Modern textile color measurement solutions for a global production supply chain
With increased scrutiny in recent years of being a leading polluter to our planet, the textile industry is being forced to find ways to reduce waste across the global production supply chain, optimize dyeing processes and color quality, and ensure timely delivery in a global market. With textile dyeing being one of the major contributors, it remains imperative for the textile industry to be ahead of the game with industry-leading digital textile color measurement and formulation tools.
To help dye houses deliver on sustainability needs, meet quickly changing seasonal color trends, stay competitive and improve profitability, X-Rite offers complete solutions for color matching and quality control of textile materials. Using textile color measurement spectrophotometers, visual assessment tools, and a combination of formulation and quality control software, dye houses can simplify the color development process, optimize the dyeing process, reuse leftover materials, and reduce approval cycles.
X-Rite Pantone offers the right tools, technology and services for dye houses and the entire textile industry to:
- Utilize quantitative measurement from transmission and reflectance spectrophotometers to ensure satisfactory color quality.
- Simplify the pass fail protocol within the production environment with proper color tolerancing of dyed samples and materials.
- Measure color on a variety of fabric samples such as patterned or textured materials, performance fabric, accessories, and other hard-to-measure samples.
- Efficiently formulate dyes with software that can accelerate the color development process through better first match performance and fewer color correction steps.
- Ensure all stakeholders in the global production supply chain are utilizing the same digital color standards to ensure consistent color across a network of suppliers.
- Visually evaluate physical samples under proper lighting conditions using an industry standard light booth, fit-to-finish rooms or luminaires that offer up to 7 different light sources.
Color Formulation for Textile Dyeing
X-Rite's complete solutions for dye formulation that allows dye houses to produce colors quickly and improve color quality on a variety of textile materials.
- Ci7860 - Benchtop sphere spectrophotometer that is ideal for color measurement of dyed samples on a wide range of materials and fabric.
- Color iMatch - Intelligent color formulation software that accurately identifies recipes containing the most likely dye combinations using proprietary search metrics, resulting in better matches and fewer dye corrections using known good formulas.
- NetProfiler - Instrument performance technology that verifies and optimizes the performance of color measurement devices to reduce color measurement variance among instruments.
Textile Color Measurement and Quality Control
X-Rite's color measurement tools for quality control are ideal for textile manufacturers and assembly partners that need to ensure consistent color across the entire supply chain.
- MetaVue VS3200- Non-contact 45:0 imaging spectrophotometer is used for color measurement on multi-colored fabric samples to quantify the true color.
- Ci7860 - Benchtop sphere spectrophotometer used to measure solid color and enables reflection and transmission measurements across the visible range for transparent and translucent materials.
- Color iQC - Quality control software that ensures consistent color throughout the supply chain through adaptable and configurable software options.
- NetProfiler - Instrument performance technology that verifies and optimizes the performance of color measurement devices to reduce color measurement variance among instruments.
- SpectraLight QC – With 7 light sources including dimmable filtered-tungsten halogen daylight (class A) and optional LED, this top-of-the line light booth provides the most accurate daylight simulation available for optimum visual assessment of dyed fabrics and other physical samples.
Featured Resources
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