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Cleaning of textile materials
Published in Rajkishore Nayak, Saminathan Ratnapandian, Care and Maintenance of Textile Products Including Apparel and Protective Clothing, 2018
Rajkishore Nayak, Saminathan Ratnapandian
Shrinkage: A garment with dimensions that remained constant throughout its useful life would have great technical value. Shrinkage is a serious problem in different garments, originating from dimensional changes in the fabric when it is subjected to washing and dry cleaning. In recent years, this problem has become more prevalent due to the wide acceptance of casual wear such as tights, pants, blouses and sportswear. Several researchers have focused on various causes of shrinkage in woven [230–235] and knitted structures [15,137,236–238].
Textile Dyed and Finished Fabric
Published in Sheraz Ahmad, Abher Rasheed, Ali Afzal, Faheem Ahmad, Advanced Textile Testing Techniques, 2017
Muhammad Mohsin, Sheraz Ahmad, Abher Rasheed, Ali Afzal, Faheem Ahmad
Typically, a decrease in fabric dimensions leads to fabric shrinkage. This is one of the critical issues for garment performance during customer use. There are few faults or drawbacks that can affect the quality of the garment, such as color fading or pilling, but fabric shrinkage can make the finished garment unusable. It is considered to be a leading problem. Mainly, it can arise during manufacturing of the garment or during washing by the end user.
Optimization and performance evaluation of silk fabrics dried in the domestic dryer
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2018
Yuhui Wei, R. Hugh Gong, Zhaowei Su, Xu Wang, Xuemei Ding
In addition, dimensional shrinkage (Figure 2) of procedures No. 0 (hang-drying indoors), No. 2, and No. 7* (normal procedure of commercial dryer) is 4.9, 5.9, and 7.9%, respectively. This is because dimensional shrinkage can be attributed to two competing effects: hygral expansion tends to increase of fabric dimension due to reducing yarn interaction and increasing gaps between yarns, while the drying reduces the moisture content of silk fabrics and leads to shrinkage of fabric dimension (Cookson, 1992; Urs, Prakash, Ananda, & Somashekar, 2016). The final moisture content of fabric drying after different drying procedures is different, suggesting the higher final moisture content of fabric, the more dominate hygral expansion, and thus the smaller dimensional shrinkage value. These results also correspond with what is reported in literature. It is therefore possible to minimize dimensional changes of silk fabrics during drying in dryers by adjusting the drying parameters.
A study of curling in rib-knit constructions
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2021
Khushank Singhal, Sumakesh Mishra, Bipin Kumar
The dimensional properties of all the samples were measured in the dry-relaxed state according to the standard ASTM D1776. The lengths and widths of the samples were measured using a standard ruler with a least count of 1 mm. To measure the areal density of the samples, circular areas of 100 cm2 were cut from the fabric samples using a GSM cutting tool and weighed. The weight was obtained to a significance of 0.1 g. The thickness of fabric samples was measured using a thickness gauge micrometer with a significance of 0.01 mm. Shrinkage hereunder refers to the percentage difference in the width of the fabric samples in machine and dry-relaxed states.