Implementing traceability using particle randomness-based textile printed tags

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Agrawal, T.K.^1,2,3,4 ; Koehl, L.^1,2 ; Campagne, C.^1,2

Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille

F-59000, France^1

ENSAIT, GEMTEX, Roubaix

F-59100, France^2

Swedish School of Textiles, University of Boras, Boras

S-50190, Sweden^3

College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China^4

关键词: Abrasion resistance test;    Brand authentication;    Micron-scale particles;    Printing paste;    Random particles;    Screen-printing process;    Textile and clothings;    Textile products;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/7/072001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/7/072001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This article introduces a random particle-based traceability tag for textiles. The proposed tag not only act as a unique signature for the corresponding textile product but also possess the features such as easy to manufacture and hard to copy. It seeks applications in brand authentication and traceability in textile and clothing (T&C) supply chain. A prototype has been developed by screen printing process, in which micron-scale particles were mixed with the printing paste and printed on cotton fabrics to attain required randomness. To encode the randomness, the image of the developed tag was taken and analyzed using image processing. The randomness of the particles acts as a product key or unique signature which is required to decode the tag. Finally, washing and abrasion resistance tests were conducted to check the durability of the printed tag.