Application of Fabric Objective Evaluation of Fabric Hand and Quality

Abstract

As an application of fabric objective evaluation of fabric hand and quality which has been developed with the Hand Eveluation and Standardization Committee (HESC), a joint research project with the HESC and the Wool Research Organization of New Zealand (WRONZ) has been carried out to develop high quality summer suitings using New Zealand Corriedale wool of 35 micron. After the first and the second trials, the third trial was organized in 1985 and 13 tropical suitings and 14 summer/spring jacket fabrics have been developed. These fabrics were woven and finished in Japanese companies using the yarns sent from WRONZ on the basis of the results obtained in the preceding two trials. The objective method has been fully used through the research process and monitored the product of the trial. High quality fabrics have been obtained and their characteristics have been inspected by the objective method. Some of these fabrics were tailored to inspect the wearing comfort. In the mid-summer in this year, the suit showed high performance and high coolness in wearing. The forth trial is now going on the basis of this result and 40 kinds of various type of suitings will be produced and inspected their performance with market survey.