Fibers and Polymers

, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp 398–403 | Cite as

Dimensional stability of single jersey fabrics of LincLITE® and conventional yarns. I

  • Shin-Woong Park
  • Stewart Collie
  • C. N. Herath
  • Bok Choon Kang
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Abstract

Dimensional constants (k values) of single jersey fabrics made from LincLITE® and conventional yarns are calculated under dry, steam, full relaxation treatments. Fabrics were made under different tightness factors such as high, medium and low with different twist factors, twist directions and feeder blending. LincLITE® yarns made to get soft and bulkier effects with yarn count of 39 tex and conventional yarns made into 39 tex and 48 tex yarn counts. Various effects on K values are analysed using correlation coefficients. K-values are increased with relaxation progression and have shown some differences between in LincLITE® and conventional fabrics, and feeder blended fabrics. Loop shape factor is highly affected by tightness factor, relaxation and feeder blending in LincLITE® fabrics, whereas twist factor not significantly effects on loop shape factor in conventional fabrics. Stitch density significantly increases with relaxation in conventional fabrics and no significant effect shows with LincLITE® fabrics.

Keywords

Dimensional stability Dimensional constants LincLITE® Conventional fabrics Single jersey fabrics K-values 
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© The Korean Fiber Society 2006

Authors and Affiliations

  • Shin-Woong Park
    • 1
  • Stewart Collie
    • 2
    • 1
  • C. N. Herath
    • 1
  • Bok Choon Kang
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Textile EngineeringInha UniversityIncheonKorea
  2. 2.Canesis Network Ltd.ChristchurchNew Zealand

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