A Study of the Consumption of Sewing Threads for Women

• Autorzy: Mariem Brahem , Wissal Messaoudi , Khedher Faouzi , Jaouachi Boubaker , Adolphe Dominique

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DOI

10.2478/aut-2019-0032

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article evaluates the amount of the consumed sewing thread for women's underwear (underwear bras and panties). Based on the obtained findings, it was concluded that sewing thread amount depends enormously on the studied influential parameters. The present paper reports a contribution that allows industries and researchers to decrease the consumed amounts of sewing thread in case of women's underwear and panties The study takes into account the different stitch structures and fabric characteristics that are usually used. The effects of influential input parameters, such as fabric thickness, number of assembled layers, stitch density, and tension of the thread, are investigated. Useful models have been found and can be used by industries to accuracy predict the thread consumption for women's underwear and panties to launch the needed thread commands. The developed models use multiregressive method. In this study, the fabrics that have been considered are knitted fabrics because they are those used in women's underwear. We found that women's underwear bras consume more sewing threads than panties. Using linear regression method, good relationships (coefficients of correlation close to 1) between consumption behaviors and the investigated parameters such as fabric thickness, number of assembled layers, stitch number per centimeter, sizes and tension of threads, were found. Although, the increase of threads tension to sew female underwear decreases the consumed amount of threads, the increase of other studied parameters widely encourages the consumption values, especially for seams based on chain-stitch types.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

underwear bra; women's panty; influent input parameters; size system; underwear's consumption; female lingerie

PL

bielizna; stanik; majtki damskie; system rozmiarów

• Wydawca: Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design
• Czasopismo: Autex Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 20, no. 3
• Strony: 299--311
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Mariem Brahem

• National School of Engineers of Monastir, University of Monastir-Tunisia, Tunisia

autor

Wissal Messaoudi

• National School of Engineers of Monastir, University of Monastir-Tunisia, Tunisia

autor

Khedher Faouzi

• Textile Engineering Laboratory, University of Monastir-Tunisia, Tunisia

autor

Jaouachi Boubaker

• National School of Engineers of Monastir, University of Monastir-Tunisia, Tunisia
• Textile Engineering Laboratory, University of Monastir-Tunisia, Tunisia

autor

Adolphe Dominique

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs Sud Alsace (ENSISA), Université de Haute-Alsace, France

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).