical finishes printed fabrics apart from cotton and
cotton blends in linen, lycra, polyester, modal, silk, etc with varieties of
yarn dyed and solids.

Product Range:

Counts: 16s, 20s, 24s, 30s, 2/30s, 40s, 50s, 2/50s, 60s, 2/80s, 2/100s,
2/140s, 2/170s, 2/190s.

Blends: 100% cotton, tencel, linen, modal, polyester cotton, lycra, silk.
Varieties: Yarn-dyed stripes, checks, fil-a-fil’s, chambrays and solids in all
possible weaves like twills, satins, dobbies and jacquards.

Chemical Finishes done: ETI, Stain free, Odor free, UV cut, Arvi Silk,
Nano-care, Nano-pel, etc.

Mechanical finishes done: Peaching, Brushing, Biancalari, etc.

Arvind has a unique plant for manufacturing very light weight indigo dyed
fabrics in dyed and solids for top weights.

PLANT AND TECHNOLOGY

The plant has an integrated manufacturing facility right from yarn to

finished fabrics under one roof. Shirting division is committed to a world
class quality product, with the installation of world class technology and
continuous quality improvement programs.

WEAVING

Weaving is the interlacement of warp and weft.

After the warp beams have been prepared the process of weaving begins.
The beams are loaded onto the looms. We visited the Textile Park for the
weaving section. The textile park is an all weaving plant in Santej which
carries out production of fabric for Arvind Mills. The weaving shed has 48
weaving machines in total.

The conditions maintained in the weaving shed are:

Temperature: 32-35
Humidity: 75%

Machine Categorization
The Textile Park basically had two types of weaving machines.

1. Air jet weaving machines

The machine has an air tank which is given a predetermined
pressure of 7 bar. There are nozzles in the machine through which
the weft is passed due to the air pressure. Generally, light weight
and fine count yarns are weaved on air-jet looms. This is because the
angle of shed opening is reduced here which reduced the elongation
or stretch on the warp yarns, thereby reducing yarn breakage.

2. Rapier weaving machines

In this the weft insertion is done by 2 rapiers .The left side rapier
carries the yarn till the centre and then it is carried from the center
till the other end by the right hand side rapier. By this one pick is
inserted followed by beating by the reed.

PICANOL GAMMEX

This is a Japanese build machine. It uses a rapier mechanism for weaving.

It uses a dobby mechanism. There are a total of 24 machines of this type.
The production of this machine is 60 metres per 8 hrs(1 shift). The product
is more costly and of better build quality than the air jet machines. The
counts being produced range from 30s to 2/171s. The yarns being used
are cotton, lycra, linen etc.

Machine specifications

 Tension – 2.9 kh
 RPM – 470
 Efficiency - 77%
 Weft feeder – 8
 Two edge cutters
 Frame capacity – 24
 Cost – approx 35 lakhs
 Production is slower

TOYOTA JAT 710

It is the other type of weaving machine at use in Textile Park , Santej. It
uses a air jet mechanism for production. It uses a dobby mechanism
attachments. There are a total of 24 machines of this type which work on
air jet mechanism. The average production of this machine is about 100
metres per 8 hours( 1 shift). The production is much quicker than the
rapier mechanism machines.

Machine specification

RPM – 520

Frame capacity – 16

Weft feeder – 6

Cost – 22-25 lakhs

Production is faster

It has a single edge cutter

Fabric produced is cheaper

Waste

There are basically a few types of waste found in Textile Park. Usually the
waste is minimized but still about 2-3% of the production goes to waste
everyday. The various types of waste are the following:-

Size Waste

It is the thread left on the warp beam after the beam has been utilized. It
is basically about 5-6 metres on each warp beam.

Knotting waste

This is the waste generally occurring during the process of knotting which
is joining together of two warp beams using a knotter. Usually the first few
metres of the newer warp beam are not used and are waste. This is
basically half metres every time during changeover of the beams.

Catchcord waste

When the spindle is rotated, the waste weft clings to the cling part of the
spindle and is entangled with the catch cord yarn. The entangled weft and
yarn is collected in a box. It is basically a waste after cutting.
Size extra waste

This kind of waste is generally because the warp is sized much more than
required. This generally happens in the yarn used in denim manufacture
than in the yarn used in the manufacture of shirting fabric.

Chindi waste

This waste is basically utilized. It is sold to people who buy it to make door
mats and rugs. This waste is generally 2-4 metres per beam.

There are other little wastage occurring. These were mainly occurring
wastage in the Textile Park which accounted for maximum wastage.

PRODUCTS DEFECTS

The various product defects occurring in the textile park are the
following:-

Missing ends

Double ends

Broken pick

Pressure drop

More pick

Less pick

Double pick

Tight end

Package change

When a package is changed usually variation in the fabric occurs.

Multiple breaks

Wrong drawing

Bend pick
Black stains

Oil stains

These are some of the various product defects which occur in the plant.

Types of fabric

The various fabric produced have different weaves. The most common
ones are:-

Plain weave

Dobby weave

Dobby crammi

2/2 RHT etc.

BUSINESS AT A GLANCE

Manufacturing

Technical Excellence

Investment in State-of-the-art European technology

World class Product and Design innovation

Assurance of Quality and consistency

Flexible production

Lower minimums

Reflection of product/fashion dynamics

Consistency and quality

Delivery adherence- On time every time

Continuous product development- new fibers yarns and finishes

Strong emphasis on design creation/modification to suit specific customer

needs.
Their labs are accredited by:

Marks and Spencer

NEXT

Levis-Strauss & Co.

INVISTA (Dupont)
 Spinning

Winding

Yarn Dyeing

warping

Sizing

Weaving

Grey Inspection

Bleaching

Fabric Finishing
Dyeing

Printing

Finish Quality
InspectionAssurance

Folding and
Packing

Dispatching

BASIC PROCESSES INVOLVED IN SHIRTING INCLUDE ARE ABOVE:--

YARN DYEING
Yarns are dyed prior to weaving and the woven fabric thus obtained is a
yarn dyed fabric. Dyed yarns are used in sectional warping. They get their
dyes mainly from Atul industries Limited.

TYPES OF DYES USED

(I) REACTIVE DYES

 Hexl (yellow, red, blue, etc.)

 Ramazol( vinyl sulphonic)
 Mct( mono chloro triazine), etc.

(II) VAT DYES

 Yellow 3 rt
 Brown br
 Olive d/grey 5607
 Red 3b, etc.

DYE AUXILIARIES

 Wetting agent
 Dispersing agent
 Levelling agent
 Hydrogen peroxide
 Caustic
 Acetic acid
TYPES OF DYEING:--

PACKAGE DYEING

The term package dyeing usually denotes for dyeing of yarn that has been
wound on perforated cores. This helps in forcing the dye liquor through
the package. The dye liquor goes on circulating throughout the vessel and
tank. This happens till all the dye is fully exhausted.

The dye flows through to the yarn package with the help of the deliberate
perforations in the tube package. Once full exhaustion is brought about,
the carrier of coloured yarn is consequently removed from the vessel .

Numbers of these kinds of machines were 76.

The minimum carrying capacity for package dyeing machines is 5 kg while

the maximum is 750 kg.

1 Package =1.2 kg.

Process:--
Peroxide( 900 C , 30 min. ) =>Hot wash (900 C, 10 min.)=> Acid (Room
temp, 10 min.) =>EPN i.e peroxide =>Ready to dye.

Timers are set in vessels which release acids/colors etc at times specified.

CARRIERS

There are around 200 carriers available and minimum being 5 spindles.
Maximum of 25 carriers can be put on a machine with at least 5 spindles
on 1 carrier. Those carriers are classified on their weight capacity.

Weight (kgs) Spindles

500 41
300 25
216 18
168 14
108 9
72 & 60 6 & 5 respectively.

BEAM DYEING
Beam dyeing is simply a much larger version of package dyeing. An entire
warp is wound onto perforated cylinder , which is then placed in a beam
dyeing machine where f low of the dye bath alternated as in package
dyeing. Beam dyeing is more economical than skein or package dyeing. It
takes 9 hr. to dye once.

1-2 % shade variation may happen.

The no of beam dyeing machines are 11.

The maximum capacity for beam dyeing machines is 750kg.

Process:-
Chemical, color, salt etc are added to respective vessels and again timers
are set to give calls in response to which machine acts.

Chemical is kept for 10 min. => color (30 min.) =>call pfp(fixer i.e color +
chemical) =>10 min. washing@ 700 C =>acid added (700C, 10 min.)=>
Soaping (900 C,20 min.)

For Light shades only one time soaping happens which actually helps in
color fixation whereas for deep shades its done twice i.e for 40 min.

Perafil-210 is added to maintain pH, for deep shade Fixogen supra is

added to it.
The RFT (Right First Time) for the department is 88-90%.

WARPING MACHINE:

Warping is done to prepare the warp beams which will be directly used on
the loom.

WARPING

Warping is the initial preparatory process. In warping yarn from different

small packages is converted into beam form, which is later on used on the
loom for manufacturing. Yarn is rolled on the large cylindrical type beam.

Direct warping is basically used for grey yarn, where we have to make
large patterns.

Direct warping is used in two ways:

1. Direct warping can be used to directly produce the weaver’s beam

in a single operation. This is especially suitable for strong yarns that
do not require sizing such as continuous filaments or monofilaments
and when the number of number of warp ends on the warp beam is
relatively small. This is also called direct warping.

2. Direct Warping is used to make smaller, intermediate beams called

warper’s beams. These smaller beams are combined later at the
slashing stage to produce the weaver’s beam. This process is called
beaming.

Therefore, for example, if the weaver’s beam contains 9000 warp ends,
then there would be say 9 warper’s beam of 1000 ends each.
 PART -5

FINISHING SECTION

PREPARATORY UNIT-FABRIC PREPARATION

The aim of preparatory wet processing is to treat the goods by standard
procedures so that they are brought to a state in which they can be dyed,
printed and finished without showing any fault on fabric.

Grey fabric
Mending Batching
inspection

Rotation
(8hr Desizing Singeing
Washing)

Mercerizati
Bleaching
on

GREY FABRIC INSPECTION

4 point system employed

Fabric classified as

grade A : <3 defects /100 m

grade B : 3-6 defects/100 m

grade C : >6 defects/100 m

MENDING

The fabric is brought from the storage area for mending. After mending,
the fabric is sent back to the storage area and then sent for re-checking.
BATCHING

Fabric is sewn end to end and then batched. Spec sheets are sent to the
batching in-charge, wherein it is mentioned how many meters of what
fabric needs to be rolled together in one package.

SINGEING MACHINE

If the fabric is to have a smooth finish, singeing is one of the first essential
preparatory processes. Singeing burns of lint and threads as well as all
fuzz and fiber ends, leaving an even surface before the fabric passes
through other finishing processes. Singeing is accomplished by passing
grey goods over gas flames, usually two burners aside at a speed of 100-
250 yards/min.

Singeing may also be done at the yarn stage, especially when the yarns
are to be used for fine quality cotton goods. Usually such yarns are fully
mercerized, and singeing in this case is referred to as gassing.

A roller with brushes removes the fibers on selvedge and small protruding
fibers. A suction pump takes these fibers and pumps them into an air bag.
This bag needs to be changed every week.

 Two burners
 Temperature- 1000 0 C
 Speed: 1m/s
 CNG used for burning
 Flames perpendicular to the fabric
 Pressure gauge in the machine controls the pressure
 1 shift (8 hours) – 30,000m of fabric is singed
 Efficiency – 85%

Special rubberized rollers are used for quenching. Fabric takes 4 seconds
to traverse from burners to these quenching rollers. Till this time the
temperature of the fabric lowers down to 700 C. These rollers further cool
the cellulosic fiber.(Each quenching roller costs 1 lakh )
Arvind mills Ltd uses Gas singeing due to following reasons –

 Efficient singeing.
 No local cooling problem
 No hardness is produced on fabric surface

STEPS IN SINGEING:

 The fabric passes through a tension unit with guide rollers.

 Then fabric passes through pre-brushing unit which removes
dirt/dust, lint and loose fibers from the fabric.
 After pre-brushing, the fabric enters into the singeing chamber.
 Adjustable water-cooled rollers are used to obtain different
fabric/flame positions, which permit desired degree of singeing
effect.
 A Carburetor or air/gas mixer allows automatic mixing of gas with air
to control the intensity of the singeing flame.
 After passing over the flames, the fabric passes through (optional)
steam quenching unit.

DESIZING

It is done in the same machine where singeing is done.

CHEMICALS USED

 DMCP (surfactant agent) - [Deoxycytidine monophosphate]

 Pulkozyme
 MFB (wetting agent)

Temperature – 55 °C

First the fabric is desized, and then washed

Efficiency- 85%

Calcium + magnesium cause problems

Chelating agent is used which forms a complex with the size present in
the fabric, mixes in water and gets drained off.

Batching: this wet fabric is wound on batching rollers.

These rollers are rotated for 8 hours so that the enzyme can react with the
size present on the fabric

Machine was set up in 1998

STENTERS

Stenters are machines used to impart finishes on the grey fabric. In this
process, smoothening out of the fabric basically takes place. It is done
because after bleaching, or any wet process, the fabric gets wrinkled or
creased. Stentering removes these bumps and helps in stabilizing the
tension in the fabric. The fabric is stabilized 10% by stenters and rest 90%
is done by mercerization.

5.1.1.1 FINISHES
There are around 42 finishes of fabrics, like easy-to-iron (ETI), nano finish,
and perfume finish, mosquito repellent finish (for Belgium army), etc. The
finishes done exclusively in Arvind are vitamin E (retained till 40 washes),
anti-microbial, parma finish.

5.1.1.2 MAIN OPERATIONS DONE BY THE STENTER MACHINE

 Padding of finishing chemical

 Bow-bias correction i.e. weft straightening

 Fabric width controlling

 Drying

5.1.1.3 MACHINE SPECIFICATION

 Manufacturer - Monforts Montex

 Model No-Turbo 600M1

 Capacity-600 lit (tank)

 Temperature Range-80oC to 150oC

 Speed-20m/min to 50 m/min

5.1.1.4 SPECIAL FEATURES

Pleva sensing unit is incorporated here for setting up moisture content of

fabric (%) for some special type of finish. Moisture is set by adjustment of
speed and temperature by microprocessor

5.1.1.5 LIMITATION

 No automation.
 No bow-bias correction.

5.1.1.6 DEFECTS MADE BY STENTER MACHINE

1. Moon mark-Improper selvedge ripping in any direction.

2. Oil stain

MERCERISATION

This is the treatment of cotton or linen yarn or fabric with concentrated

caustic alkali. It has the effect of swelling the fibres, increasing their
strength and dye affinity and altering the lustre and handle of the
material. Mercerisers are either chain or chainless and consist of three
sections, impregnation, stabilisation and washing off.

AIM OF MERCERISING:
Increase dimensional stability to avoid skewness and shrinkage.

Increase chemical reactivity for dyeability. The depth of shade in turn

increases and so does the lusture.Most mercerisation units have their own
caustic recovery systems to help
minimise waste.

Caustic soda is used of 26 Baume at

20 c for cold mercerization to improve
luster. At 30-40 c hot mercerization is
done.

Stretching of fabric at 150-200 cms.

Excess caustic soda is removed by
suction. Acetic Acid is used for neutralization of caustic.

CBR (Continuous Bleaching Range) : It is used for yarn dyed fabrics.

Cold Bleaching is usually done for yarn dyed fabrics. The machine used is
BENNINGER.

Heat setting of lycra is done at 190-200 in the stenter machine.

After mercerization, as per process fabric moves further to dyeing,

printing or finishing department.

CURING

 Main Operations done by the curing machine

 To set the resins cross linking into a permanent one.

 To impart anti-crease property in the fabric.

5.1.2.1 MACHINE SPECIFICATION

 No. of machine-1

 Manufacturer - MONFORTS THERMEX (GERMANY)

 Model - THERMEX KTDC

5.1.2.2 TECHNICAL DETAIL

 Fabric length in curing chamber-160 m

 No. of roller in curing chamber-48

 No. of dancer roller- 3

 Dancer roller pressure-2.0 bar to 2.1 bar

SANFORIZATION

Sanforization is a process of treatment used for cotton fabrics mainly and

most textiles made from natural or chemical fibers. It is a method of
stretching, shrinking and fixing the woven cloth in both length and width,
before cutting and producing to reduce the shrinkage which would
otherwise occur after washing.

5.1.3.1 MACHINE SPECIFICATION

Manufacturer- Monforts

Model ¡V Monfortex

Serial No.-71T68254
5.1.3.2TECHNICAL DETAILS

Efficiency: 90-95%

Speed ¡V 25 m/min to 60 m/min.

5.1.3.3FAULTS AND REMEDIES

„h Any type of scratch on the blanket

„h Water drop

„h Batch crease - crease during feed or fold on crease on fabric

„h Sleeve cut - tension variation between fabric body and selvedge, folded
mark in selvedge or adjustment of fabric tension

Printing

Printing, like dyeing, is a process for applying colour to a substrate. But

instead of colouring the whole substrate, print colour is applied only to
defined areas to obtain the desired pattern. Printing department caters to:

 Domestic market

 Exports

6.1 MACHINES USED FOR PRINTING

 For production, there is 1 machine: Rotary screen printing machine.

 For sampling, there are 2 machines : Baby rotary screen printing &
digital printing m/c
 Hand screen printing is also employed for sampling. It is also known as
strike off.

 Ichinose: It is basically a Japanese machine and is used for bulk

printing.

6.2 DESIGN STUDIO

 At First the design is made by hand using water colours.

 Then it is scanned.

 Then Photoshop is used to make colour ways of that design and to

bring the design to a printable form, since design made in water colour
cannot be used for printing.

 Now six colour ways of the same design is made.

 If the design is approved, then the design code of that particular design
is noted and sent to the marketing department, which then issues a spec
sheet to the design department accordingly.

6.3 TYPICAL PRINTING PROCESS INVOLVES

 Colour paste preparation: The dye or pigment is not in aqueous liquor;

instead, it is usually finely dispersed in a printing paste, in high
concentration.

 Printing: The dye or pigment paste is applied to the substrate using

different techniques.

 Fixation: Immediately after printing, the fabric is dried and then the
prints are fixed mainly with steam or hot air (for pigments).

 After-treatment: This is the final operation and consists in washing and

drying the fabric.

6.4 HAND SCREEN PRINTING (STRIKE OFF PROCESS)

This is a sampling process and it is done to check the outcome of the
colours which come on the fabric.

Screen preparation

This process is used mainly for printing samples in smaller dimensions and
smaller quantity which are used for checking customer approval.

 Polyester paper of thickness 50 microns is used for printing sampling

design.

FIG.6.1 HAND SCREEN PRINTING

 Then, Bluecoat 666 Photo screen emulsion is applied on the screen and
allowed to dry for 3 minutes at 270C.

 Then the screen is exposed to UV light for about one minute.

 The screen is then soaked in plain water for about 10-15 min and then
cleaned with a jet of water to unclog the pores.

 One screen is used for only one colour. The same screen can be used 7
times. Arvind has about 500 screens. Screens are produced as and when
required.

6.4.1 PRINTING PROCESS

 At first the print paste is prepared using binder, water and dyestuff.1 kg
binder is used for every 10 g of colour.

 The screen is allowed to dry and then taken to a printing table.

 The table top is a sandwich of a rubber blanket, a cotton fabric and a

rexin coated screen.

 The fabric is then glued on to the table top. The screen is then placed
over the fabric; the print paste is poured over it a spread on the fabric
manually by a wooden squeegee.
6.5 ROTARY SAMPLE PRINTING MACHINE (YARDAGE PROCESS)

 This is also a sampling process at a wider scale.

 This is done to check the printed fabric in the garment form.

 Only a single colour can be printed at a time.

FIG.6.2 ROTARY SAMPLE PRINTING MACHINE

6.5.1 PREPARATION OF SCREEN

 Design is created on screens with the help of these machines

 The machine has got one roller of circumference 64 cm.

 Screens are made of nickel and cost around Rs.5000/screen.

 Roller screen is 190 cm long.

 Then, it is dried in a machine for 10 -15 min at a temperature of 25°C.

 The machine has a cross mark which is transferred to the screen.

 CST has software which is used to print designs. The design is fed into
the CST using a CD.

 After the design has been printed on the screen, UV rays are emitted
from the CST head. It is then washed with plain water to unclog the pores.

 Next, it is heated (cured) in a machine at a temperature of 180 °C for a

period of 2-3 hours.

 After endering, the screen is sent for checking.

 After checking, the screen is ready to be used on rotary machine.

 Cost of preparation of 1 design = Rs6500/ roller (inclusive of roller cost)

 Exposing cost (wax, etc) = Rs500 / roller.

6.5.2 ROTARY SCREEN PRINTING (BULK PRODUCTION)

 Name of machine: ICHINOSE (JAPAN)

 No. of machine in industry: 1

6.5.3 MACHINE PARTS

 Transporting roller.

 Crease removing roller.

 12 printing rollers.

 Nickel screen.

6.5.4 FEATURES

 Speed: 80 m/min.

 Production: 8000m/shift.

 Total no. of screen possible: 12

 Machine downtime: 15 min /roller.

 Machine capacity – 5 lakhs m/month

6.5.5 SCREEN ADJUSTMENT

 Control panel can set screen up-down and front-back.

 Beneath every screen, there is a set of magnet bars, which attracts the
magnetic squeegee.

 Magnetic pressure can also be controlled from the control panel

6.5.6 COLOUR FLOW

 Colour flows through the inclined screen and again, colour is put into
the upper portion of the screen.

 There is a colour pump, which circulates the colour continuously. On

reverse mode, it draws out the colour from the screen during screen
cleaning operation.

 Print mode and colour pump speed can be set from the control panel.
6.5.7 FAULTS

 Main faults: protruding fibers and solid particles.

 Occasional faults: manual error and chemical error.

Testing

In ARVIND Mills, there was a separate laboratory and department

dedicated to testing of the fabric. The testing used to take place according
to the needs and demands of the various buyers. For example the
parameters of testing are different for the ADDIDAS group whereas the
level and requirement of tests is different for MARKS & SPENCER.

7.1 TESTS CARRIED OUT

 Length

 Uniformity

 Whiteness

 Impurities

 Moisture content

7.1.1 THE TESTING LAB WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS

 The Washing Room

 The Conditioning Room

 The Dark Room

7.1.1.1 THE WASHING ROOM

The washing room consisted of wascators, washing machine, colour

fastness tester, dryer, different chemicals, weighing machine, wrap reel,
and t.p.i tester.

7.1.1.2 THE CONDITIONING ROOM

The conditioning room consisted of Lycra elongation tester, friction tester,

tensile tester, crock meter, pilling tester, abrasion tester, bursting
strength tester, and flask shaker.

The room had a hygrograph which maintained the temperature and the
humidity level of the room at a certain standard temperature which makes
it easier for the buyer to approve the quality by testing the samples at the
same conditions in any part of the world.

7.1.1.3 THE DARK ROOM

The dark room consisted of Colour matching box to test the light fastness
and color fastness of the samples through Blue Wool and Grey Scale.

It also had a HOLOSCOPE for testing the pilling of the samples.

COLOR FASTNESS TESTER

TEST PRINCIPLE – The test specimen is stitched with one piece of test
fabric and put into washing liquid. Rotated under a certain temperature for
a certain time, and then washed with distilled water and dried. Color
change of specimen and staining of test fabric is assessed with AATCC or
ISO gray scale.

The test fabric is generally multifiber test fabric (8mm bands) consisting
of bands of acetate, cotton, nylon, silk, viscose rayon and wool.

The test specimen is put in the canisters containing wash liquor and steel
balls. The canisters are placed in washer. The washer is

filled with water and canister preheated for 2min. And then it is rotated for
45min at 40rpm.

Machine Details:

 Model: SW-12W

 CANISTER AMOUNT AND SIZE: 12500 ml, 75 × 125mm

 ROATATION SPEED: 40 rpm

 TIME RANGE: 0~999min.

 TEMPERATURE RANGE: 0~100

 SIZE AND WEIGHT: 935 × 690 × 910mm, 165kg

Tensile

TENSILE TESTING MACHINE

Model No: A-ATTM500

It is based on the Constant Rate of Traverse (CRT) principle. The sample is

held between two jaws; the upper one is a stationary jaw while the other
end is made to move at a known fixed speed with the help of Motor, Gear
Box and Lead Screw arrangement (100mm or 300mm per minute). The
load exerted on the Stationary jaw is sensed by a sensor connected with
load cell which directly indicates the load in Digital form in kg.
GSM CUTTER

GSM cutters are used to determine the GSM of knitted, woven and non-
woven fabrics. They are easy to operate and proved to provide accurate
results. Below mentioned are the sizes, in which it is offered:

 13 mm

 38 mm

 140 mm

COLOUR MATCHING CABINET

The visual colour matching cabinet is extremely useful for evaluating an

assortment of colours under different kinds of lights. The result helps the
clients understand the dynamics of reflection on textiles. The colour
matching cabinet is fabricated as per the industrial norms and is
manufactured using only high grade raw material, its range is offered in
the following varieties :

7.3 INSPECTION

100 % inspection of fabrics is done (visually) which is supplied after

assurance from the QA lab.

Arvind follows a 4 point system in which defects are given points:

0 to 3‟‟ – 1 point

3 to 6‟‟ – 2 point

6 to 9 „‟ – 3 point

9‟‟ and above – 4 point

Tag system is followed for the marking of defects:

 A 4- point weft defect is marked with a yellow tag

 Continuous defect in warp is marked by a red tag
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