Micro Software Development Aids Elucidating Tensile Behavior of the Lockstitch Seam'

Abstract

Although interest in the tensile behavior of the lockstitch seam dates back fifty years, analysis so far has been restricted to load and elongation at the first thread break. Information on events up to the first break, and on work, would earlier have had to be extracted manually, a time-consuming and error-prone process. With increased availability of microprocessors, continuous rapid retrieval of data can occur during the testing sequence and can be stored for subsequent analysis. The development of a computer program and its application in isolating critical factors in seam tensile behavior are outlined. This approach has wide applicability in clothing and textile research organizations and in clothing quality control laboratories.

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