INTC2006 - Sept 25-28 - Houston Texas
Internation Nonwovens Technical Conference

Tuesday, September 26

Apparel

2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Moderator: Billie Collier, University of Tennessee

Comparative Study of Nonwoven Formability

Yan Chen, Louisiana State University
  • Measuring mechanical properties of nonwoven fabrics for analytic comparisons
  • Nonwoven, woven and knitted fabrics compared and descriptive parameters established to ensure compatibility during apparel manufacturing

Fabric Haptic Device

Ashish Garg, Philadelphia University
  • Haptic device for fabrics enabling virtual fabrics to be felt by hand
  • Technological development and possible market uses for device

Subjective and Objective Evaluations on Fabric Hand: From Manufacturers to Consumers

Ludovic Koehl, ENSAIT (France)
  • New method for characterizing fabric hand using fuzzy logic and other techniques
  • Four subsystems of this method are described

 

(click on title for Abstract)

Blank Canvas- Elastomeric Nonwovens as Fashion Apparel

Belinda T. Orzada, University of Delaware
  • Students challenged to incorporate elastomer nonwovens into apparel
  • Design and construction challenges overcome with development of new techniques and perceptions of fabrics


 

INTC 2006 •  Sept 25-28, 2006 • Houston, Texas
Program subject to last minute changes and cancellations. The opinions given at INTC 2006 are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of INDA, TAPPI or of their Board of Directors.
Photographs courtesy of:
  
Ægis Environments;
ChK Group, Inc.
Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH
Nordson Corporation
Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V.		 .
Shiga University
Texas Tech University, Neal Hinkle
University of Arkansas
University of Delaware