Faculty of Engineering, Textile & Apparel Engineering / Clothing Technology: Recent submissions

  • Process mapping in clothing manufacturing 
    Setunge, SMDSD [Thesis-Abstract]
    Process mapping is a new technique for looking at the way a process is being performed and allows redesign that process for greater efficiency and productivity Process maps are diagrams that show varying levels of detail ...
  • Investigation of tensile properties and durability of coir fibres/geotextiles 
    Pathirana, DSK [Thesis-Abstract]
    Coir is a ligno-cellulosic fibre, cheap and abundantly available in Sri Lanka as a byproduct of the coconut industry. Coir-geotextiles, which are manufactured from coir, have been identified as good geotextile material to ...
  • Process improvement in denim washing 
    Wickramasinghe, T [Thesis-Abstract]
    This research study is primarily concerned with exploring the avenues for improving the denim washing process while minimizing environmental pollution and satisfying customer expectations. Since denim washing itself is ...
  • Physical properties of sewing threads and their performance in relation to seam construction 
    Geeganage, CRL [Thesis-Abstract]
    Polyester spun sewing thread is commonly used in high-speed sewing machines in the garment manufacturing process. Recently core spun sewing threads produced with polyester filament core and polyester sheath fibres have ...
  • Properties of core spun and spun polyester sewing threads and their performance in seams 
    Paranawidanage, K [Thesis-Abstract]
    At present number of sewing threads of different varieties are available in the market and there is no single polyester based substrate. which satisfies the criteria of the complete sewing thread. The thread must be able ...
  • Use of coir fibre as a raw material for geotextiles 
    Nawarathna, NS [Thesis-Abstract]
    Geotextiles are defined as 'permeable textile material used with foundation, soil, rock ,earth or any other Geo technical engineering related material, as an integral part of a man-made project, structure or system' where ...
  • Performance improvement in apparel manufacturing using lean techniques 
    Ratnayake RMVS [Thesis-Abstract]
    The labour productivity in the Sri Lankan garment industry is found to be rather low compared to that of some of its competitive countries. On site investigation revealed that the workflow gets unbalanced due to many reasons ...