ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES OF BAMBOO TOWELS

Bamboo textile is one of the oldest materials, which have been came under the spot light and has become greatly available selection over the last few years to be used in terry towels, due to its good properties of absorption. It has been studied the effect of some production parameters on the properties of terry towels such as the quality of terry fabrics to meet the required properties at the lowest cost. In this research nine experimental samples of terry towels fabrics, which differ in the levels of the pile length and pile density were used. The selection of these parameters is because of their effect on the absorption properties of the towel terry fabric. Results were compared according to standard specification ASTM D5433 to evaluate the quality of terry towel fabrics which produced by bamboo yarns with the previous variables. Results indicated that all the tested samples not only meet the requirements of the standard values of specifications for the properties of durability but also better than them, such as tensile strength in the warp and weft direction and pile withdraw. Also the results achieved acceptable values of the of absorption properties such as vertical wicking of water, spreading of water in horizontal direction, and absorption rate. In addition to that, the hand properties, such as softness, smoothness and drape ability, were compatible with standard specification and the end use. This confirms that every sample which produced in this search achieved all requirements of the standard specification of terry towel and will be suitable for the end use and aftercare processing.