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Porosity and nonwoven fabric vertical wicking rate

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Fabric porosity is the result of fabric constructional parameters combination and used technology of nonwoven production. The effects of fabric porosity structure, as well as the content of hydrophilic viscose and hydrophobic polyester fibres in the web mixture, on the vertical wicking rate by nonwoven fabrics have been explored in this research. Fibrous webs with a different content of viscose and polyester fibres, with the web volume mass range of 0.019-0.035 g/cm3 were utilized during this study. The samples were produced using a dry-laid method of web forming and two methods of web bonding, e.g. needle punching and calendar bonding. Results show that higher volume porosity gives higher vertical wicking rate by all groups of tested samples regarding the content of used hydrophilic/hydrophobic fibres and that fluid flow is faster in samples with larger pores. The higher content of viscose fibres improve the vertical wicking rate, but better rising height can be achieved at samples made from 100 % of coarser polyester fibres. A prediction model of vertical wicking rate of viscose/ polyester nonwovens was developed on the basis of the fundamental constructional parameters of nonwoven fabrics (fibre fineness, type of raw material, and web density) and a non-deterministic modelling method, e.g. genetic algorithms, which can serve as a useful tool for fabric engineers by developing a nonwoven fabric in order to fit desired wicking rate.

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Dubrovski, P.D., Brezocnik, M. Porosity and nonwoven fabric vertical wicking rate. Fibers Polym 17, 801–808 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-016-6347-5

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