Moisture Management Properties of Seersucker Woven Fabrics of Different Structure

Abstract

Moisture management is defined as the controlled movement of water vapour and liquid water (perspiration) from the surface of the skin to the atmosphere through the fabric. The ability of moisture transport is a very important feature of textile materials from the point of view of the physiological comfort of usage clothing made of these materials. Among the different textile materials (woven, knitted and nonwoven), seersucker woven fabric is considered as having good comfort-related properties. The fabrics are characterised by the occurrence of puckered and flat strips in the warp direction. The puckered effect generates air spaces between the body and the fabric, keeping the wearer cool in hot conditions as the puckered area holds the fabric away from the skin during usage. In the work presented, seersucker woven fabrics of different patterns of the puckered strips were investigated. The aim of the work was to analyse the relationship between the structure of seersucker fabrics and their moisture management properties. Measurement of the moisture transport properties of seersucker woven fabrics was made using a Moisture Management Tester M290, produced by SDL Atlas. Investigations performed showed that the properties of seersucker woven fabrics characterising their ability to transfer liquid moisture are different depending on the variant of the repeat of puckered strips.

Liquid Moisture Transport in Knitted Fabrics in Relaxed and Stretched State

“…Five types of cotton and cotton blends were selected for the study. The fabrics have the following characteristics (Table 1): Measurements were performed by means of the Moisture Management Tester (SDL Atlas) (Figure 1) [7][8][9][10][11][12] according to the procedure described in the AATCC Test Method 195-2011 [17].…”

“…The stretching causes the changes of the fabrics' structure and in the same way the changes of the mechanism of liquid moisture transport in the fabrics. Last decade the Moisture Management Tester (SDL Atlas, US) was applied to evaluate in a complex way the textile materials from the point of view of their ability to transport liquid moisture [11,12]. However, currently published research works concerns the transport of liquid moisture in textile materials in relaxed (unstretched) state [13][14][15][16].…”

Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

“…Moisture evaporation from the textiles could be caused by the cooperation of two processes: wetting the fabrics and wicking the liquid flow through the fabric texture via capillary forces. The waterproof textile could be prepared via using hydrophobic polymers and functionalizing agents and also porous structures (Matusiak 2019;Li et al 2016).…”

Moisture transport in cotton woven fabrics of different weaves and linear density of weft yarn

“…Negative sensations can be affected by factors such as clothing mismatch, lack of freedom of movement, feeling cold or overheating, sweating, no sweat evaporation from the skin surface, etc. [1,3,4]. The transport of moisture in liquid form through the fabric is shown in Fig.…”