​This is a group project, comprising four team members, under the subject of 'Innovative Weaving'. We were given two types of yarns, namely the HPT CUT PRO BLADE-50 and HPT FLEX W70-104. The objective was to create a practical product tailored to a specific target audience, accompanied by comprehensive primary and secondary research to support our design.
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About the Yarns:
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Cut-Tex® PRO is an ultra high-performance cut-resistant fabric, made from an innovative combination of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and other technical fibres weaved by special high-density knitting machines.
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HPT Flex® yarns are designed using Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene fibres reinforced with metal and other multifiber components in core/sheath structure. These yarns are available in Hi visilibility colours such as orange, green, yellow and can be made X-ray detectable to avoid cross-contamination in food and medical industry.
Statistics of Attacks that Forest Rangers Face
Effects on Human Body
Problem Statement:
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The prevalence of animal attacks and attacks that are targeted by poachers, illegal miners, timber smugglers, and encroachers on forest officials poses a significant threat to their safety and hampers their ability to carry out their duties effectively.
A cut through any of these key arteries will result in rapid blood loss and a possibility of instant death, so here in our product prototype, we aim at incorporating protection for these areas.
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We would be integrating woven swatches made of the Cut-pro and Flex yarn which would be integrated as patches in the Khakhi uniforms of the guards to help safeguard these key arteries when they face an attack.
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This would give the wounded guard more time to save himself and reach a safe place as the resulting blood loss would be less.
These were the final swatches we wove using both yarns, Cut-pro in the warp due to its strength, and Flex in the weft. The method of blocked drafting is used to achieve this design, which is inspired by snakeskin to get the camouflage effect.
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We conducted extensive experimentation with various weaving techniques to determine the most resilient one, which included plain, twill, and satin weaves. Then finally we decided to go ahead with the dobby design.
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Below is the treadling plan and the tie-up of the final swatch, respectively. And, the final swatch!
Thank you so much, folks!
It was fun working on this one.