Open AccessEffect of yarn structure on cover factor in woven fabrics
Author(s) -
Zuhaib Ahmad,
Moaz Eldeeb,
Iqbal Shoai,
Adnan Mazari
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industria textilă
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1222-5347
DOI - 10.35530/it.069.03.1416
Subject(s) - yarn , composite material , spinning , materials science , woven fabric , linear density , rotor (electric) , engineering , mechanical engineering
This experimental work investigates the effect of yarn structure on cover factor of fabrics at different weft settings by thelight transmission method. To analyze the effect, two different types of fabric set have been prepared by using airjet androtor yarns of the same linear densities in the weft direction and keeping the warp yarn unchanged. For each fabric, weftsetting has been changed gradually. Cross-sectional diameter of yarn and its packing density has been analyzed to findout the differences between both yarn structures. The effective yarn diameter and packing density have been found tobe almost same for both yarns while the hairiness is found to be higher in airjet yarn as compared to rotor yarn. Yarncross-section in the fabric has also been analyzed to examine the deformation (flatness) in yarn, which was relativelyhigher in airjet yarns. At the same weft setting the cover factor (CF) of fabric woven by air jet yarn is found to be higherthan fabric woven by rotor jet yarn, and this difference decreases as the weft setting increases in fabric. Correlationanalysis results show the relation between the cover factor and weft setting. While analysis of variance results showstatistically significant effect of spinning system (airjet and rotor yarn) and weft setting on the cover factor of wovenfabric.