Textile Basics

1. Tex Info Textile Basics
Textile was originally a woven fabric, which originated from Latin word Textilis meant
“to weave” but now applied for fiber, filaments, and yarn and most products for which
these are principle raw materials as the whole industry.
Textile Process Flow
(Seed > Plucking > Ginning . Packing) FIBER (Grain > Melting > Spinning > Conning)
Natural Regenerated Synthetic
Vegetable (Cotton) Viscose Polyester
Animal (Silk) Spandex
Mineral (Asbestos)
Manmade
(Blow Room > Card > Drawing>Comb >(Yarn) >Roving >Ring > Cone) Filament
Formation
Spun (From fiber) Filament (not formed fiber)
Ring Manmade (Polyester)
Open END Natural (Silk)
(Warping > Sizing > Drawing/Knotting > Weaving) (Fabric) Knitting
Woven Knitted Non-Woven
Power & Auto Circular Pressed
Projectile Flat
Rapier
Jet (air/water)
(Pretreatment > Equalizing > Printing/Dyeing> (Processing)>Curing / Washing> Finishing Chemical/Mechanical)
Wet Parallel Dry
Desizing Designing Mending (Grey)
Scouring & Bleaching Tracing Singeing
Dyeing Engraving Baking
Printing Emerizing
Curing Raising
Chemical Finishing Calendaring
Finish Folding
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2. Tex Info Textile Basics
MADE-UP/
STITCHING
Pattern
Layering
Cutting
Embroidery/Printing
Bundling
Stitching
Finishing /Packing
Dispatch
In the Textile Processing Flow, the inspection process is not shown it does not means that
it is not necessary, it is the most important factor. The role of Inspection is very important
at each and every stage of process from Fiber to Dispatch. So inspection may online or
offline, both are required and according to the process requirement. The role of Quality
Assurance and Quality Control is important to do such tasks, another concept of Quality
Circles, which is towards the departmental Quality Improvement.
Textile Cycle
Buyer
Order
Dispatch
Merchandising
Cut/Stitch /
Pack
Production
Planning
Production /
Manufacturing
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