Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Textile Technology case studies
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The Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Examination – Second Year – Textile Technology is a state-board vocational subject paper taken alongside the Plus Two academic subjects. It is intended for students who want a practical, industry-linked qualification rather than a purely academic science stream, and it feeds directly into diploma and degree programmes in textile technology and into entry-level jobs in spinning mills, weaving units, processing houses and garment factories. The Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Textile Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,539 words.
1Blend Claim on a Handloom Yarn Lot
A handloom cooperative in Karur bought 500 kg of open-end yarn at ₹210/kg, invoiced as 65/35 polyester-cotton. Members complain that the yarn feels harsh, generates static on the warping creel, and takes dye unevenly in their soft-flow machines.
702 words, about 4 min2Neps and Noil in a Combed Cotton Mill
A 20,000-spindle spinning mill produces 40s combed hosiery yarn from a mix of Shankar-6 and MCU-5 cotton. For the last eight weeks, the quality report shows card sliver neps of 210 per gram against a normal 90, comber noil of 23.5% against a normal 17%, yarn neps up 280% on the USTER IPI, and end breakage of 38 per 1,000 spindle-hours against a normal 20.
735 words, about 4 min3Warp Breakage After a Sizing Change
A powerloom unit has 48 rapier looms weaving a 40s × 40s cotton poplin, 110 ends/inch, 90 picks/inch, 63-inch width. After changing the sizing recipe from a maize-starch/PVA blend to a lower-cost all-maize recipe, warp breakage rose from 1.5 to 3.8 per loom per shift.
694 words, about 3 min4Uneven Bleaching and Crease Marks in Cotton Knit Dyeing
A dyehouse processes 1,200 kg/day of 180 gsm cotton single jersey in rope form on two soft-flow machines. The bleaching recipe per litre is 4 g H2O2 (50%), 3 g NaOH, 0.5 g stabilizer, 0.3 g wetting agent, at 98°C for 45 min, liquor ratio 1:8.
670 words, about 3 min5Testing Failure on a Navy Poplin Shirt Order
An export house has 5,000 m of 100% cotton poplin, 120 gsm, dyed navy. In-house tests show length shrinkage after one wash at 40°C of 6.5% against a buyer maximum of 3.0%, width shrinkage of 4.2% against 3.0%, colour fastness to rubbing of 3–4 dry against a requirement of 4, and 2–3 wet against a requirement of 3.
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