Syllabus - Safety in Textile Industry (FT 703(B))

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Safety in Textile Industry (FT 703(B))

VII-Semester

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to process flow charts of short staple spinning, long staple spinning, viscose rayon and synthetic fibre, manufacturer, spun and filament yarn to fabric manufacture, jute spinning and jute fabric manufacture-accident hazard, guarding of machinery and safety precautions in opening, carding, combing, drawing, flyer frames and ring frames, doubles, rotor spinning, winding, warping, softening/spinning specific to jute.

TEXTILE HAZARDS I

Accident hazards, sizing processes- cooking vessels, transports of size, hazards due to steam, Loom shed shuttle looms and shuttless looms, knitting machines, non-wovens.

TEXTILE HAZARDS II

Scouring, bleaching, dyeing, punting, mechanical finishing operations and effluents in textile processes.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Health hazards in textile industry related to dust, fly and noise generated-control measures-relevant occupational diseases, personal protective equipment-health and welfare measures specific to textile industry, Special precautions for specific hazardous work environments.

SAFETY STATUS

Relevant provision of factories act and rules and other statues applicable to textile industry – effluent treatment and waste disposal in textile industry.

Course Objective

To understand and identify the hazards associated in textile industry with safety management system.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • 100 Textile fires – analysis, findings and recommendations LPA

  • Groover and Henry DS, Hand book of textile testing and quality control

  • Quality tolerances for water for textile industry, BIS

  • Shenai, V.A,. A technology of textile processing, Vol.I, Textile Fibres

  • Little, A.H.,Water supplies and the treatment and disposal of effluent

  • Safety in Textile Industry Thane Belapur Industries Association, Mumbai.