Carr and Latham's Technology of Clothing Manufacture, 4th Edition

by David J . Tyler (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $44.81

  The processes of modern clothing manufacture are explained here, alongside the equipment used. Latest developments are described as well as established methods. Manual, mechanised and automated processes are explained and their comparative advantages for certain purposes are considered as well as the applications of computer control and robotics.
  
  The Fourth Edition has been updated throughout to reflect advances in technology and a new chapter is now devoted to colour management and colour technology (including a colour section for the first time). There is a new chapter on trouble-shooting in the sewing room, giving practical solutions to common problems. Other significant additions are alternative methods of joining materials (ultrasonics, RF welding and moulding) and new developments in the traditional areas of garment and machinery technology.
  
  Students in clothing and fashion as well as garment technologists in the clothing industry will find this an invaluable resource in their increasingly complex role.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $4.05

  As in previous editions, the processes of modern clothing manufacture are explained alongside the equipment which is used. The latest developments - as well as established methods - are described for cutting, sewing and other methods for joining materials and pressing. Manual, mechanised and automated methods are explained and their comparative advantages for certain purposes are considered, as well as the applications of computer control and robotics, and many photographs are used to show new generations of equipment. The book takes account of the increasingly market-driven nature of the business, as well as technical and economic factors and the skill requirements of labour-intensive production. The role of technologists in clothing product development is addressed in a new concluding chapter.