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Uzair Hussain email: hussainuzairntu@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The research reports the results and investigations in South America. Even though cotton fiber had been
made on 20/1 cotton hosiery yarn and knitted fabric known already in South America, the large scale
to evaluate the effect of different conditioning cotton cultivation in Northern America began in the
methods on the mechanical and comfort properties of 16th century with the arrival of colonists to southern
yarn and fabric, namely, bursting strength, moisture parts of the United States. The largest rise in cotton
management, thermal conductivity, air permeability, production is connected with the invention of the
skewness, stiffness, and pilling. The fibers spun on a saw-tooth cotton gin by Eli Whitneyin 1793[4].With
ring spinning system were investigated as yarn this new technology, it was possible to produce more
according to ASTM standards. From the results it is cotton fiber, which resulted in big changes in the
concluded that the knitted fabric made from machine spinning and weaving industry, especially in
conditioning has better mechanical and comfort England.Cotton and viscose fibers are hygroscopic,
properties than fabric made through unconditioned that is, they have the ability to absorb moisture from
and room conditioned yarns. the environment where they are kept [5]. Therefore,
as the relative humidity of the environment increases,
Keywords: yarn conditioning, knitted fabric, hosiery the amount of moisture absorbed by these fibers rises,
yarn conditioning, knitted fabric properties which results in some changes in the physical
properties of the yarns made of these fibers. On the
INTRODUCTION other hand, moisture levels of yarns decrease due to
The project focused on the effect of room modern machinery with high production speed. For
conditioning and vacuum conditioning of cotton example, cotton yarns contain 4-6 % moisture when
hosiery yarn and compared the mechanical and they have been produced on a spinning machine [6].
comfort properties of yarn and knitted fabric. Cotton The decreases in moisture levels of the yarns are
is a soft, staple fiber that grows around the seeds of likely to bring about some difficulties in the
the cotton plant. Today it is the most used textile processing steps; also yarns with lower moisture
fiber in the world. Its current market share is 56 content than the standard value result in monetary
percent for all fibers used for apparel and home loss in sale. Therefore the moisture content of yarns
furnishings and sold in the U.S [1]. Another must be increased to the standard levels so that their
contribution is attributed to nonwoven textiles and physical properties can be improved [7,8].
personal care items. It is generally recognized that
most consumers prefer cotton personal care items to In the textile industry, applications such as
those containing synthetic fibers. World textile fiber conditioning, heat setting, relaxing, and shrinking are
consumption in 1998 was approximately 45 million carried out in order to overcome these problems. The
tons. Of this total, cotton represented approximately process carried out with the aim of increasing
20 million tons [2]. The global cotton production and moisture content of the yarns is called conditioning.
consumption figures will continue to rise to a further The conditioning process has been performed via
2.0 million tonnes by the end of the 2013-14 season various methods, such as conditioning in
in major cultivation countries. World cotton conditioning rooms, the circulation method of
production in 2013-14 season is projected at 25.5 conditioning, and radio frequency conditioning.
million tonnes and world cotton mill use is expected However, today, it is generally carried out on
to remain around 23.5 million tonnes [3].The earliest steaming machines which provide saturated moisture
evidence of using cotton is from India, and the date in a vacuum environment at a low temperature. In
assigned to this fabric is 3000 B.C. There were also addition, some other processes such as heat setting
excavations of cotton fabrics of comparable age and relaxation are performed on these steaming
8 +b value - 9.5
After processing, the samples were tested for bursting
9 Trash content - 9.14 strength according to standard test method for
10 Neps per gram /gram 210 bursting strength ASTM D 3787-07 using a bursting
Sample
1. Mini jet machine Japan 1992 U% CVm IPI CLSP
48 34 3.1
Un Conditioned
Room
50 32 3.02
Conditioned
Machine
50 36 3.2
Conditioned
TABLE IX. Processing Recipe and Conditions. FIGURE 1.Cone Moisture Content Test.
Un Room Machine
Serial #
Conditioned Conditioned Conditioned
Air
Permeability 187.15 174.016 190.433
(mm/sec)
Un Conditioned 3 Moderate
Room 4 Slight
Machine 4 Slight
Un Room Machine
FIGURE 5. Thermal Conductivity Test Results. Sr. #
Conditioned Conditioned Conditioned
AUTHORS’ ADDRESSES
Uzair Hussain
SameeIrshad
WardahAnam
HammadAbbasi
Faheem Ahmed
Abdul Jabbar
National Textile University
Yarn Manufacturing
Shiekhupura Road
Faisalabad, Punjab 35200
PAKISTAN