Influence of Denting Order on Quality and Appearance of Cotton Based Plain Woven Fabric

Abstract

With the surging demand for versatile products with eclectic fabric construction, weaving industries often qualify the standardized denting order with a view to utilize the reeds that are at their disposal. In the weaving cycle, beat-up operation is performed by reed which also controls the denting order. The appearance and quality of woven fabric vary due to various parameters. Among them denting order is one of the most overlooked parameters. The present study is uniquely designed to determine the ramifications of the denting order changing on plain woven fabric quality and appearance while keeping the loom parameters, yarn parameters and fabric construction constant. A total of five plain fabrics were manufactured and six performance properties including tear resistance, tensile strength, seam slippage resistance, fabric weight, abrasion and pilling resistance of the samples were analyzed and statistically evaluated with ANOVA. The appearance was assessed visually. What appeared was that tensile, tear, and appearance had undergone perpetual change for all the samples but change of seam slippage, fabric weight, abrasion, and pilling resistance remained inconsistent. Statistical evaluation also revealed that the difference among the fabric properties due to variation of denting order were significant especially for tearing and tensile strength.

Keywords

• woven fabric
• denting
• reed
• appearance
• performance properties
• anova