Durable and Comfort Properties of Sunhemp Blended Fabrics
S. Vanishree *
UAS, Raichur, India.
Geeta Mahale
UAS, Dharwad, India.
Jyoti V. Vastrad
College of Community Science, TURA, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Sunhemp is an important bast fibre crop valued for its strength, durability, and eco-friendly properties, making it suitable for diverse industrial and textile applications. With growing interest in sustainable materials, the utilization of sunhemp fibre in blended fabrics offers a promising alternative to conventional textile fibres. With a view to utilize agriculture residue in textile area an attempt was made to develop sunhemp fibre blended fabrics. Blending was done at the fibre stage in different blend proportions along with cotton. Plain weave fabric was woven on Dornier rapier loom using Sunhemp/Cotton (30/70, 50/50) blended yarns as weft and pure cotton as warp. This blended fabric was assessed for its durable and comfort properties. Among the durable properties, maximum tensile strength and tear strength was observed in blended fabrics compared to control in both warp and weft way. Higher abrasion resistance and lower pilling resistance was noticed in blended fabrics compared to control. Further, comfort property i.e., Thermal Insulation Value of sunhemp blended fabrics was comparatively higher than control fabric.
Keywords: Sunhemp, blending, tear and tensile strength, abrasion resistance, thermal insulation value.