Abstract

Textile substrates are subjected to various chemical treatments during the dyeing process, which causes severe changes in the physical and mechanical properties of textiles. Nevertheless, the final product must show an adequate level of physical and mechanical properties as per buyers’ requirements. Previously, many scholars investigated fabric strength and appearance loss under the influence of the textile chemical process. However, there is a very limited number of studies that conclusively compared these losses among different dyeing stages. This study investigated some selected mechanical properties which are directly related to the strength, such as bursting strength, breaking strength, elongation, compression, and stretch & recovery at each stage of dyeing. In the meantime, fabric GSM and thickness loss were also examined at different stages. The obtained results were then statistically analyzed using ANOVA to see the impacts of each dyeing stage. The findings revealed that the dyeing stages significantly impacted the mechanical properties of single jersey and rib structures. The study could be useful to understand the range of mechanical loss in single jersey and rib structures at each stage of dyeing.

Keywords:Textile substrates; Dyeing process; Textile chemical process; Fabric GSM