Enhancing the functions and protective properties of headgear fabrics using polyester microfiber yarns

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Professor of textile composition ,Faculty of applied arts , Benha university

2 Assistant professor , department of clothing and knitting Industry Research, Institute of Textile Research and Technology ,national Research center in Dokki

3 Faculty of Applied Arts, Benha University

10.21608/iajadd.2025.348657.1164

Abstract

The demand has increased recently for the use of microfiber threads in many fabrics, especially those that require a combination of comfort properties as well as functional performance during use. Microfiber polyester are among the most important of these modern threads It is characterized by its high ability to provide a sense of physiological comfort, in addition to its functional performance characteristics being distinguished from its counterparts from traditional threads. The subject of the research turned to taking advantage of these threads and employing them in the production of head covering fabrics, due to the availability of physiological comfort properties while retaining the natural and mechanical functional performance properties ,The research was based on the production of 12 samples using two types of microfiber polyester yarn of 150 denier (equivalent to 30 denier cotton), where circular-section yarns were used for the warp, while tri-section yarns were used for the weft. The research also relied on achieving diversity in the warp threads by varying the number of microfibers within the cross-section of the thread, using a thread containing 288 filaments (288/150) , While the other contains 144 filaments (144/150), while the triple-section weft threads (only) contain 144 filaments in cross section (144/150). The samples were also made using three different weaving compositions (plain 1/1, cooled 1/3, satin 4), and two weft thread densities (28.5, 33.9). A number of laboratory tests were also conducted on these produced samples to study the effect of variables on functional properties and protection from ultraviolet rays.

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