Seamless technique

As new developments evolve for seamless techniques of manufacture, further design and engineering options will present themselves for sportswear apparel designers to meet the increasing demands of the growing global sportswear industry. 

Table 14.1 Historical developments of seamless technique (Choi, 2005)...

There are technical limitations in the seamless technique to knit every garment type/shape currently produced by cutting and sewing. The main problem has been the fabric takedown in keeping equal tension of each loop (i.e., stitch) (Hunter, 2004a). 

Intimate apparel produced by seamless technique gives seam-free, easy-care, comfort and fit, and gives a feel similar to one s second skin. Due to these, they are preferred for today s lightweight intimate apparel. In order to meet the increased demand for seamless garment, companies such as Santoni, Shima Seiki have introduced various new machines for the production of under wear, swim wear, and sanitary garments. 

The seamless technique is pioneering in apparel markets because of its smooth fit, comfort, invisibUity, and easy care properties. Seamless knitting machines have the... 

As for any modeling of continuum structures, the properties of the phases must be known for this kind of approach to work. Here, estimates obtained by atomistic methods of other techniques, described in the earlier chapters of this review, may be employed, or empirically known values may be used. It is hoped that the co-development of these continuum techniques and atomistic and coarse-grained approaches will lead to a seamless integration of the different techniques. 

As vitally important as the capabilities for experimental planning, screening, and data analysis are the procedures for preparation of inorganic catalysts. In contrast to the procedures usually applied in conventional catalyst synthesis, the synthetic techniques have to be adapted to the number of catalysts required in the screening process. Catalyst production can become a bottleneck and it is therefore necessary to ensure that HTE- and CombiChem-capable synthesis technologies are applied to ensure a seamless workflow. 

Implementing this level of automation intelligence has been the most difficult to realize within manufacturing industries. That is, while automation controls integration of simple univariate instruments (e.g., a hlter photometer) is seamless, it is much more problematic for multivariate or spectral instruments. This is due to the tower of babble problem with various process spectroscopic instraments across process instrument manufactures. That is, the communications protocols, wavelength units and hie formats are far from standardized across spectral instruments, even within a particular class of techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy. Several information technology (IT) and automation companies have recently attempted to develop commercialized solutions to address this complex problem, but the effectiveness of these solutions has yet to be determined and reported. 

Sivals [10] summarizes values of the weld efficiency in Table 6.1. Radio-graphic examination locates imperfections in the weld using x-rays or gamma rays. This technique is described by Gumm and Turner [2]. Shells are either seamless or contain a longitudinal weld. As Table 6.1 shows, flie weld efiSciency depends on whether the shell is seamless or not. To use Table 6.1, first decide if the shell will be seamless or contain a longitudinal weld. Next select the type of x-ray required to inspect weld. 

The system coefficient approach seamlessly integrates the experimental techniques and theoretical model to systematically provide a means for quantitative assessment of dermal absorption from chemical mixtures. The required data can be determined using high-throughput, automatic instrumentation, not depending on compiled literature data. This not only overcomes the shortage of experimental data for chemical mixtures, but also significantly increases the prediction precision and accuracy. 

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