• VASU. P
• Dr.T.Ramachandran
• G.Nagarajan

Home Textiles segment has an important place in the Indian Textile Export Market. Flame Retardant (FR) finished fabric has very good demand not only in the export as well as domestic market. Conventionally FR finish is applied to fabric after weaving. This paper discusses integrated weaving and finishing process developed to impart the finish over the fabric during the weaving process by attaching ‘On-Loom integrated Finishing Device’ on handloom. ‘On-loom integrated finishing device’ is a novel technique to impart the required finish to the handloom fabric during weaving itself i.e., the finish process is integrated with the weaving process. The FR finished handloom fabrics woven using the ‘On-loom integrated finishing device attached to handloomsare studied to achieve the best efficiency by optimising finish application parameters. The best efficient finished fabrics of the developed samples are compared with commercially finished fabrics of similar construction and applied with similar finish at processing mills.

Home Textiles, integrated weaving and finishing, Flame Retardant (FR),On-loom integrated finishing device, handloom

"Development of Flame-retardant-finished Handloom Home Furnishing (HF) Fabric through Integrated Weaving and Finishing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.296-301, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905C43.pdf

"Development of Flame-retardant-finished Handloom Home Furnishing (HF) Fabric through Integrated Weaving and Finishing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp296-301, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905C43.pdf