Papers by Author: Jin Mao Chen

Abstract: The high-strength polyester fiber is a kind of chemical fiber that is rapidly developed and widely applied. With development of technology, the demands for polyester fiber are becoming more and more. Furthermore, the high-strength polyester fiber, used to reinforce the matrix, has higher modulus and strength than commercial polyester fiber. In this research, the 15D polyester fiber, the low melting polyester and the high-strength polyester fiber were used to manufacture the high-strength PET compound nonwoven fabrics by nonwoven processing. Afterwards, the mechanical properties of the PET compound nonwoven was measured both at cross direction and machine direction.

Abstract: As improvement of science and technology, the life quality was significantly promoted. And people are more aware of health care. It has been proved that bamboo charcoal owns special properties including air purification, water refining, deodorization, far-infrared radiation, and anion release, thus it is widely applied on textile industry in form of fiber and yarn after mixing with its power. This study aims to seek for the optimal twist number of bamboo charcoal (BC)/Nylon(NY)/ stainless steel(SS) wrap yarn. And then the one or two wrap yarns were fed into crocheting machine to weave BC/NY/SS elastic warp-knitted fabrics with different structures. Afterwards, the far-infrared radiation, anion amount, air permeability were discussed by changes of number of layers. The result shows that, as increasing layers of BC/NY/SS elastic warp-knitted fabrics, the far-infrared radiation and air permeability both decrease; but all the single-layer warp knitted fabric reaches above 0.8, corresponding with the functional standards.

Abstract: Cotton fiber is a type of natural fibers. Using natural fibers to fabricate textile can not only decrease the consumption of synthetic fibers, but also reduce the environmental pollution. This study aims to fabricate elastic knitted fabrics and evaluate their properties. Polyester (PET) filaments and rubber threads serve as the warp while cotton yarn serves as the weft for warp knitting. A crochet machine makes the warp and weft into warp knits with desirable stretchability, during which the amount (single/double) and the ply number (1-, 2-, and 3-ply) of the weft are further varied. The resulting warp knits are evaluated for water absorption, air permeability, and mechanical properties. As demonstrated by the experimental results, the warp knits with single 1-ply weft (S1) yield an optimal air permeability of 224.6 cm3/cm2/s and stiffness along the warp direction of 4.74cm. The warp knits with single 2-ply weft (S2) display an optimal tearing strength of 86N while the warp knits with double 3-ply weft (D3/3) has an optimal tensile strength of 708N.

Abstract: As social civilization advances, more and more people reside in the city. Consequently, the number of automobiles and locomotives increases, causing greenhouse effect and noise pollution increasingly serious. Therefore, lowering the temperature and reducing the noise in living conditions has become an urgent task, in order to save resources usage amount and to produce a low-noise dwelling environment. In this study, the sound-absorption and heat-insulation nonwoven fabrics were firstly prepared by three-dimensional crimp hollow polyester fiber (PET) fibers and Polypropylene (PP) fibers based on nonwoven processing technology, following by sound-absorption coefficient test, thermal conductivity test, as well as maximum tensile strength and maximum tearing strength tests. The results show that, 70/30 wt% PET/ PP nonwoven fabrics have the maximum tensile strength of 2.47 MPa (CD) and 1.67 MPa (MD), in addition with the maximum tearing strength of 83.96 kN/m (CD), 111.88 kN/m (MD); the 90/10 wt% PET/ PP nonwoven presents the lowest thermal conductivity coefficient of 0.0365 W/K‧m; nonwoven with three different ratios show the similar sound-absorbing curves, which all reaches the highest absorption coefficient of 0.76 at 4000 Hz.

Abstract: Currently, all over countries call for greening the earth. Whereas, there is no enough space to be planted by developing countries, owing to their excessive and intensive development. For establishing green globe, every country expects to green forming urban forest in the way of soilless culture, attached with far-infrared fiber in order to promote root growing speed. This study uses polyester (PET) fiber and far-infrared PET (FIR) fiber to form PET/FIR composite nonwoven fabric by nonwoven processing technology. In this process, blending ratio of PET and FIR fibers was varied. Afterwards, moisture retention, air permeability and far-infrared emissivity of PET/FIR composite nonwoven fabric were all tested. The results show that, blending ratio of PET and FIR fibers has no significant influence on moisture retention and air permeability, but obviously impacts on far-infrared emissivity.

Abstract: Two layers of 7.0 D polyester (PET) nonwoven fabric enclosing polypropylene (PP) selvage were needle punched and thermally bonded to form a compound base cloth. This manufacturing technique not only reuses selvage, creating an environmentally friendly material, but also increases the mechanical strength of the compound geotextile. When the base cloth weighed 150 g/m2, it displayed optimal mechanical properties, with a selvage content of 10 % and a thermal bonding temperature of 220 °C. The linear velocity of the thermal compress roll was 0.5 m/min and its needle punch density was 400 punches/cm2. Its tensile and tear strength and geotextile application were evaluated by the ASTM D4632 and ASTM D4533 test standards.

Abstract: In this study, carbon fiber/ polypropylene (PP) complex braiding yarn, with its different breaking strength, was prepared. It was designed by braiding polypropylene (PP) wrapped yarn and carbon fiber core yarn using eight and sixteen spindles braiding machines, with change of take-up gear number. Environmental factors, such as pH, temperature and time, were also changed to produce geo-grids with high strength, high modulus and better weather resistance. In order to make stable structure for complex braiding yarn, the heat treatment was also considered. Finally, geo-grids braiding by optimal treatment parameters were cut into single rib and junction specimens for tensile test.

Abstract: Functional nonwoven products have superiority such as quick mass-production, short processing time, wide sources for raw material, low cost and high output etc. They have been widely studied and promoted in advanced countries. However, comparing with selvedge processing, they brings considerable burden to environment. So in this paper, we chose low cost polyester (LPE) and low melting point fiber (LMPE) respectively blending by 50 wt% through the process of mixing, blowing, carding, laying, and needle punching etc. to form nonwoven fabric in which the needle density was adjusted. Finally it is found that 103 needles/cm2 was optimal after mechanical testing. And then different proportions of PP selvedges were placed in the middle of two optimal nonwoven layers by sandwich structure, and mechanical properties of PET/LMPET/PP fabric produced after thermo bonding and cooling was tested. According to the optimal production evaluation for functionality, these products may apply to reinforced interlayer in general protective clothing, protective glove, reinforcement in simple building structure and stiffening geotextiles in the future.

Abstract: Noise pollution has become a kind of serious environmental pollution problems. It not only makes people feel fatigue but also affects their concentration and work efficiency. People’s health and work efficiency could be promoted by improving and reducing the noise pollution problem. In this research, the recycled polyester (PET) fibers, polypropylene (PP) fiber and flame-retardant-hollow-crimp 7D PET fiber with a ratio of 2:1:7, 2:2:6, 2:3:5, 2:4:4, and 2:5:3 were fabricated and then needle-punched, creating the PET/PP/PET fabric. Next, a layer of recycled PP selvage and a layer of fabric were laminated in turn on the base fabric before needle-punching with a certain punching-depth, which was repeated until the 10-layer PET/PP/PET nonwoven composite was completed. Finally, the resulting PET/PP/PET nonwoven composite was measured with its physical properties and sound absorption ability.

Abstract: In this study, carbon fibers (CF) were braided with polypropylene (PP) fibers on a 16-spindle braid machine, forming the PP/ CF composite braids. The composite braids with different levels of strength could be obtained by changing the speed of the yarn turntable and volume gauze. The composite braids with optimum tensile strength then received the thermal treatment, which melted the PP fibers to wrap the CF more tightly, stabilizing the structure of the composite braids. According to CNS 11623 (Tensile Properties of Geogrids by the Single), the composite braids were thermal-treated at 170 °C, 180 °C and 190 °C for1 min, 2 min and 3 min, determing the influence of thermal temperature and duration on the tensile strength of PP/ CF composite braids.