Comparison of the Selected Physical Properties of Elastane Weft Knitted Fabrics Before and After Repeated Launderings
Abstract
It was aimed to investigate the influence of
washing cycle and fabric type on stretching (%), unrecovered elongation (%) and
elastic recovery properties of plain knitted fabrics made of different ground
yarn types having the same elastane ratio (%). For the plain knitted fabrics;
Elastane ratio was kept constant as 5% for all fabric types whereas the ground
yarns were selected as 70% polyester 30% cotton vortex yarn, 70% polyester
30%viscon ring yarn, 70% polyester 30%cotton ring yarn, 100%viscon vortex and
100% cotton ring spun yarns respectively. Knitted samples were objected to
repeated laundering and flat dried after each washing cycle. Fabric
weight (g/m2) after the washing cycles of 1, 5 and 10 were
premeasured. Fryma fabric extensometer device was used for
determining the stretching ratios (%), unrecovered elongation (%) and elastic
recovery (%) of the samples both in wale and course way. Two-Way ANOVA was
performed in order to investigate the influence of washing cycle and fabric
type on stretching (%) and unrecovered elongation (%) properties of the
elastane knitted fabrics.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
April 30, 2019
Submission Date
November 9, 2018
Acceptance Date
January 24, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 24 Number: 1