Comparative study of nonwoven formability

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2006

Abstract

In apparel applications, nonwoven fabrics exhibit a distinct tailorability in comparison to woven fabrics and knitted fabrics. An essential reason for this is the nonwoven's entangled web structure that causes different mechanical behavior in the deformation of extension, shearing, and bending. This paper investigates the feasibility of using formability, a numerical parameter determined by fabric mechanical properties, to compare the tailorability of nonwovens with that of commercial woven and knitted fabrics. KES-FB instruments are used for measuring the mechanical properties of these fabrics. The multivariate method of discriminant analysis is applied to explore mechanical dissimilarity among these three fabric groups. Formability for the nonwoven, woven, and knitted fabrics are calculated and compared statistically.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

International Nonwovens Technical Conference, INTC 2006

First Page

194

Last Page

203

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS