Four Point Fabric InspectionSystem

 

 

Fabric inspection is a tool for satisfying internal as well as externalcustomer. External customer can benefit by getting the products as per thespecification provided while internal customer benefit by knowing the reasonfor any down-gradation and can thus correct the same. Fabric inspection alsomirrors the packing percentage and associated value losses due todown-gradation. There are many inspection systems and of them four pointinspection system has got wide acceptance and is followed globally by fabricand garment manufactures. This article is an attempt to highlight theadvantages, procedure of four point inspection system and using the generateddata for grading of the fabric.

 

Introduction

 

Fabrics have certain desirable characteristics depending on end use.Various defects in the fabric either mar the appearance or adversely affectsome of these desired characteristics. Thus fabric produced must be inspectedbefore releasing it for dispatch so that the proper quality goods reach thecustomers.

 

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About the Authors:

 

The authors areM.Tech in Textile Engineering from IIT Delhi and have valuable experience intextile industry. They are presently working at Textile Research &Application Development Centre (TRADC) which is a state of the art research& application centre of pulp & fibre business, Aditya Birla Groupcatering to requirements of entire value chain since its inception in year2004.