Investigation of performance properties of knitted fabrics produced from splittable microfilament yarns

Splittable microfiber is an important type of microfibers. in the scope of this study,the performance properties of single jersey knitted fabrics produced from splittable microfilament yarns are investigated before and after the splitting process. for this aim three knitted fabric samples are produced as single jersey structure with three different fabric densities (loose,medium,tight) and one half of the each sample are treated to splitting process. in doing so,six fabric samples are obtained. air permeability,water vapour permeability and bursting strength performances of the samples are tested. by this way,it is intended to make a comparative study on the performance properties of knitted fabrics produced from conventional filaments (before splitting process) and microfilaments (after splitting process) for different fabric densities. in order to understand the statistical importance of filament type and fabric density on knitted fabric performance properties,two way anova (analysis of variance) is performed.