Appearance and comfort properties considering yarn-spinning system and weave structure in worsted woven fabrics

Ali Tahvildar,Fatemeh Mousazadegan,Nazanin Ezazshahabi

doi:10.1177/1558925019845978

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Abstract

Worsted woven fabrics are considered as a prominent sort of outwear garments; the comfort and appearance properties of which have attracted the attention of researchers and producers. The fabric constructional parameters and the characteristics of yarns used for weaving this group of fabrics can affect their efficiency, comfort, and esthetic characteristics. In this regard, 16 sets of worsted fabrics with four various weave structures (plain, twill 2/1, twill 2/2, and hopsack 2/2) and four groups of yarns which were spun in different yarn-spinning systems (Solo, Siro, single-ply ring, and two-ply ring) were studied. The analysis of results revealed that the open structure and the movability of yarns in the fabric can improve the crease recovery angle, flexibility, air permeability, and water vapor permeability of the fabrics, while decreasing the abrasion and pilling resistance. In addition, the yarns that are spun in various spinning systems, due to their different level of compactness and the location of fibers in the yarn structure, can significantly affect the comfort and appearance properties of the fabrics.

Highlights

Consumers instinctively use fabric appearance and comfort to describe and judge fabric quality and its suitability for a specific end-use
Analysis of the results showed that fabrics made of Siro yarns have the highest thermal conductivity and those made of single-ply ring yarn have the lowest thermal conductivity.[10]
Since worsted woven fabrics are used for outwear clothing, they are considered to have the optimum appearance and comfort properties

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Introduction

Consumers instinctively use fabric appearance and comfort to describe and judge fabric quality and its suitability for a specific end-use. Due to the prominence of the comfort and esthetic properties of the fabrics, during the past years, by differing the fiber, yarn, and structural features of the fabrics, their characteristics such as the bending rigidity, permeability, thermal properties, crease, abrasion, and pilling, which are related to the comfort and appearance, have been studied. Mirdehghan et al studied the effect of yarn structure (Solo, Siro, single-ply, and two-ply ring) on the thermal properties of the worsted fabrics.

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