Clothing technology

For many years the plate-and-frame systems have used flush plates with separate frames to contain the cake. These filter presses had many sealing surfaces which were the main cause for leakages. As a result recessed plates were introduced in order to cut the number of surfaces in half and reduced the problem of drippings. The development of recessed plates has gone hand in hand with advances in cloth technology which enabled three-dimensional stretching as opposed to simple plate-and-frame where the cloth remains in one plain. Present recess depths are 16, 20 and 25 mm so the corresponding cake thicknesses are 32, 40 and 50 mm at... 

Sorbent Decontamination. The sorbent program includes development of personal wipedown systems and spraydown operations. The objective is to improve upon the carbonaceous and ion exchange mixes in current use and to eliminate DS2 from the spraydown operations. A stable, environmentally acceptable, noncorrosive sorbent that is effective over a wide temperature range will permit decontamination of personal equipment, key areas of vehicles, and weapon systems. Short-term objectives include development of carbon cloth technology for the removal of contamination from skin. Longer-term objectives include testing and procurement of sorbent-based decontamination kits for field use. 

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Cooklin, G., Hayes, S., McLoughlin, J., Fairclough, D., 2011. Clothing Technology for Fashion Designers, second ed. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 

As an approach to inquire into future trends in apparel PD, the author interviewed Dr Mike Fralix (Figure 2.9), an industry consultant and the CEO/President of Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation or [TC], based in Cary, North Carolina. In addition, the author questioned how technology leaders envisioned the future of apparel PD during the interview process to develop the case studies in Section 2.9. 

Textile/Clothing Technology Corp (TC ), 2005. Unit Production Systems. Bi-Weekly Technology Communicators. Available from http //www.tc2.eom/newsletter/arc/011905.html (accessed 12.03.14). 

Hulme, W.H., 1944. The Theory of Garment-pattern Making — a Textbook for Clothing Designers, Teachers of Clothing Technology, and Senior Students. The National Trade Press Ltd, London. 

Kilgus, R., 1996. Clothing Technology From Fibre to Fashion. Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel, Hann-Gruiten. 

Textile and Clothing Technology Corp 2014. Available from http //www.tc2.com/... 

Schmenk B, Ratke L, Gries T (2008) Solution spinning process for porous cellulose aerogel filaments, In Dorfel A (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference, Dresden, December 04-05, 2008. Dresden Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology, TU Dresden, 2008. 

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G. Cho, Smart Clothing, Technology and Applications, CRC Press, December 2009. 

M. Jones, T. Martin, Hardware and software architectures for electronic textiles, in G. Cho (Ed.), Smart Clothing Technology and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2010. 

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