A test apparatus to measure vertical wicking of fabrics – a case study on shirting fabrics

Atasağun, Hande Gül; Okur, Ayşe; Akkan, Taner; Akkan, L. Ozlem

doi:10.1080/00405000.2015.1128225

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“…It was stated that the proposed method took less than one minute to measure spreading area in unit mm 2 by image analysis technique [19]. It was also concluded that the conventional manual method for water spreading area measurement takes very long time (5-6 hours for each samples) by naked eye [14].…”

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“…There are some difficulties to determine wickability property of fabrics. The visual evaluation of the liquid rise on the fabric, the deficiency of measurement results for dark coloured fabrics, and especially the replacement of test sample for repeated measurement and time-consuming test procedure [14]. Several methods have been reported in literature in order to overcome these difficulties.…”

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“…Furthermore, for hygiene products or for other textile products that are expected high absorption capacity the liquid spreading area and spreading rate are also important parameters. For the measurement of spreading area and rate, different experimental approaches have been introduced in literature [12][13][14][15].…”

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Development of an Algorithm to Determine the Liquid Spreading Area of Airlaid Nonwoven Fabrics by Image Processing Method

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Today, many quality controls processes that are controlled by Image Processing (IP) technique has achieved state-of-the-art performance for all technology field. The image processing technique, which provides as accurate objective evaluation as the long and tiring traditional measurement methods, is nowadays widely used in textile industry. In this study, an alternative image processing technique has been proposed against the conventional wickability measurement method of nonwoven fabrics especially used in the hygiene products. An average liquid spread area ratio of airlaid nonwoven fabric was calculated with the developed algorithm and the accuracy of the proposed technology was demonstrated.

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Development of an Algorithm to Determine the Liquid Spreading Area of Airlaid Nonwoven Fabrics by Image Processing Method

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“…To define the capability of the fabric to wick moistness, the wicking method was used. The standard wicking test (DIN 53924) involves the cutting of the test sample swatch (5 × 5 cm 2 ) and hanging the sample with a rod [33]. In the wicking method, the strip of fabric was hung vertically in distilled water and the wicking height was measured at different time intervals (i.e., 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 s).…”

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“…The wicking test is a spontaneous displacement of the solid/liquid interface in the capillary system. The extent of wicking within the fabric depends on the surface hydrophilic group, pore distribution, and pore size [33]. Conventionally, to enhance the hydrophilicity of the fabric, alkaline pretreatments were applied using potassium hydroxide.…”

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Prewetting Induced Hydrophilicity to Augment Photocatalytic Activity of Nanocalcite @ Polyester Fabric

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To eliminate imidacloprid insecticide from wastewater, nanocalcite was grafted onto the surface of pretreated polyester fabric. The process of seeding was followed by the low temperature hydrothermal method for the growth of nanocalcite for the functionalization of fabric. The goal of this study was to improve the hydrophilicity of the nanocalcite photocatalyst that had been grafted onto the surface of polyester fabric (PF) using acidic and basic prewetting techniques. The morphological characteristics, crystalline nature, surface charge density, functional groups of surface-modified nanocalcite @ PF were determined via SEM, XRD, FTIR, and Zeta potential (ZP), respectively. Characterization results critically disclosed surface roughness due to excessive induction of hydroxyl groups, rhombohedral crystal structure, and high charge density (0.721 mS/cm). Moreover, contact angle of nanocalcite @ PF was calculated to be 137.54° while after acidic and basic prewetting, it was reduced to 87.17° and 48.19°. Similarly, bandgap of the as fabricated nanocalcite was found to be 3.5 eV, while basic prewetted PF showed a reduction in band gap (2.9 eV). The solar photocatalytic mineralization of imidacloprid as a probe pollutant was used to assess the improvement in photocatalytic activity of nanocalcite @ PF after prewetting. Response surface methodology was used to statistically optimize the solar exposure time, concentration of the oxidant, and initial pH of the reaction mixture. Maximum solar photocatalytic degradation of the imidacloprid was achieved by basic prewetted nanocalcite @ PF (up to 91.49%), which was superior to acidic prewetted fabric and as-fabricated nanocalcite @ PF. Furthermore, HPLC and FTIR findings further indicated that imidacloprid was decomposed vastly to harmless species by basic prewetted nanocalcite @ PF.

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Performance evaluation of fabrics for evaporative cooling applications

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A test apparatus to measure vertical wicking of fabrics – a case study on shirting fabrics

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Development of an Algorithm to Determine the Liquid Spreading Area of Airlaid Nonwoven Fabrics by Image Processing Method

Development of an Algorithm to Determine the Liquid Spreading Area of Airlaid Nonwoven Fabrics by Image Processing Method

Prewetting Induced Hydrophilicity to Augment Photocatalytic Activity of Nanocalcite @ Polyester Fabric

Performance evaluation of fabrics for evaporative cooling applications

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