Advances in Textile Engineering

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: This work presents peer-reviewed papers from a September 2011 conference held in Tianjin, China. The papers are organized in sections on textile science and technology, textile dyeing and finishing, textile machinery and equipment, apparel design and merchandising, and new trends in the textile industry. Some subjects considered include the effect of fabric construction on the water permeability rate of woven filter cloth, the mechanical properties of 2D braided polyester ropes, and predicting yarn unevenness using an improved BP neural network. Other topics addressed include the printing technology of a new pigment used on cashmere products, the application of chitosan for anti-shrinkage of wool fabric, and wrinkle-resistance properties of cotton fabric treated by chitosan and epoxy-silicon micro-emulsion. A curve matching algorithm applied to fabric automatic register detection, research on consumer motivation for luxury products in China, and rising labor costs in the Chinese textile industry are some other topics explored. Wang and Liu are affiliated with Tianjin Polytechnic University, China.