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July 25, 2007

Business Group is Pinning High Hopes on Textile Sector Growth

Defying skepticism over the future of the textile industry, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) has identified it as being among the main engines that will help drive the economy as part of its 2030 vision and road map for industrial development.

The KADIN vision and road map, which were recently formulated to guide the development of Indonesia's private sector, says that by 2030, exports of textile products could reach a staggering US$75.33 billion and account for about 5% of the world export market.

"The textile industry has always been the biggest contributor to our non-oil and gas exports. This has been due to strong global demand for its products and its excellent reputation," economist Faisal Basri told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday, speaking as the chief researcher for KADIN's industry road map.

After conducting nine months of research in collaboration with various business associations, Faisal concluded that textiles, along with three other industries - electronics, automotive and shipping - would be the main engines behind economic growth of more than 7% per year.

"Textile exports will continue to grow. By 2010, they are expected to reach $13.88 billion, with net exports standing at $11.7 billion," Faisal said.

In line with the industry's growth, he said it was expected to generate 2.25 million new jobs by 2010 and 6.17 million by 2030. Exports have always been the focus of Indonesia's major textile companies as they offer better prices and most importantly because the domestic market is flooded with cheap and often smuggled, products from countries such as China and Vietnam. According to the Indonesian Textile Association (API) of 1.013 million tons of textile products on the domestic market in 2006, some 50% of them were illegal, 45% were local products and 5% were legitimate imports.

The textile industry has also been lagging behind in terms of production capacity and quality compared to foreign competitors as most producers here still use machinery that is more than 20 years old. In order to help the industry overcome these problems, the government has allocated Rp. 255 billion this year to subsidize interest on machinery reequipping loans.

The government has also introduced tax incentives and removed all import duties on cotton, a primary raw material used by the textile industry. Faisal said that in the next 3 years, the industry would embark on a major restructuring, which would involve a massive reequipping drive that would not only help firms boost product quality but also further diversify products.

Faisal warned, however, that 2 main problems currently affecting the sector - energy supply and labor - would have to be quickly addressed. The industry has said that state-owned electricity utility PT PLN - on which they rely for 70% of their electricity supply - had increased its charges by between 10% and 15%.

API also complains about the disparity between the cost of Indonesian workers and productivity. Indonesian workforce productivity ranks 59th in the world according to the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry while China Rank 31st. In contrast the average wage for Indonesian factory workers is 0.76 cents per hour, compared with China's 0.55 cents.

Source: The Jakarta Post
Date: July 25, 2007

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THE LIMITATION OF PRESENT RING & TRAVELLER SYSTEM

1. Due to continous contact in between rings & travellers , we are unable to increase the speed of ring frame above certain limit.
2. Many tried to reach 25000 rpm , but very less chance of success noticed due to more end breaks , higher worn-out of ring travellers , improper quality of the yarns etc., etc.,
3. the most important limitation is - FRICTION between RINGS & TRAVELLERS.

• as of now , we can't avoid the friction , but we may try to reduce the friction , by using a better coating for both ring & travellers. or different profile of rings & travellers.

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spinning

the drawing out, twisting, and winding of fibers into a continuous thread or yarn. From antiquity until the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a household industry. The roughly carded fiber was at first held in one hand and drawn out and twisted by the other hand. The earliest tools were the distaff, a stick on which the fiber was wrapped, and the spindle, a shorter, tapering stick notched at one end and weighted by the wharve or whorl (a disk of stone or clay). The spindle was twirled to twist the thread, which was then wound on it. With these simple tools were spun extremely fine yarns. In India the delicate threads for the famed Dacca muslin were produced by revolving needle-thin pieces of bamboo in a coconut shell. The primitive Gurkha wheel was used to spin coarse yarns. In Europe from the 14th to the 16th cent. the distaff and spindle were gradually superseded by the spinning wheel. It consisted of a spindle set in a frame and revolved by a driving belt passing over a wheel. The great, or wool, wheel, revolving the spindle directly, then by a pulley, twisted the thread; it was then stopped and revolved in the opposite direction to back off the spun yarn, which was then wound on the spindle. The flax, or Saxony, wheel—a more elaborate mechanism operated by a treadle—drew, twisted, and wound the yarn with a continuous motion suited to flax, wool, or cotton. In England improvements of the loom in the 18th cent., increasing the demand for yarn, stimulated inventions that revolutionized spinning. John Wyatt suggested the use of rollers to attenuate the yarn, a process patented in 1738 by his partner, Lewis Paul. James Hargreaves invented c.1765 the spinning jenny, a frame capable of spinning from 8 to 11 threads at once. The softly twisted yarns were not suitable for use as warp threads, but in 1769, Richard Arkwright brought out his frame, which by means of successive pairs of rollers, each revolving faster than the preceding pair, attenuated the yarn and twisted and wound it on bobbins in a continuous action. Operated at first by horse or mule power, later by water power, and still later by steam, spinning rapidly became a factory enterprise. In 1779, Samuel Crompton, combining the best features of the jenny and of Arkwright's frame, invented the mule spinning frame, forerunner of the modern self-acting mule. Because of its intermittent action, the mule is used for fine or delicate yarns. For the mass production of coarser yarns, the ring frame, an elaboration of Arkwright's machine, invented by John Thorp c.1828, draws, twists, and winds the thread in one rapid, continuous operation.

BARRE: METHODS TO PREVENT BARRE IN KNITTED FABRIC

one of the most common and perplexing quality issues is “barre.” The factors that can cause or contribute to barre are varied and diverse. For this reason, when a barre problem is detected, the skills of a sleuth may be required to expose the problem and eliminate its cause. Once a cause is identified, steps can be taken to minimize or eliminate the barre, and better quality fabrics can be produced. This discussion will center on knitted fabrics. DISCUSSIONS The noun “barre” is defined by AS TM1 as an unintentional, repetitive visual pattern of continuous bars and stripes usually parallel to the filling of woven fabric or to the courses of circular knitted fabric. In a warp knit, barre normally runs in the length direction, following the direction of yarn flow. Barre can be caused by physical, optical, dye related differences in the yarn, geometric differences in the fabric structure, or by any combination of these differences. A barre streak can be one or several courses wide. A “typical” characteristic of barre is that it generally consists of stripes that repeat. Isolated or intermittent defects may or may not be barre. 1 AS TM D123-96a – Standard Terminology Relating to Textiles.

under two surface lighting conditions, ultraviolet (UV) and fluorescent light. Observations that should be made while viewing under lights are: 1. the frequency and width of the barre, 2. whether the streaks are dark or light, and 3. the total length of pattern repeat. Ultraviolet light, commonly referred to as "black light," allows the presence of mineral oils to be more easily detected, due to their radiant energy (glow). When observed under UV light, fabrics with streaks that exhibit glow suggest improper or insufficient preparation. A change in composition or content of oil/wax by the spinner or knitter without appropriate adjustments in scouring can create this problem. Fluorescent lighting simulates the mode of observation that is common to most inspection tables in mills and will highlight whether the barre is perceivable in an industry quality control setting. Atlas Streak Analyzer The function of the Atlas Streak Analyzer is to isolate barre caused by physical differences. A fabric swatch is combined with polystyrene sheet film, and the Atlas Streak Analyzer produces a plastic impression of a fabric surface by incorporating specific conditions of pressure and heat. The absence of color on the plastic impression ensures that only physical streak effects will be seen. The plastic impression is examined to determine whether the streak alignment matches the


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