Query: Modular system in garment

title: Modular production networks: a new American model of industrial organization
abstract: This paper uses the case of contract manufacturing in the electronics industry to illustrate an emergent American model of industrial organization, the modular production network. Lead firms in the modular production network concentrate on the creation, penetration and defense of markets for end products and increasingly the provision of services to go with them while manufacturing capacity is shifted out of house to globally operating turn key suppliers .T he modular production network relies on codified inter firm links and the generic manufacturing capacity residing in turn key suppliers to reduce transaction costs, build large external economies of scale and reduce risk for network actors. Itest the modular production network model against some of the key theoretical tools that have been developed to predict and explain industry structure: Joseph Schumpeter's notion of innovation in the giant firm; Alfred Chandler's ideas about economies of speed and the rise of the modern corporation; Oliver Williamson's transaction cost framework; and a range of other production network models that appear in the literature. Iargue that the modular production network yields better economic performance in the context of globalization than more spatially and socially embedded network models. Iview the emergence of the modular production network as part of a historical process of industrial transformation in which nationally specific models of industrial organization co evolve in intensifying rounds of competition, diffusion and adaptation.

title: Smart Garments for Emergency Operators: The ProeTEX Project
abstract: Financed by the European Commission, a consortium of 23 European partners, consisting of universities, research institutions, industries, and organizations operating in the field of emergency management, is developing a new generation of ?smart? garments for emergency disaster personnel. Garments integrate newly developed wearable and textile solutions, such as commercial portable sensors and devices, in order to continuously monitor risks endangering rescuers' lives. The system enables detection of health state parameters of the users (heart rate, breathing rate, body temperature, blood oxygen saturation, position, activity, and posture) and environmental variables (external temperature, presence of toxic gases, and heat flux passing through the garments) to process data and remotely transmit useful information to the operation manager. The European integrated project, called ProeTEX (Protection e Textiles: Micro Nano Structured fiber systems for Emergency Disaster Wear) started on February, 2006 and will end on July, 2010. During this 4.5 years period, three subsequent generations of sensorized garments are being released. This paper proposes an overview of the project and gives a description of the second generation prototypes, delivered at the end of 2008.

title: Physics driven pattern adjustment for direct 3D garment editing
abstract: Designers frequently reuse existing designs as a starting point for creating new garments. In order to apply garment modifications, which the designer envisions in 3D, existing tools require meticulous manual editing of 2D patterns. These 2D edits need to account both for the envisioned geometric changes in the 3D shape, as well as for various physical factors that affect the look of the draped garment. We propose a new framework that allows designers to directly apply the changes they envision in 3D space; and creates the 2D patterns that replicate this envisioned target geometry when lifted into 3D via a physical draping simulation. Our framework removes the need for laborious and knowledge intensive manual 2D edits and allows users to effortlessly mix existing garment designs as well as adjust for garment length and fit. Following each user specified editing operation we first compute a target 3D garment shape, one that maximally preserves the input garment's style its proportions, fit and shape subject to the modifications specified by the user. We then automatically compute 2D patterns that recreate the target garment shape when draped around the input mannequin within a user selected simulation environment. To generate these patterns, we propose a fixed point optimization scheme that compensates for the deformation due to the physical forces affecting the drape and is independent of the underlying simulation tool used. Our experiments show that this method quickly and reliably converges to patterns that, under simulation, form the desired target look, and works well with different black box physical simulators. We demonstrate a range of edited and resimulated garments, and further validate our approach via expert and amateur critique, and comparisons to alternative solutions.

title: Modularity in the Design of Complex Engineering Systems
abstract: Modularity accommodates uncertainty because the particular elements of a modular design may be changed after the fact and in unforeseen ways as long as the design rules are obeyed. Thus, within a modular architecture, new module designs may be substituted for older ones easily and at low cost. This chapter will make three basic points. First, we will show that modularity is a financial force that can change the structure of an industry. Then, we will explore the value and costs that are associated with constructing and exploiting a modular design. Finally we will examine the ways in which modularity shapes organizations and the risks that it poses for particular firms.

title: A garment design method based on modularization
abstract: With the rapid increase of personalized garment requirements, intelligent garment design has attracted more and more attention. The study reported in this paper concentrates on the modularized design method of garments in order to provide theoretical support for intelligent garment design. The proposed modularized design method consists of composition and transformation of garment parts as well as their configuration and connection. There are two categories of garment parts: essential parts and non essential parts, each of which is determined by their key design attributes. Rules of transformation for garment parts were analyzed by classification of transformation rules. Binary decision variables were introduced to decide if garment parts should be selected. A mathematical model was developed to analyze constraints of garment parts connection.

title: An interactive co evolutionary CAD system for garment pattern design
abstract: Traditional CAD (Computer Aided Design) methods in garment pattern design (GPD) fail to utilize the knowledge of experts for inexperienced designers. Moreover, the interactive and co evolutionary features are not supported. We propose an interactive co evolutionary CAD system for GPD (ICE GCAD) The functionality model, modular architecture and data flow of the system are proposed. Then, the interactive co evolutionary system whose core module is an immune inspired co evolutionary algorithm is studied. Finally, the flow of co design in the system is proposed. As a case demonstration, we study a design sample of a leisure shirt. The experimental studies show that our approach has promising performance and appealing effects. We believe ICE GCAD is applicable to support the collaboration among garment designers and experts.

title: Research on garment supply chain management system based on RFID
abstract: Considering the inherent features of garment industry, the coordination and management of garment supply chain is extremely difficult. The capabilities of non contact, multi objective and fast moving identification of RFID technology can make up the inherent shortcomings of garment supply chain. This paper studies the RFID technology applications in the garment supply chain, and establishes garment supply chain EPC Global network model and the transmission mode of RFID tag information between different nodes, in order to realize the real time information sharing and the transparency and coordination of supply chain.

title: TRIZ in 3D Garment CAD
abstract: The 40 inventive principles of TRIZ are useful methods for solving engineering design problem. 3D garment CAD is significant for improve the efficiency and level of fashion design. This article describes the application of these principles of TRIZ in three dimensional garment CAD. Based on the characteristics and requirements of fashion design, the author analyze the basic meaning of these inventive principles, and use them in the research and application three dimensional garment CAD, such as decomposition and combination of virtual apparel components, clothing structural design, setting of clothing color and pattern library, inter conversion between three dimensional mesh of clothing and two dimensional pieces and so on. Some examples show that the application of these principles is feasible and effective.

title: MODELING AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTIC GRIPPER SYSTEM FOR HANDLING FABRIC MATERIALS IN GARMENT INDUSTRIES
abstract: A reconfigurable robotic gripper based on pneumatic technology has been designed and developed for grasping fabric materials in garment industries automation. The design is based on reconfigurable multidegree of freedom, which can manipulate single and multiple panels of limp materials. The design consist of four arms initially in a cross bar configuration, hosting four suction cups mounted on each of the arms. The design assures low inertia, high modularity and full flexibility adapting to the picking of limp materials in garment and shoe industries. The simulation referring to a worst case operative cycle has been performed in the environment of a current industrial layout. The kinematic and dynamic performance of the gripper system is analyzed in ADAMS simulation software and the results are presented. The architecture of the gripper is simple and the choice of pneumatic actuators improves the reliability of the system.

title: Application of Modularmanufacturing System in Garment Industries
abstract: The manufacturing industry needs flexibility and changeability to accommodate the increasing market dynamics and related need for product change and variety and customisation. Such manufacturing responsiveness can be achieved through modular manufacturing system (MMS)