Evaluation of physical and mechanical characteristics of three-thread fleece knit fabric for their structural changes
Md. kaikobad,
Md. Faisal Mahmud,
Abdullah Sayam,
Suman Chandra Paul,
Md. Musa Ali Reza,
Md. Omar Faruque,
Nazmul Alam Apel,
Md. Emdad Sarker
Affiliations
Md. kaikobad
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Textile Engineering, Green University of Bangladesh (GUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Faisal Mahmud
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Textile Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Bangladesh
Abdullah Sayam
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Research and Development, Epyllion Group (Textile Division), Gazipur, Bangladesh
Suman Chandra Paul
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Textile Engineering, City University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Musa Ali Reza
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Textile Engineering, International Standard University (ISU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Omar Faruque
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Textile Engineering, Green University of Bangladesh (GUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nazmul Alam Apel
Department of Research and Development, Epyllion Group (Textile Division), Gazipur, Bangladesh
Md. Emdad Sarker
Department of Fabric Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.
The aim of this research is to explore the variations that can arise when three-thread fleece (3- TFL) fabric is manufactured with the same yarn type, count, stitch length, knitting machine gauge, and diameter but in different structural configurations. The physical and mechanical properties of 3-TFL fabrics vary depending on their structural construction, which has a significant impact on their intended usage. For this study, four distinct types of three-thread fleece fabric structures were developed titled straight, three-butt diagonal, four-butt diagonal, and double tuck 3-TFL. Fabric weight, bursting strength, shrinkage percentage, spirality, pilling, stretch and recovery percentage tests were performed on the produced samples and the results were interpreted statistically. The ANOVA study revealed a strong association between the fabric design and its properties. Although all variants of fleece fabric showed better dimensional stability, the double tuck 3-TFL fabric demonstrated a relatively high dimensional change. In addition, double tuck 3-TFL fabric showed higher fabric weight, better pilling grade, and less spirality, whereas 4-butt diagonal 3-TFL fabric exhibited higher bursting strength. This research will assist commercial knit fabric producers in the textile industry to understand the effect of structural variations on fleece fabric qualities.
