Abstract
This paper compares the impact of laser treatment on cotton and cotton/polyester blended fabric hand properties, using the PhabrOmeter system. Five fabric hand properties, namely, stiffness, smoothness, softness, wrinkle recovery rate, and drapability, were obtained, and it was proven that laser treatment could be successfully used to change the fabric hand. In the case of pure cotton woven fabrics, the fabrics were found to have better drapability and wrinkle recovery after laser treatment. In cotton/polyester blended fabrics, stiffness was found to be relatively higher after laser irradiation.
Highlights
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of laser treatment on fabric hand properties of plain pure cotton and cotton/polyester blended fabrics
Fabric hand properties were measured by the PhabrOmeter Model 3 fabric evaluation system (Nu Cybertek Inc., Davis, CA, USA) with software 3.7.1 according to the standard AATCC test method
The softness the laser-treated cotton/polyester blended fabrics is improved compared with control fabrics, asofshown in Figure cotton/polyester blended fabrics is improved compared with the control fabrics, as shown
Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of laser treatment on fabric hand properties of plain pure cotton and cotton/polyester blended fabrics. Since the subjective assessment is influenced by many factors, objective assessment methods like the Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabric (KES-F), the Fabric Assurance by Simple Testing (FAST), and PhabrOmeter systems have been developed. These systems quantify the fabric hand in terms of low-stress mechanical properties, including bending, shear, tensile, and surface properties [8,9,10]. The system is based on the pattern recognition theory, by extracting the quality characteristics of the product, and connecting them to the human sense, so as to provide fast and reliable quality evaluation results It fills a very important blank [12]. By understanding the alteration of different properties of fabrics through laser treatment, better choice can be made between pre- and post-laser treatment in order to obtain the most desired fabric hand effect
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