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Wicking behaviour of bamboo/polyester blended yarns


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1 Department of Textile Technology, Jaya Engineering College, Chennai 602 024, India
2 Department of Textile Technology, RVS College of Engineering, Dindigul 624 005, India
3 Department of Handloom and Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Fulia, Nadia 741 402, India

A series of weft-knitted fabrics has been produced from bamboo/polyester and bamboo/cotton blende yarn with a view to study their wicking properties. It is found that the wickability of the blended yarn consisting of 67 % bamboo and 33 % polyester is comparatively good. Twist has a significant effect on wickability in that higher twist had led to lower wickability. Bamboo/polyester consisting of 67/33 proportion displays higher wickabilitv while 100 % polyester exhibit lower wickability.

Keywords

Bamboo, Blended yarn, Comfort, Fabric, Polyester, Wicking, Yarn
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C Kayalvizhi
Department of Textile Technology, Jaya Engineering College, Chennai 602 024, India
V Krishnakumar
Department of Textile Technology, RVS College of Engineering, Dindigul 624 005, India
G Suganth
Department of Textile Technology, RVS College of Engineering, Dindigul 624 005, India
C Prakash
Department of Handloom and Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Fulia, Nadia 741 402, India

Abstract


A series of weft-knitted fabrics has been produced from bamboo/polyester and bamboo/cotton blende yarn with a view to study their wicking properties. It is found that the wickability of the blended yarn consisting of 67 % bamboo and 33 % polyester is comparatively good. Twist has a significant effect on wickability in that higher twist had led to lower wickability. Bamboo/polyester consisting of 67/33 proportion displays higher wickabilitv while 100 % polyester exhibit lower wickability.

Keywords


Bamboo, Blended yarn, Comfort, Fabric, Polyester, Wicking, Yarn