Effect of production parameters of polyester weft yarns on some thermal comfort properties of drapery fabrics

Abstract

This study has been performed to investigate the eff ECT some weft yarn properties such as weft yarn type, fiber cross sectional shape of the yarn and the incorporated TiO 2 amount (%) during yarn spinning process on some thermal comfort properties of drapery fabrics such as thermal, air permeability and water vapor permeability properties. 12 woven drapery fabrics were produced by using 334/192 denier/fi l draw textured polyester and 400/192 denier/fi l air jet textured polyester weft yarns produced with different fiber cross sectional shape (round, hollow) and different amount of incorporated TiO2 additive (0.3%, 1.2%, 1.8%) and with the same 150 denier Trev-ira yarns at the weft density of 26 threads/cm. SPSS Statistical software package and bar graphs were utilized for the evaluation of the results. Randomized three-way ANOVA was utilized at the significance level of 0.05. And SNK tests were also performed for observing the means of each parameter.

Keywords

• drapery fabrics
• fiber cross sectional shape
• yarn linear density
• thermal comfor