Properties of knitted fabrics produced by kapok blended yarns

Abstract

In need of improving the properties of textiles, researchers investigate how to obtain surface with better mechanical and physical characteristics. On the other hand, for clothing purposes, it is also required to enhance comfortable properties. However, uniting these properties in the end product is difficult. For this objective, new fibers those allow what is desired are developed. This is one of the easiest ways. Because, if these characteristics can be found on the raw material, less treatments will be needed for gaining wanted surface quality. Another way is producing yarns that could enable end products with better mechanical, physical and comfortable properties. For these "new yarns", some of the production parameters can be changed or modified. As another way fibers can be blended, which is preferred in this study. The main aim is to evaluate the effect of kapok fibers on fabric properties. For this aim, kapok fibers were blended with three most common fibers: Tencel, PET and Cotton.

Oleofilik Buoyans Özellikli Kapok Lifleri ve Yenilikçi Yaklaşımlar

“…Kapok liflerinin tohum çekirdeklerinden ayrılmasında kullanılan makinalar pamuk elyafında kullanılana benzer nitelikte olan çırçır makineleridir [7]. Çırçır işlemi sonrası kapok elyafı pamuk elyafında olduğu gibi balyalanarak depolanmaktadır [6,41]. Balyalama işleminin ortalama bir basınçta (5 kg/cm 2 ) gerçekleştirilmesi liflerin elastikiyetleri başta olmak üzere çeşitli lif özelliklerinin bozulmadan korunabilmesi için büyük önem taşımaktadır [6,7].…”

Impact of hollow cellulosic fiber-based polyester/cotton /bamboo hybrid composites on physical and some comfort properties

“…Besides, kapok/cotton blended fiber appears to have comparable moisture permeability with pure cotton. In any case, the air permeability is decreased, and the warmth retention and water vapor transmission properties are upgraded owing to the exceptionally permeable construction of the kapok fiber [19][20][21]. It was reported that the moderate alkali treatment for kapok fiber, could be decreased the crystallinity of the blended yarns contrasted with cotton fiber [22,23].…”