How To Solve The Shrinkage Problem Of Textiles Is Imminent

"Shrinkage rate" has always been a "long-standing problem" that puzzles the textile industry in China, and has not been able to find a practical and effective solution for a long time.

"Shrinkage rate" is not up to standard, which is already textile Common problems in the industry, whether in the home textile industry or the clothing industry, are common.

The formal term "shrinkage rate" is the rate of dimensional change of washed goods, which refers to the percentage of shrinkage of textiles after washing or soaking. In view of the shrinkage rate, the national standard for textile products had made clear provisions as early as 2004: the change rate of washing size of high-quality textile products should not exceed "2-3%", that of first-class products should not exceed "2-4%", and that of qualified products should not exceed "2-5%".

Shrinkage rate becomes the root cause of the problem

Looking at the whole textile industry, the current domestic textile market, whether it is illegal small workshops or formal Brand enterprises Basically, there is no indication of "shrinkage rate" on the product package. Is this so-called collective negligence?

It is understood that in order to control the shrinkage rate of textiles, it is necessary to go through a pre shrinking process, which will cost a lot of money whether it is spent on the process flow or on professional technicians. If the enterprise adds a preshrinking process, the cost may increase by 7% to 8%. Compared with the price of the fabric without preshrinking process, there will naturally be a large difference. Therefore, many enterprises will omit this process in order to reduce expenses.

The failure of "shrinkage rate" to meet the standard is not only related to the conscious cost consideration of enterprises, but also related to the laxity of some enterprises in implementing testing procedures. For example, some enterprises did not test in strict accordance with the specified specifications of the fabric when they submitted it for inspection. For example, only 2 meters of the 3 meter sample should be intercepted, which is very random. This has resulted in the testing degree of the tested fabric being greater than the specified degree, and the result will naturally be lost.

How to solve the shrinkage problem of textiles

In addition to the problems mentioned above, textile shrinkage is also affected by raw materials, density, yarn count, production technology and other factors. To solve the problem of textile shrinkage, enterprises should start from the following aspects:

First Fabric Qualified: When purchasing fabrics according to customer needs, the manufacturer must control the quality, and must test the purchased fabrics, because the quality of fabrics directly affects the shrinkage rate of finished products, prompting upstream and downstream enterprises to pay attention to it.

Second, the process is strict: the manufacturer should pay attention to the finishing process in the production process, so that the shrinkage rate of the fabric after preshrinking can be effectively controlled within the standards or customer requirements.

Third, strengthen self inspection and self-control: strengthen the inspection of finished products before leaving the factory, mark the "shrinkage rate" on the product logo as required, so that consumers can better understand the details of the product, accept inspection, and constantly strengthen and improve it.

In fact, as long as every procedure and step of the textile industry, every upstream and downstream process enterprise can consciously comply with the quality standards. The problem of "shrinkage rate" of textiles is completely avoidable. We have reason to believe that the "long-standing" problem of "shrinkage rate", which has long puzzled the quality of textiles, will be solved.