Appl. Sci. 2017, 7(12), 1287; https://doi.org/10.3390/app7121287
Functional Elastic Knits Made of Bamboo Charcoal and Quick-Dry Yarns: Manufacturing Techniques and Property Evaluations
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School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40768, Taiwan
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School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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College of Texitle and Clothing, Qingdao University, Shangdong 266071, China
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Graduate Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung 40601, Taiwan
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Innovation Platform of Intelligent and Energy-Saving Textiles, School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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Academic Editor: Thomas Allen
Received: 2 October 2017 / Revised: 29 November 2017 / Accepted: 5 December 2017 / Published: 11 December 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Materials)
Abstract
Conventional sportswear fabrics are functional textiles that can mitigate the impaired muscles caused by exercises for the wearers, but they can also cause discomfort and skin allergy. This study proposes combining two yarns to form functional composite yarns, by using a twisting or wrapping process. Moreover, a different twist number is used in order to adjust the performance of functional composite yarns. A crochet machine is used to make the functional composite yarns into functional elastic knits that are suitable for use in sportswear. The test results show that, in comparison to the non-processed yarns, using the twisted or wrapped yarns can considerably decrease the water vapor transmission rate of functional elastic knits by 38%, while also improving their far infrared emissivity by 13%, water absorption rate by 39%, and air permeability by 136%. In particular, the functional elastic knits that are made of B-wrapped yarns (bamboo charcoal- wrapped yarns), composed of 20 twists per inch, have the optimal diverse functions. View Full-TextKeywords:
quick-dry yarn; bamboo charcoal yarn; mechanical properties; sportswear textiles; functional composite yarns
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Lin, J.-H.; He, C.-H.; Huang, Y.-T.; Lou, C.-W. Functional Elastic Knits Made of Bamboo Charcoal and Quick-Dry Yarns: Manufacturing Techniques and Property Evaluations. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 1287.
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