Abstract
There have been many studies on the handling. Not may of their results, however, can be applied to the industrial uses. In this paper, the author has tried to make a system for solving the problems of the handling.
The key point in this case is to find a useful method for measuring handlings. It is hypothesized that handings may be something perceived by subjective application of force.
How to represent the mechanical properties of fabrics and how to connect thus obtained ones to handlings have been especially discussed.
1. The handling criterion is arranged as shown in Fig. 1.
2. The new concept “the basic mechanical properties” is presented, which should be the representatives of the mechanical properties of fabrics. The method for instituting them were discussed.
3. The new concept “the basic handlings” is also presented, which are the mediums between the descriptive words for the handlings and basic mechanical properties. They can be constituted by giving sensorial discriptions to the basic mechanical properties.
4. How to translate voluntarily described words for handlings into the basic handlings is discussed.
5. How to extract the correct informations of the handlings from the measured data of the basic mechanical properties is also discussed.
6. A system for solving the problems of the handling, as shown in Fig. 5 is presented on the basis of the above theoretical results. Some explanations are given for each path in this system.
