An investigation of the effects of weave types on surface roughness of woven fabric

Abstract

The fabrics intended for clothing have more emphasis on their appearance and handling characteristics such as luster, smoothness or roughness, stiffness or limpness, and draping qualities. Nowadays, evaluating fabric touch can be of great interest in the industry to match the quality needs of the consumer and the parameters for the manufacturing process. Throughout this study, the effect of weave types on the surface roughness of cotton woven fabric was investigated and analyzed. Three different weave types namely, plain 1/1, twill 1/3, and sateen 8/3 were investigated. The fabric parameters were 27*20Ne (warp/weft) count of yarn, 38*18 (EPC [Ends per Centimeters]/PPC [Picks per Centimeters]) thread density, and 710 CN/TEX (Cent-newton per Tex) with warp tension was produced by air-jet loom. The findings of this study revealed that the surface roughness values of all the fabrics increased regularly on moving from plain 1/1 weave to sateen 8/3 weave. But, the surface roughness of fabric in the weft direction is higher than in the warp direction. The weave type is statistically significant at a confidence interval of 95% and can effectively be used to describe the surface roughness for both warp and weft direction of woven fabrics. The pairwise comparison reveals that it is statistically significant for weave types in the warp and weft direction of the fabrics. This investigation and analysis of weave types on surface roughness of cotton woven fabrics help textile technologies and manufacturers to consider the weave types during the production of fabrics for different end applications.

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“…The higher shrinkage of the rib knit fabric tends to bring the face loop columns closer and in front of the back loop columns, providing a cordlike appearance to the whole structure. The cord appearance provides the longer continuous yarn path, and the loop structure of the knitted fabric imparts loose packing (Table ), increasing the amplitude of peaks and valleys on the surface (Figure b,d). , …”

“…The compact structure and a shorter float length have depicted the lower surface roughness due to a reduction in the amplitude between peaks and valleys (Figure 7a,c). 54,55 However, the rib structure is distinguished by the alternate columns of face and back loops. The higher shrinkage of the rib knit fabric tends to bring the face loop columns closer and in front of the back loop columns, providing a cordlike appearance to the whole structure.…”

Linear Model Equation for Prediction and Evaluation of Surface Roughness of Plain-Woven Fabric

“…A factor having an important role in the configuration of the surface characteristics of the fabric is the crimp of the yarns, under the consideration that the yarn densities of warp and weft are of the same class. If the crimp values of the weft and warp yarns are close to each other, the fabric produced is more or less balanced in terms of appearance [8][9][10][11] Modeling is the process of perception of textiles by the skin fills the gap between two contemporary existing solutions: objective and subjective assessment of handling properties of fabrics [12][13][14][15][16]. The different number of mathematical models concerning the human body, clothing, and environment offer useful equations and tools.…”

“…The Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabrics (KESF), Fabrics Analysis by Simple Tests (FAST), and Fabric Touch Tester (FTT) systems are available for measuring the fabric handle-related characteristics under the contact methods. But, as far as the tactile responses are concerned, all the low-stress mechanical characteristics directly or indirectly stimulate the touch pressure roughness and other mechanoreceptors of human skin [10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

The effects of yarn and fabric structural parameters on surface friction of plain-woven fabrics

“…The coefficient of friction of textiles against the skin is mainly influenced by the nature of the textile, skin moisture content and ambient humidity (Gerhardt et al , 2008; Zhong et al , 2006). Physical characteristics of yarns (yarn count [weft and warp], fiber fineness and composition, yarn twist), together with their alignment and positioning in fabric structure (density [warp and weft], yarn crimp [warp and weft], weave pattern, fabric balance and fabric thickness), are important in the measurement of surface friction properties (Becerir et al , 2016; Beyene and Kumelachew, 2021; Das et al , 2005; Gerhardt et al , 2008).…”