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A Study of Dr.TaherRajabKaddar
AssociateProfessor
Possibility of
DepartmentofTextileand
Improvement of SpinningEngineering
Physical FacultyofChemicaland
&Mechanical PetroleumEngineering
Characteristics AL-BaathUniversity
of Damask Syria
Fabrics E-mail:dr.t-kadd@mail.sy
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:Introduction-1 1-Introduction
Weareproducedtwonewimprovedvarietieswithnewspecificationsaccording
to international market requirements to enhance the competitiveness of the
company,whichmakestheSyriantextileindustrymoreeffectively.
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2Abriefhistory
When you mention the word Damask, comes to mind immediately the name of
Damascus, Syria , called Damask of Fame to Damascus produced by the
manufacture of other textiles of high quality. These industries have become a
distinctivepartoftheheritageofSyria.Itwasmadeofsilkorcottonorlinenandis
nowproducedfromanyrawmaterialsaspossible.Damascuspeopletransferredits
industrytoAndalusiasoit'scalledaccordingtoDamascus,Damaskhasmanytypes
such as Atlas and Al-Thabori and Hermazi and AL-Munier (Enlightening) , AL-
Mushem ( Contributor ) and Baptist and Corrugated and Ragged Rainy and
Almekhel.
Damaskwidthwas145cm,nowhasincreasedto220cm.
IthaslostmarketshareafterthenineteenthcenturyoutofMuslimSpain,butthatit
was rarely in some places in the thirteenth century. [2, 17, 18].
Italy Damask industry began in the fourteenth century. It is the fourteenth century
untilthesixteenthcenturyDamaskwasmadeinonecolordrawingsofshinyfaceon
the cloth and normal ground. Then was woven from colors yarn , and have been
introducedinthemetalyarninit'sconstruction,suchasgoldandotherweftyarn,
whichgaveitaglamorousandbeautiful.
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2Abriefhistory
Damascus is famous in textile manufacturing . (Qaimariya) is called in small
India , and depending on the popularity of this industry , the textile trade is
concentratedinDamascus...Theindustryisstillpresenteventoday.
DuringthereignofLouisXVIandhiswifeMarieAntoinetteofAustriaattheage
of15years,marriedtoLouisXVIattheageof19years.Aftermonthsattended
a fashion designer and offered her a cloth and said she'll like it because it is
veryrareandismadeinaneasterntownknownfortextileindustryandwhen
she saw it said (this is what I want and what I wanted to, I've really liked
Damask, Damascus Brokare (Brocade) is unmatched which is befitting for
ladies. And spread the ancient The newly dramatically all over the world.
Modern Damask produced byAElectronic Weaving Machinery equipped with
electronic Jacquard and multi-threaded natural and artificial [1,5,8,15,21,24].
Used in addition to blankets to clothing and home furnishings,upholsteryand
manyotheruses.
TheSyriantextileindustryhasrisenhighly,itisoneoftheimportantindustries
whichthegovernmentistryingthroughitsplanstoovercomealltheobstacles
encountered in order to create the right atmosphere for Arab and foreign
investorstoinvestinit.Itisanstrategyindustry,dependsontheSyriancotton 6
Classification the Syrian textile heritage - 3
There are more than a hundred kind of traditional fabrics, each type of about twenty
species, characterized by some of the material and color, drawing, patterns and
trimmings,etc.Herearesomeofthem:
Brokare ( Brocade) : A silk cloth decorated with beautiful drawings interspersed with
goldthreadandsilver.
Al-Dema : AfabricinventedbymanofDamascus.
Al-Saieh : epigraphy technical fabric is characterized by bright, made from silk and
cottonindifferentcolors.
Al-Alajh:typeofAlsaih.
Blanket:theadvantageoffeesobtrusive
Al-Agbani: Cloth made from silk, embroidered after waving with brocaded thread or
yellow or silver, each drawing or embroidering take a special name .
Damask: Gabardine and thick fabric , tapestries weaved his body to the degree of
innovation, has gained wide fame, fit the faces of mattresses and sofas.
Poplars' Fashions : A modern industry based on making clothing suitable for use
embroideredwomenblousesmadeofBrocadecoatsandwomen'sdecorativelacyand
otherpopularclothingrepresentthevariousSyriancitiesandruralareas.
Table1 and Table 2 include Some types of a Damask fabrics.
In spite of that machinery textile industries dominated heavily on fabrics manufactured
onhandlooms,butitarestilltopofwingsexhibitionsinterestedinthiskindofarttextile
Classification the Syrian textile heritage - 3
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Classification the Syrian textile heritage - 3
Damask Fabric
ExclusivePatternsSuitableforUpholsteryandDrapery
withavintageappealIncludesHoneybee,Dragonfly,
.Hinsdale,Harrowgate&More
Traditionalfabricsareproducedcurrentlyonhandloomsandisasoldandlow-
productivity,It'smaintainedforthepurposesoftourismandarestationedin
DamascusasaProfessionalmarket,SilkmarketandAzemehPalaceMuseum
Figure1.[26,27].
Stagesofthemanufacturingfromnaturalsilk:Kababp(winder)toEl-Fattal
(twister),andMosadi(wrapper)anddyer,Almozaiki,Mulki(drawingin),
Weaveranddakkak(dropper)andthenturnthefabrictothepiston.
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4-1 - The traditional method for the manufacture
of A Damask fabrics
NewDamaskaremadeof100%cottonyarnonelectronicallyjacquardweaving
machines,usedinupholsteryandcurtains,mattresscoversandbedspreads.
This development has allowed to move the 30 000 hooks and speed of 700
rpm[6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,23,].
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5- Case Study
Case Study- 5
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Figure 3 - technological stapes for the manufacture
of Damask fabrics of cotton yarn
Yarns reception and testing
Drawing-in,reeding,knotting Sectional
warping
Weaving
ElectronicReduction 7 InputDesign 1
Designfinishing 8 Cropping 2
Weaveeditor 9 Resizing 3
Harnesspreparation 10 ColorReduce 4
Weaving 11 Redrawing 5
SlowReduction 6
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5-4- laboratory
:laboratory equipment - 5-4 equipment
count of yarn -SUPERBA to check sliver and yarns, Tex Techno
Statimat Me: to examine the tensile strength of yarn and
.fabrics[3,4,16, 20,22.]
1 2.5 weft 281 1980 1945 6.03 5.63 4.80 3.84 9.17 8.77
2 8.5/1O.E weft 550 984.97 914.95 6.64 7.52 6.58 5.11 14.54 13.81
24/2 639
3 warp 794.70 780.08 6.34 5.36 4.59 5.54 16.25 16.25
carded
warp 650
4 30/2carded 703.66 555.48 5.50 6.39 5.06 4.65 15.76 14.49
:Types of Damask Fabrics which were studded - 5-6
:Types of Damask Fabrics which were studded - 5-6
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Table 4 The physical and mechanical properties of
Damask fabrics
No. Testing item name Testing result
Damask fabric 705-A Damask fabric 705- B
ItwasdesignedandproducedtwonewtypesofDamaskfabricsaccording
tomarketneeds.byGROSSE(CAD/CAM)SystemGermancompany,
Itwasconductedthetestsofthephysicalandmechanicalcharacteristicsof
Damask(1181)product,andDamask(2)bymodernlaboratorydevices.
Table(7)showstheresultsofastudyofthephysical&mechanicalproperties
ofthemodernDamaskfabrics.
Table 7 physical and mechanical properties of the new
:improved Damask fabrics
No. Testing item name Testing results
Damask fabric 1181 Damask fabric 2
TheResultsoftestsoftensionresistanceindirectionofwarpandweftforthe
varietyDamask(1181)andDamask(2),weredocumentedandanalysed.
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5-8 Discussion the results of tests
1-ThetestresultsofthephysicalandmechanicalcharacteristicsofADamask
Fabrics,tables(from4to7),andtheresultsoftestsofresistancetotensionin
directionofweft&warpofallfabricsproducedmeetthequalityrequirementsof
both functional and aesthetic, to increase the demand for modern products in
market,absenceofcomplaintsbycustomers.
3 - Appears from the table 7 the high value of the resistance to tension in
directionofwarpofthenewvarietiesandincreasetheweightpersquaremeter
of the Damask (1181) and Damask (2) compared with the value of the
resistancetotensionindirectionofwarpoftheitems(705-710)inthetables
(4-6), due to the use of thick weft yarn in 1181 and a synthetic yarn in the
Damask(2)whichgivesgoodfeatures.
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6 - Suggestions and Conclusions
1-Ithasbeendefinedanddeterminedthecharacterizationandclassificationof
Damaskfabricsandthephysicalmechanicalspecification,anditindicatethe
need to update the design of Damask to meet the requirements of the tourist
industry, which is reflected in the national income , and economic and social
development.
2 - The study showed that Damask fabrics still enjoys a worldwide reputation
forwell-builtthroughalonghistorybackforseveralcenturiesisstillrequiredin
theinternationalmarketandreflectstheSyrianheritageandthenobilityofthe
textileSyrianindustrywherehistorycomefromdeeproad,forthisreasonitis
recommendedtherevivaloftheindustryandmaintain.
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6 - Suggestions and Conclusions
3-TheproductionofnewDamaskfabricswithnewdrawingsandspecifications
fulfilstherequirementsoffashionleadstoquality &productivityimprovement,
andincreasetheproductsaddedvalue,asthesellingpriceofnewproducts
increasesto60%.
4-Thedevelopmentofscientificmethodologytostudy,analyzeanddiagnose
theproblemsofthetextileindustry,throughtheresearchmodel,whichbenefit
fromitthetextilecompaniesandthescientificinstitutes.
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6 - Suggestions and Conclusions
5-Theinformationcontainedintheresearchcontributetoidentifytheproblems
of the state and society and to find solutions and increase the stock of
knowledgeandkeeppacewithmarketrequirementsanddevelopproductlines.
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Fig. 5 Jacquard weaving factory, Damascus
Dr.Eng.TaherRajabKaddar
AssociateProfessor
DepartmentofTextileandSpinningEngineering
FacultyofChemicalandPetroleumEngineering
AL-BaathUniversity-Syria
E- mail: dr.t-kadd@mail.sy Cell : 00963 933 517314