Research Institutes in Pakistan

Pakistan

Textiles Industry Research & Development Centre.

Contact: Mr. Azfar Shafqat
Title: Director
Address: GPO Box No.-479, M.T.KHAN ROAD
City/State: Karachi, Sindh
Country: Pakistan
Phone of Organization: (92-21)-5684356-57, 5684338-40, 5680857
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Year Established: 1973.
Language of Registration: English
Source of Input: INRES01
INRES Inst. No.: PAK4009
Information Last Updated: 03/31/94
Institution Type: Semi-Governmental/Parastatal/State-owned Enterpris


Purpose:
(1) To achieve improved efficiency of the manufacturing units through optimum use of resources such as machinery, labour, materials, finance, and improved quality control; (2) to improve training of technical personnel and to develop (3) specialist expertise in various fields of textile technology (4) to advise on the feasibility and techniques for replacing conventional machinery with new types of machines (5) to advise and provide experts training facilities for development of new products

Expertise & Training Programs

Expertise Project No: 1

Area of Expertise
Textile dyeing, printing and finishing industry
Textile, garment and leather industry

Title: Consultancy Services Offered to Textile Industry

Description:
These services include feasibility study for installation of 12,500 spindles at the present site of Mehar textile mills Hyderabad, consultancy on cone winding, pirn winding, sizing for Hala enterprises.

Language(s) Used: English

Implemented in: Pakistan

Start Date: 01/01/76

Type of Exp/Trg: Feasibility Studies/Problem Analysis/Surveys

Expertise Project No: 2

Area of Expertise
Textile and garment industry
Research and development

Title: Research Work

Description:
Research on various projects like blending of polyester/cotton fibers, formulation of size recape for polyester/cotton blended yarn. 110 research articles has been published in various journals

Language(s) Used: English

Implemented in: Pakistan

Start Date: 01/01/76

Type of Exp/Trg: Research and Development

Training Program No: 1

Area of Training

Production management

Title: Production Management

Description:
The objective of this course is to augment the knowledge of production executives and to develop their skills

Language(s) Used: English , Urdu

Times per year: 3 times a year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 5 days

Training Program No: 2

Area of Training

Quality control

Title: Quality Controllers Course

Description:
Modern techniques of quality control will be imparted to the personnel of spinning mills to improve their skills in maintaining the quality during various stages of the spinning processes.

Language(s) Used: English

Times per year: 3 times per year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 15 days

Training Program No: 3

Area of Training

Quality control

Title: Quality Control and Testing in Wet Processing

Description:
The course will introduce the participants to a system which gives various methods of quality control and process control

Language(s) Used: English, Urdu

Times per year: 3 times a year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 8 days

Training Program No: 4

Area of Training

Spinning, weaving and finishing textiles

Title: Spinning Assistant Masters (Production, Maintenance)

Description:
The course is motivated to impart latest techniques in the spinning technology for improving the productivity and quality of yarn and to familiarize them with various techniques for machine maintenance systems which will reduce machine down time.

Language(s) Used: English, Urdu

Times per year: 3 times

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 4 days

Training Program No: 5

Area of Training

Spinning, weaving and finishing textiles

Title: Spinning and Weaving Supervisors

Description:
The course upgrades the technical knowledge of the supervisors in spinning and weaving departments and trains them in fault diagnosis.

Language(s) Used: English, Urdu

Times per year: 3 times per year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 15 days

Training Program No: 6

Area of Training

Spinning, weaving and finishing textiles

Title: Spinning and Weaving Operative Instructors

Description:
This course is intended to train the instructors nominated by the textile mills so that they may in turn train the newly recruited workers in a scientific way to improve their productivity.

Language(s) Used: English, Undue

Times per year: 3 times per year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 15 days

Training Program No: 7

Area of Training

Textile dyeing, printing and finishing industry

Title: Dyeing /Printing of Polyester & Polyester Cellulosic Blended Materials

Description:
The course deals with upgrading of skills of supervisory staff for the processing of synthetics and their blends for improved quality and productivity.

Language(s) Used: English, Urdu

Times per year: 3 times per year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 8 days

Training Program No: 8

Area of Training

Textile dyeing, printing and finishing industry

Title: Textile Wet Processing

Description:
The course is designed to upgrade the technical know-how of the technicians in the fields of pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, and finishing of 100 % cotton fabrics and its blends with polyester

Language(s) Used: English, Urdu

Times per year: twice a year

Type of Exp/Trg: Professional Certificate

Duration/Cost : 16 weeks


Equipment:
Fibrograph; Textest RM 113; Usto auto sorter; twist testing instrument; Shirley yarn hairiness meter; Uster evennesss tester model GGP; Yarn Classimat; Uster Tensorapid; dynamometer type I.F.; tearing strength testing machine; crimp tester; projection microscope; open and spinning frame with four rotors; spin tester with 6 spindles lab; laboratory high temperature dyeing machine; laboratory transfer printing machine; laboratory drying, curing & steaming unit; automatic cop change power looms Sak