Effect of anti pilling finish concentration and fabric type on pilling resistance of P/C fabrics
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2011
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of anti pilling finish concentration
and fabric weave type on the pilling performance of P/C fabrics. Three types of bleached
fabrics i.e. plain weave, satin weave and twill weave fabric samples were treated with anti
pilling agent DICRYLAN BSRN. For finishing treatment three recipes were prepared
using three concentrations of anti pilling finish i.e. 20 g/l, 40 g/l, 60 g/l. The process was
accomplished by padding fabric through anti pilling finish solution to a wet pickup of
about 60%. After padding all samples were dried at 120 °C temperature. After finishing
treatment all samples were evaluated for pilling, whiteness and tensile strength using ISO
and AATCC standard test methods. The results showed that by increasing concentration
of anti pilling finish pilling rating of all fabric samples was improved. Further it was
observed that anti pilling finish has no effect on whiteness of fabric samples while tensile
strength of fabric samples was decreased very slightly after treatment with anti pilling
finish agent. From the overall results it was concluded that anti pilling finish can be safely
used for minimizing the problem of pilling because pilling resistance of P/C fabrics was
improved significantly after the application of anti pilling finish.
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Master Thesis, Fabric Resistance, Pilling Performance, AATCC