A STUDY ON THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF THE COTTON KNITTED FABRICS IN SINGLE JERSEY STRUCTURE

WOS: 000269947800007Moisture management is defined as the ability of a garment to transport moisture away from the skin to the garment's outer surface in multi-dimensions and it is one of the key performance criteria in today's apparel industry since it has a significant effect on the human perception of moisture sensations. Because of its good water absorbing property, cotton is often used for next-to-skin wear such as t-shirts and underwear. In scope of the study, cotton yarns, produced in different yarn counts (Ne 20, Ne 30, Ne 40) and different twist values (alpha e=3.2, 3.6, 4.0) were knitted as single jersey structure in the same production conditions. The moisture management properties of the fabrics were measured in "SDL-ATLAS Moisture Management Tester". Dynamic liquid transport properties of textiles such as wetting time, maximum absorption rate, spreading speed were measured and it was determined that the effects of yarn count and yarn twist coefficient on these properties were significant. According to the overall moisture management capacity of the fabrics calculated according to measured features, it was found that all the fabrics used in this study have good moisture management capability

THE EFFECTS OF THE PRODUCTION CONDITIONS OF RIBBON TYPED FANCY YARNS ON THE THERMOPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

WOS: 000273600200005Diversity in the customer demands and technological developments gave rise to textile industry to tend towards to the new products. Therefore, in order to create different fabric structures, manufactures started to produce fancy yarns having different structural and appearance features, At present, fancy yarns can be produced by using various techniques and based on the production methods, the thermal properties of the fabrics produced by using these yarns change. In this study, thermal comfort properties of the knitted fabrics produced by using ribbon fancy yarns manufactured in different raw materials (100% PAC, 50%-50% PAC/wool) and different production conditions (2,4,6 needle; 7,9,11 delivery cylinder rate) are investigated and a comparative analysis of thermal properties is carried out. With the increasing number of knitting needle, yarn structure gets thicker and therefore thermal conductivity of the fabrics produced with these yarns increase. Whereas these fabrics have cooler feeling with the first touch, the fabrics produced with the yarns manufactured under the condition of higher speed of delivery cylinder give warmer feeling