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Heat-Setting Parameters Optimisation of Cotton/Elastane Fabric Using Response Surface Methodology


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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
2 School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
 

The effect of heat-setting treatment on the performance of cotton/elastane fabric has been studied. Response surface methodology has been used to design the experiments where temperature (°C), time (s) and fabric width extension (%) are taken as factor variables. Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. It is necessary to optimise the heat-setting parameters to achieve better fabric dimensional stability, as overheating damages and deteriorates some of the elastane filaments, resulting in reduced recovery properties after a certain temperature point.

Keywords

Cotton/Elastane Fabric, Dimensional Stability, Elastane, Heat-Setting Treatment, Knitted Fabric, Single Jersey Fabric, Tension Decay.
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Authors

Nur Athirah Huzaisham
Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Siti Hana Nasir
Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris
Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Carolina Quintero Rodriguez
School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract


The effect of heat-setting treatment on the performance of cotton/elastane fabric has been studied. Response surface methodology has been used to design the experiments where temperature (°C), time (s) and fabric width extension (%) are taken as factor variables. Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. It is necessary to optimise the heat-setting parameters to achieve better fabric dimensional stability, as overheating damages and deteriorates some of the elastane filaments, resulting in reduced recovery properties after a certain temperature point.

Keywords


Cotton/Elastane Fabric, Dimensional Stability, Elastane, Heat-Setting Treatment, Knitted Fabric, Single Jersey Fabric, Tension Decay.

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