Investigation of Some Handle Properties of Fabrics Woven with Two Folded Yarns of Different Spinning Systems

Abstract

In this study, in order to observe the effect of spinning systems such as ring, rotor and vortex, and twist direction of the folded yarns on the fabric handle properties, single end yarns were produced in the same yarn count, yarn twist, and twist directions. After that, the single end yarns were folded on the same doubling machine in two twist directions of S and Z. These folded yarns were used as weft yarns in the woven fabrics. In addition to these parameters, four different weft insertion orders were tried (SSSS, ZZZZ, SSZZ, SZSZ) to be observed whether the insertion order makes any difference in the handle values of the fabrics. It was concluded from the study that handle properties of the fabrics produced with ring folded yarns are better than the ones produced with rotor and vortex folded yarns regardless of the weft insertion order. The fabrics produced with SSSS weft insertion order are the softest among all fabrics in all spinning systems. Besides, using the weft insertion order of SZSZ makes the fabric softer than SSZZ.