A Comparative Study on Physical and Comfort Properties of Yarns and Hand-woven Fabrics Produced from Virgin and Recycled Fibers

Dessalegn Awgichew; Santhanam Sakthivel; Mekdes Gedlu; Meseret Bogale

doi:10.21467/jmm.8.1.52-66

Authors

Dessalegn Awgichew Department of Textile Technology, Faculty of Textile and Apparel Fashion Technology, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa 190310 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4925
Santhanam Sakthivel Department of Textile Technology, Faculty of Textile and Apparel Fashion Technology, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa 190310
Mekdes Gedlu Department of Textile Technology, Faculty of Textile and Apparel Fashion Technology, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa 190310
Meseret Bogale Department of Textile Technology, Faculty of Textile and Apparel Fashion Technology, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa 190310

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21467/jmm.8.1.52-66

Abstract

Products produced from textile industries cannot meet the needs for human kind since the population of the world grows exponentially; due to this the recycling of textile materials has gained massive importance in textile and clothing sector. In this study, it was aimed to analyse recycled fibers effect on the yarn and hand loom fabrics as their proportion increases. For this purpose, OE rotor yarns produced by varying the recycled fibers proportion at 25%, 50, and 75% and compared with 100% virgin cotton yarns. The physical and mechanical properties of the yarns such as unevenness, imperfections, hairiness, breaking force, elongation, were measured by Uster Tester 4 SX, Uster Zweigle Hairiness Tester 5, and Uster Tensorapid 3. Then after hand loom fabrics with plain and twill fabrics are produced from produced yarns of different recycled fiber proportions. The effects of recycled fiber proportion on produced hand-woven fabric properties such as pilling, abrasion resistance and air permeability were also evaluated. Results showed that yarns and fabrics produced from recycled fibers blended with virgin cotton are suitable for applications where the strength of yarns and fabric are less critical, but where unevenness, imperfections and handle properties required thus, hand loom fabrics Produced can suitably used for home furnishing applications like table cover, curtains, wall covers and pillow cases.

Keywords:

Recycled fibers, OE-rotor spinning, Blended yarns

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