Importance of Durability in Use of Garment

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ASSIGNMENT ON

IMPORTANCE OF DURABILITY

TO CONSUMER DURING BUYING GARMENTS

COURSE CODE: TE 311

COURSE TITLE: QUALITY CONTROL IN TEXTILE WITH LAB

TANVIR AHMED CHOWDHURY,

LECTURER , DEPT. OF TE.

Name ID USER NAME

MUHAMMAD SHAMSUL

AREFEEN SIDDIQUEE091-23-1294 SHOURAV

SHAHIN MAHMUD 091-23-1298 SHAHIN007WF

ELIASH SARKER RIFAT 091-23-1288 RIFAT01

MD. ANISUR RAHMAN 091-23-1297 SHOHAG-11

FERDOUS ALAM 091-23-1290 FERDOUS1290

PIA KHATUN 091-23-1300 PIA

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Durability means the ability to tolerate, to suffer, to carry onthe service with passing technical life of a product. Durability is one

of the characters of quality. This refers to useful longevity of

performance of the product or service.

As an example: when a shirt can perform after 10 times laundered

and a sweater can perform up to 20 times laundered then we can

say, the sweater is durable more than the shirt .

It must be acknowledge that technical life may be shorter than

economic life of the product. Which product gets durability that is

called durable product.

Durable garments stay with a long usable life. Clothing lasts for a

relatively long time and is therefore considered as a durable good.

For garments, durability refers to the service life as well as to theelements that cause them to be longer wearable.

When purchasing apparel, safety managers must understand all the

factors related to the durability of a garment before making their

selection. Durable goods are items that do not wear out quickly .

When purchasing apparel, consider what aspects related to the

durability of a garment are important to you as a safety manager,

and even more significantly, what aspects are important to the

employees who will be wearing these garments ?


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Following are seven considering factors during buying

garments for importance of durability to consumer

1. Garment construction: Its important to find out how well agarment is designed and constructed. To do this, first determine if

the seams are strong or if they pull apart easily. Seam strength is

particularly important for fire protection and arc flash protection to

ensure that the body is not exposed in any way. Also determine how

well the garment resists tears on the body and sleeves. Knit clothing,

for example, generally resists tears better than woven garments do.

2. Surface abrasion: Abrasion refers to the wearing away of any partof a material when rubbed against another surface. When surface

abrasion happens to a garment, its protective properties can become

compromised, especially in topically treated garments. Additionally,

surface abrasion in clothing can produce those annoying little pills

caused by loose fibers that gather and cling to the fabric, causing

garments to look old and worn. For durability, be sure to purchase

clothing that can withstand rubbing against skin and other

materials.

3. Edge abrasion: The edges of pants or woven shirts take a beatingin the dryer. For example, the edges of a navy blue pair of pants can

turn a lighter color from edge abrasion. This deterioration can put

clothing out of service, so check to see if a garment can withstand

edge abrasion in addition to surface abrasion.

4. Colorfastness: When a darkcolored, 100-percent cotton T-shirt iswashed a certain number of times, it eventually fades and begins tolook ratty. Prolonged exposure to the sun will also fade clothing. In

order to have a long life, fabric must be sufficiently colorfast to

withstand the stress applied by both sunlight and washing

machines.


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5. Flame resistance: In many dangerous jobs, flame resistance (FR)in clothing is of the utmost importance. For FR clothing to be

durable, the garment must be inherently flame resistant, and the FR

protection must be a permanent part of the fabric. If flame retardant

materials are applied after the garment is made, the FR will typicallybe temporary and hence, not durable.

6. Stain release: Stain release qualities should also be permanentrather than applied to the fabric after manufacturing. The ability to

release stains, especially in a shirt, is important for obvious reasons.

If, for example, mustard is dropped on a light blue cotton shirt, the

shirt will be ruined if the stains dont wash out. Before purchasing a

garment, be sure the fabric can release stains.

7. Odor resistance: Because the chemicals in polyester can bondwith the chemicals produced through perspiration, polyester

garments will start to smell after 15 to 20 washings. For a garment

to be truly durable, its vital to ensure that the fabric has the long-

term ability to resist odors .Because no one wants to wear a bad

smelly shirt.

So when buyer get durable garments to purchase he never waits a

second of time because he knows consumer will buy this sort of

garments.

We sure you also would like a garment that will lasts long by

performing good service since first use. For this during buying

garments consumer gives a vital importance to durability of

garments.

Last thing is that, one must keep in mind that commitment to

quality is actually ensured at design stage. The textile engineer

has to decide about target quality (like DURABILITY etc.) against

cost through an efficient quality plan before starting the

manufacturing process of the garments.


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REFERENCE:

1) Quality Control and Managementwritten by AHSAN AKHTAR HASIN (page: 4, 5)

2) http://www.ishn.com/articles/what-defines-clothing-durability
http://www.ishn.com/articles/what-defines-clothing-durabilityhttp://www.ishn.com/articles/what-defines-clothing-durability

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