Comparison of the performance and physical properties of plain,pique,double-pique and fleeced knitted fabrics

This paper investigates the performance and physical properties of single weft knitted fabrics. the objective of the study is to find out the impact of the raw material,count of yarn,pattern and elastomeric yarn ratio on the performance and physical properties of the plain,pique,double-pique and fleecy patterned knitted fabrics. used raw material varies as polyester and cotton. elastomeric yarn ratio of the samples differ between 5-10 %. to compare the performances,air permeability,bursting strength,pilling,dimensional change and skewness of the sample knitted fabrics are measured. to compare the physical properties,fabric unit weight,thickness,porosity,loop shape factor,wale per cm and course per cm are evaluated. the experimental results have been statistically evaluated with analysis of variance (anova) method by using design expert 6.06 package programme.test results show that raw material and yarn count are effective on bursting strength,yarn count is mostly effective on air permeability. selected parameters have no decisive effect on dimensional change and skewness properties of the samples.