Quality Aspects - Seam Slippage, Seam Strengt, Colorfastness

2.5 Appearance after washing:

This test is used for evaluating the appearance of fabrics or garments after washing and the number of washes depend upon the requirement. The main purpose of this test is to describe the degree to which textile retains its original appearance after washing. Evaluation is performed using standard lighting and viewing area by rating the appearance of specimen in comparison with other reference specimen. For appearance evaluation two identical garments are required. Inspect the garment before taking it into testing. If any flaw is observed at initial stage, that should be marked and recorded.

Single garment along with ballast should be washed as per care instructions and wash procedure. If detergent with optical brightener is used, the colour change should be evaluated with and without suppressor. Suppressor is meant to suppress effect of fluorescent brightening agent. Washed garment should be evaluated in artificial day light in comparison to unwashed identical garment. The important points to be observed during testing are as follows:

1) Colour Change (Grey scale rating)

2) Multifibre staining (Grey scale rating)

3) Self Staining

4) Pilling or fuzziness

5) Seam puckering/opening/grinning/break

6) Performance of Surface ornamentation

7) Performance of Trims and accessories

8) Dimensional stability/skewness/twisting/distortion

9) Surface smoothness/creases.

Some other testing is performed on the garment depend upon the type of garment such as: Flammability testing, Care label recommendation/verification of the garment, testing of Garment trims & accessories etc.

Conclusion:

Quality is ultimately a question of Customer Satisfaction. Good quality products or processes can increases the value of a product or Service, establishes brand name, and builds up good reputation for the garment exporter, which in turn results into consumer satisfaction. All the factors to be investigated must be covered in the one trial. The perceived quality of a garment is the result of a number of aspects, which together help achieve the desired level of satisfaction for the customer. To full these requirements making use of the emerging technology and well trained worker to give best output and complete planning before the production for give the best result for the company and the countries income and profit.

Acknowledgement:

First of all I would like to express profound gratitude to the management of the SGS India Private LTD., Gurgaon and our Lab Manager Mr. Rahul Garg for giving encouragement and guidance to work on Quality Aspects of Garments.

References:

1) Testing and Quality Management, Vol. 1 by Dr. V.K. Kothari.

2) Quality Systems for Garment Manufacture by V. Alagulaskhmi, K. Subthathra, S. Vanitha form www.Fibre2fashion.com.

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