INDUSTRIA TEXTILA, vol.63, no.6, pp.307-314, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
The effects of yarn and fabric structural parameters on the seam slippage, abrasion and pilling properties of double woven upholstery fabrics In this work, seam slippage, Martindale abrasion and pilling properties of the double woven upholstery fabrics, which are important physical and performance characteristics for such fabrics, have been investigated by analysis of variance. The effects of yarn and fabric structural parameters such as weft densities, face weave patterns and raw materials of weft yarns, which have been analyzed and reported in this work for double upholstery woven fabrics, were not studied in the references. It has been observed that the seam slippage strength of upholstery double fabrics has increased by increasing weft density and by decreasing sateen number of face weave. While the abrasion resistance and piling degree of upholstery double fabrics have showed similar tendencies with seam slippage strength of those by the effect of sateen number of face weave, these properties have not been affected regularly by weft setting. The seam slippage strength along both warp and weft directions and the abrasion resistance of upholstery double fabrics woven with wefts of staple polyester yarn have been higher than those of upholstery double fabrics woven with cotton wefts. The opposite has been observed for the pilling degree of upholstery double fabrics.