Plated fabric

Not to be confused with Plaited fabric.

Plated fabrics are fabrics that have different colors or types of face and back. The fabrics are formed by using different kinds of yarn types or colors to both be invisible on the other side. Different properties of several textile fibers are exploited to obtain various surface interests and patterns. One of the aspects is the thermophysiological and moisture comfort of clothing.

Manufacture and structure

Plated fabrics are the combination of two separate yarns of different properties. The knitted plated fabrics are produced by an arrangement of needles that do not bring the back yarn to the face (also called right side of the fabric) or the face yarn to the back.[1][2]

Particular knitting machines allow the selective knitting of separate yarns on the face and back to form plated fabrics.[3]

Function and use

Layers made of fibers with contrasting characteristics, appropriately selected, can help in producing improved clothing functionality.[4] Different fibers have different properties. Natural fibers are often hygroscopic, and synthetics are more commonly hydrophobic. The contrast of these properties can be used to obtain different functionality. For example, fabrics with cotton on the outside and polyester or polypropylene inside are suitable for moisture wicking.[5][6][7][8]

Advantages

Plated fabric can improve clothing comfort through thermophysiological and moisture comfort by reducing the sensation of dampness.[5][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Denton, Michael James; Daniels, Paul N. (2002). Textile Terms and Definitions. Textile Institute. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-870372-44-2.
  2. ^ Chamberlain, John; Quilter, James Henry (1919). Knitted Fabrics. Sir I. Pitman & sons, Limited. p. 40.
  3. ^ The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks. Patent Office. 1944. p. 347. knit fabric, a plurality of contrasting plating yarns, means to selectively interknit with the body yarn the individual plating ... means to manipulate the body and plating yarns to produce reverse plated areas throughout the fabric in the different
  4. ^ Administration, United States Agriculture Research (1948). Report of the Administrator of Agricultural Research ... United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Administration. p. 308.
  5. ^ a b Paul, Roshan (2019-02-26). High Performance Technical Textiles. John Wiley & Sons. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-119-32503-1.
  6. ^ "Plated Structure - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. ^ Wei, Q. (2009-08-26). Surface Modification of Textiles. Elsevier. pp. 115, 116. ISBN 978-1-84569-668-9.
  8. ^ Rutnagur, Sorabji M. (1985). The Indian Textile Journal. Business Press. p. 75.
  9. ^ Karthik, T; Senthilkumar, P; Murugan, R (2018-01-01). "Analysis of comfort and moisture management properties of polyester/milkweed blended plated knitted fabrics for active wear applications". Journal of Industrial Textiles. 47 (5): 897–920. doi:10.1177/1528083716676814. ISSN 1528-0837. S2CID 137859227.
  10. ^ Manshahia, M.; Das, A. (2014-05-04). "Thermophysiological comfort characteristics of plated knitted fabrics". The Journal of the Textile Institute. 105 (5): 509–519. doi:10.1080/00405000.2013.826419. ISSN 0040-5000. S2CID 137663470.
  11. ^ Modern Textiles Magazine. Rayon Publishing Corporation. 1956. p. 102.