Performance of Mechanical Crimp Textured Yarn in Woven Structure

Fabrics were produced using the Mechanical crimp textured polyester filament yarns, having different pre-twist and their corresponding feeder flat polyester filament yarns as wefts. Weaving as well as finishing of all the fabric samples was carried out under the identical conditions. Changes in the structural properties, mechanical properties and comfort associated properties before and after finishing of the fabrics were analysed. Marginal improvement in fabric characteristics was noticed on finishing. However, extent of improvement observed was higher for textured filler yarn fabric comparatively. Higher pre-twist textured filler yarn finished fabric had executed best results in terms of constructional properties, tensile strength, tear-strength, abrasion resistance and bulk realization due to its compact structure. However, better extension and low air permeability were gone in the account of looser but voluminous, low pretwist textured weft yarn finished fabric.