Volume 6
Effect of pilling properties on different knit fabrics and recommendation for deciding Pilling Requirement.
Kazi Md. EliasDaffodil International University, Bangladesh
Email: kazi50969@gmail.com
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Pilling resistance is an important property of the knitted fabric. The main purpose of this research work is to provide precise and appropriate test result requirements for different types of knit fabrics with different fiber compositions. The Pilling test result requirement cannot be the same for different types of knit fabrics. But unfortunately, almost the same requirements are mentioned in the quality manual of buyers for knit fabrics with different fiber compositions. In real life, the requirement should be different and this research work was conducted keeping this issue in mind. In this work, the test standard ISO 12945-2 was used in this research work in where NU Martindale Pilling tester used with different pilling cycle/rubs e.g. 1000, 2000, 5000, and 7000 rubs. It was noted that the higher the pilling cycle/rub, the lower the pilling test result and this is the most important outcome from this study. The textile industry, buyers, suppliers, fabric manufacturers, students would be benefited if follow the suggested pilling requirement. Due to the limitations of availability of fabric samples; the researcher used five different types of knit fabrics such as 100% cotton single jersey, 100% cotton double jersey (1X1 Rib), Lycra single jersey (95% cotton 5% Lycra), 100% polyester Fleece, Blended Fleece fabric (60% cotton 40% poly). The future scope is there to conduct this type of research for woven fabrics also. Many researchers worked on pilling properties using this NU Martindale equipment but no study was conducted on the pilling cycles/rubs to see the effect on pilling results and this research work is a new one.
A comparative study on the present challenges and solutions of the silk industries in Bangladesh.
Rois Uddin Mahmud Prof. Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan, Md. Ashfakur Rahman Rome, Raijul Islam, Rejoyan Khan
Email: roisuddin@buft.edu.bd, provc@buft.edu.bd,raijul@buft.edu.bd
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Bangladesh is known to the world due to its position in the Ready-made garment industry. For the geographical abundance and suitable environment, Bangladesh produces traditional fabrics such as muslin and Jamdani since ancient times. During the Pakistan period, Bangladesh has started silk production in 1947.Silk manufacturers have been closing down since 2002 owing to a variety of issues, and their survival is now in jeopardy. But the demand for silk is much higher globally, from which different countries are earning billions of dollars, where Bangladesh is lagging behind day by day despite having a suitable environment for silk. This paper aims to emphasize the current state of this valuable silk, as well as the issues with silk manufacturing, as well as possible answers and improvements. The purpose of the study is to determine the factors that influence the production and growth of the silk industry in our nation. Excessive time required for silk manufacturing, a lack of sufficient knowledge, Mulberry toxicity, and other issues are some of the issues in silk production. To solve these problems of silk authorities should educate the farmers properly about the benefits of silk production, come forward to the big factories, make new value-added items, etc. A survey of people's desire for silk-made items found that 93.4 percent of respondents would want to see more silk-based RMG products on the market.
A Brief History of Trouser and Pattern Making Process of Basic Trouser According to the Industrial Measurement Chart with Instructions
Kamrun Nahar Naznin, Summiya Sultana
Email: kamrun.nahar@buft.edu.bd, summiyasultana@buft.edu.bd
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A piece of cloth which is two-legged, named Trouser. This is worn on the bottom of the body part. It's more comfortable to move while wearing trousers than dresses; it's the most important item for both men and women. Both men's and women's trouser workmanship is quite similar to creating a manual pattern. We have to follow some measurements to create a trouser pattern and those measurements are varying from size to size. In the garment production cycle, the pattern-making process plays a very important role, because the fitting of garments mostly depends on the perfection of a pattern. Bearing in mind that, in reality, there's no such thing as a customary or perfect figure, the formulas for constructing a basic trouser pattern are designed and developed for the quality figure. The research is trying mathematically to unravel and overcome the matter of fitness and might put a step to resolve this deficiency to create a trouser pattern by following the measurement chart.
Understanding the Basic Dress Foundation of Pattern Making: A Complete Study of Darting and Fitting of the garment
Afroza Akter Rita
Email: afrozaakterrita@buft.edu.bd
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Patternmaking, fit, and design are all assemble on the basis of foundation pattern. Drafting the basic dress serves as an inception to pattern making and it is a basic pattern that fits the body with sufficient ease for movement also in perfect balance, harmony and comfort. Dressmakers can only achieve good fit and professional gaze garments by being knowledgeable about the elements of pattern making that influence shape, silhouette and style of a garments.Darts are substantially used to shape fabric to fit the body curves by controlling fullness or excess fabric. Pattern making initiates with the basic pattern set or block or basic dress foundation and dart is the core component of making basic pattern. The study evaluated by understanding and describing all-inclusive about the form of dart, which is a constituent of basic dress foundation in pattern making, costume designing and fitting of the garments. Respectively, the purpose of this research was to amalgamate the entire knowledge of dart formation besides establish it as well as assess the knowledge of dressmakers' on the fitting of basic dress foundation including the application of darts in garment designing.
Good Governance in Private Universities of Bangladesh: A Study of Higher Education
Dr. Md. Moazzom HossainRegistrar, Hamdard University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Email: moazzom1969@gmail.com
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Good governance is a universal imperative issue for the development of higher education. The fact is also evaluated similarly in private higher education sectors in Bangladesh. The Private University Act 2010 has been made provisions of sufficient organs and authorities to ensure good governance in higher education i.e. Ministry of Education (MOE), University Grants Commission (UGC), Board of Trustees (BOT), Syndicate, Academic Council (AC), Finance Committee (FC), Teachers Selection Committee (TSC), Disciplinary Committee (DC), Course & Curriculum Committee (CCC), Officers Selection Committee (OSC) & the officers of University. The Act also defines the formations & functions of these committees. The objectives of this research are to find out good governance in private universities of Bangladesh through the functioning and limitations of the organs with proper recommendations. In the study, it is found that the higher authorities of GOB regarding private university-MOE and UGC are not so much concerned in policy formulations, implementations, and co-ordinations about private university. The internal organs of the university are functioned at a level for ensuring good governance, but overall they cannot run the functioning properly. Good governance is hampered by the lack of participation, lack of transparent rules and regulations, lack of accountability, lack of consensus decisions, and biased motives of the founding authority. The field study has been made on the three (3) private universities of Bangladesh-Feni University, Bangladesh Army University of Science & Technology, Saidpur, and Hamdard University Bangladesh.
The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Readymade Garments (RMG) in Bangladesh: An Analysis
Md. Abdur Rakib, Prof. Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan, Md. Sayem & Md. Milkan Hasan
Email: abdurrakib@buft.edu.bd, provc@buft.edu.bd
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The ready-made garments (RMG) sector is one of the booming manufacturing sectors than any other in terms of employment opportunity and foreign exchange earnings in Bangladesh. This sector also eliminates poverty and plays crucial role in the national economy of Bangladesh. Along with its distinction, this sector has been facing a serious challenge because of COVID-19 pandemic over the last one and half years which can harm the future sustainability.The present study has made an attempt to identify all the adverse impacts of Covid-19 on the readymade garment sector of Bangladesh. It also aims at finding a suitable solution to cope with all the adverse effects. To accomplish the study, data were mainly collected from secondary sources. Since the inception of RMG in 1978, Bangladesh achieved a tremendous growth by establishing scores of factories in consistent with the export linkage. In the Year 1983-84 this sector contributed $31.57 million from export of finished goods and services. In the Financial Year 2013-14, this sector earned $24.49 billion that represents about 81 percent of countries' total export earnings. It further increases $34.2 billion in FY2018-19 which is 84% of the country's total exports. But in FY 2019-20 the export has been decreasedaround $7 billion to USD 27.95 billion from $34.2 billion in comparison to previous FY2018-19 due to the effects of COVID-19 as all kind of communications and transportation was restricted world-wide. The study shows that USD 3.17 billion orders have been cancelled or suspended by the retailers and brands which threatening the employment and financial security of millions of RMG workers. There are 70,000 workers who have lost their jobs by June 2020 and almost 2.28 million workers jobs were likely to remain at risk and above 70 factories were closed during the last fiscal year. To protect this sector, Bangladesh Government declared an amount of BDT 500 million stimulus package on March 25th, 2020 for supporting the workers' wages and securing their livelihood. The study recommended some suggestions to the government of Bangladesh, factory owners and management, BGMEA and BKMEA, buyers association, workers association, NGOs and ILO to take some initiatives in order to overcome the negative impacts of COVID-19 that will be helpful for improving the conditions of garments sector.
Development of Palmyra Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composite
Nasrin Jamine, Ferdausee Rahman Anannya and Farhana Jannat
Email: nasrin.jamine@buft.edu.bd,ferdausee.anannya@buft.edu.bd,farhanajannat@buft.edu.bd
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Composite is a kind of material that is produced by using more than one material to achieve better properties than the raw materials in the newly produced material. In general, a matrix and a reinforcing material are most commonly used to produce the composite material, along with some other additives. Natural fibers are very often used as reinforcement by many researchers, previously. In this study, palmyra palm fiber reinforced polyester composites have been made by using different amounts of fiber loading, and the mechanical properties along with morphological structure and water absorbency property of the produced materials are assessed. Results have shown that the addition of fiber improvestensile properties to a smaller extent, but impact property has been improved vastly. Also, the material showed significantly improved elongation properties. The morphological structure showed poor adhesion between fiber and matrix, which improved with the increment in fiber loading. These composites have also shown almost non-absorbent nature in the water absorbency test, which means these materials could be suitable for some specific applications where considerable tensile and impact properties and non-absorbent nature can come to a good use.