Analysis of Woven Natural Fiber Fabrics Prepared using Self-Designed Handloom

Abstract

Interlacing of fiber bundles offers advantages in terms of good dimensional stability and high packing density. Woven fabric interlacing structure sourced from natural fiber (NF) has gained greater attention due to increasing environmental awareness. This study emphasizes the development of a weaving device suitable for yarns that are thick and coarse in structure. Furthermore, output analysis was performed on the fabrics and a static puncture test was conducted. Fabric analysis involved assessment of the fabric's characterization, such as fabric thickness, weight, density, wavelength and inter-yarn porosity. The fabric puncture test was conducted to determine the puncture resistance of the output produced. A tabletop weaving device was successfully developed in this research and is capable of weaving NF yarns with different degrees of fabric tightness. The results demonstrated that fabrics with lower porosity values have greater puncture resistance and a higher deflection rate of failure. It is apparent that the developed weaving device can produce tight woven structure fabrics from NF yarns with excellent puncture resistance.

Influence of weave arrangements on mechanical characteristics of cotton and bamboo woven fabric reinforced composite laminates

“…37 Based on the research by Azrin Hani et al, the author demonstrates that simple weave kenaf and coir fibre have high potential which can be used as reinforcing materials and concluded that mechanical properties of the composites can be affected by the parameters such as fibre type and the reinforcement structure. 38 When compared to unidirectional or random orientation laminates, woven fabric composite possesses more balanced properties. Interlocking produced during weaving of fibre increases the strength than fibre matrix binding strength.…”

Effects of Fabric Counts and Weave Designs on the Properties of Laminated Woven Kenaf/Carbon Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites

“…On the other hand, substitution of conventional materials with natural fibres textiles as a reinforcement agent prevails all over the world as they offer several advantages including high strength and stiffness, are durable and have superior design flexibility [1,2]. Many researchers have studied the utilisation of natural fibres as textile reinforcement with polymer matrix such as those from hemp [3,4], jute [5,6,7,8], flax [9,10], and kenaf [11,12,13,14,15]. Over the years, kenaf fibre has been utilised extensively as a reinforcement agent in many productions of polymer composites.…”

“…Saiman et al [21] have fabricated a series of woven kenaf composite with different yarn linear densities and weave structures using a polyester (PE) matrix through a vacuum infusion technique and have found that both parameters have a significant influence on the tensile properties of the composite. Research that has been done by Azrin Hani et al [12] have demonstrated that woven kenaf and coir have a high potential to be used as reinforcing materials, and they also concluded that fibre type and reinforcement structure parameters affect the mechanical properties of the composites. Unfortunately, the mechanical properties of natural fibres composite do not match up to those of synthetic fibre composite.…”

Influence of Tensile Stress on Woven Compression Bandage Structure and Porosity

“…where While dealing with 2D fabrics, porosity is defi ned as the ratio of the projected geometrical area of the opening across the material to the total area of the material [10,11]. A classical 2D model of porosity seems insuffi cient for a tightly woven fabric.…”