7/30/2019 About the CatalogueASSQC

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he extent of defects that occur at various stages

of manufacturing largely determine the quality of

a woven fabric. There are various procedures through

which the quality of fabric can be assessed based on the

nature and extent of defects. Awareness and

implementation of such quality assessment systems in

the industry will result in three major benefits: (a) The

reasons for defects can be understood and therefore

corrective steps can be taken to prevent recurrence of

such defects. (b) The quality of the fabric can be assessed

as per the internationally accepted procedures, before

the material is offered to the buyers, so that the likelihood

of rejection by the buyer on account of poor quality can

be avoided. (c) The made-ups and apparel manufacturingunits can assess the quality of fabric being procured by

them, before accepting the consignments.

The level of awareness and skills to assess the quality of

fabric are not adequate in the decentralised powerloom,

made-ups and apparel manufacturing sectors. The need

for such awareness becomes more acute in the wake of

highly competitive trade environment emerging on

account of ATC/ WTO agreements. The industry is

required to be conscious and aware about the quality

requirements and the tools to assess the quality.

There is no ready reckoner, at present, which serves as

a tool for the industry in quality assessment/ inspection

of woven fabric, except some foreign books. In order to

fill this gap and also meet the objectives as mentioned in

the first paragraph above, the Textiles Committee has

brought out this comprehensive catalogue. It provides

details about 45 defects, which are the most common at

various stages of manufacturing of woven fabric, their

causes and procedures for mending of such defects. In

addition, the catalogue also provides the details of

methods/ systems for quality assessment/ inspection ofwoven fabric as per internationally acceptable procedures.

Original samples of defective fabrics were collected from

the industry and reproduced here by scanning. The

contents of the catalogue were finalized based on rich

experience of Textiles Committee in quality inspection of

textiles and reference material available in various

international publications. The utility of this catalogue

was also validated through training programmes

organised by the Textiles Committee for the industry

personnel about quality inspection/ assessment during

the year 2001-02. This has been designed to serve as a

working tool for in-house use in quality control by the

industry and also for the purpose of training of the

industry personnel by the Textiles Committee.

ABOUT THE CATALOGUE

Experienced Quality Assurance Officers of the Textiles

Committee, located in all its 30 offices, have the requisite

capability to conduct the training programme for the

industry personnel in quality appraisal of woven fabric,

using this catalogue as a training tool. The contact details

of the 30 offices are given at the end of the catalogue.

The Textiles Committee urges the industry to avail of

these services for training of their personnel.

Bringing out this catalogue is yet another initiative on

the part of the Textiles Committee to serve the Indian

textile and clothing industry in a meaningful manner. The

Committee has several such publications and working

tools to its credit. Some of these are: guidelines forclassification of woven and knitwear garments,

compilation of rules of origin/GSP of various countries,

dos and donts for manufacturing of eco-friendly textiles

etc. Apart from these, the Committee has been providing

several other services to assist the industry in quality

improvement. Today the Committee runs the largest

network of textile testing laboratories in the country (18

laboratories), provides consultancy services on

implementation of ISO 9000/ ISO 14000/SA 8000 systems

(150 companies so far), extends pre-export quality

inspection/ certification services and undertakes industry

specific studies such as status of processing industry,

consumption pattern of textiles etc. The Committee has

also launched several training programmes for capacity

building of middle level executives of the decentralised

textile and clothing industry. Our Mission is to emerge as

single stop service centre for quality improvement in

textile and clothing industry.

Textiles Committee trusts that the industry will find this

catalogue useful and fully make use of this in their efforts

to improve the quality. Any constructive suggestions to

improve the contents and the presentation style of thecatalogue are most welcome. The Textiles Committee

places, on record, its appreciation for the efforts made

by the Secretary and his colleagues in Head Office and

the Regional Offices of the Committee in bringing out

this catalogue.

Dated 18th May 2002, Mumbai

T

MR GANESH KUMAR GUPTAChairman Textiles Comittee