Papers by Keyword: Pet Fabric

Abstract: Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET), also commonly called as polyester, is the most widely used polymer for the production of synthetic fibres over the past fifty years. The frequent use of this PET is due to its high mechanical strength combined with other properties such as the resistance to chemical products, stretching and abrasion. The fibre’s hydrophobicity also impacts the difficulty of cleaning these materials [1, 2]. Previous works shows that treatment with concentrated NaOH solutions can greatly improve hydrophilicity of PET fibre [1, 2, 3, 4]. However a significant decrease of mechanical properties takes place during this process. In this work, chemical strategies to counteract this negative effect and further increase the hydrophilicity of PET fibre’s has been tested. In particular, the effect of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and N, N ́-dimethylol-4, 5-dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU) chemically modified resin in the functionalization of saponified PET was carefully analysed. The treated fabrics were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), contact angle, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). When the best process conditions were considered for PVA-DMDHEU application, the modified PET presented a contact angle of 33.9o, stain release grade of 4 and a 45.6% increase in its mechanical properties when compared to saponified PET.

Abstract: Single layer PET Fabric/polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composite materials and double layers PET fabric/polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composite materials with super thin thickness, lightweight, flexible and high strength were manufactured by means of the infusion technology under normal pressure. The sound insulation performance of these novel materials was evaluated with a two-channel acoustic analyzer. The structure and mechanical properties were investigated by mechanical tests and SEM observation. The results show that for the small surface density the double layers composite has better sound insulation performance than that of the single one. But with increment of surface density, the difference between them becomes small, and for the surface density larger than 1.3kg/m2, the sound insulation performance becomes inverse on layers, i.e., the single layer composite has better sound insulation performance than that of double layers one. Therefore, difference structures of composites can be developed based on sound wave features.

Abstract: The influence of He/O2 atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment on subsequent wet desizing of polyarylate from PET fabrics was studied in present paper. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed an increased surface roughness after the plasma treatment. And SEM results also showed that the fiber surfaces were as clean as unsized fibers surfaces after 35s treatment followed by NaHCO3 desizing. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis indicated that oxygen-based functional groups increased for the plasma treated polyacrylate sized fabrics. The percent desizing ratio (PDR) results showed that more than 99% PDR was achieved after 65s plasma treatment followed by a 5min NaHCO3 desizing.

Abstract: The influence of He/O2 atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment on subsequent wet desizing of polyarylate on PET fabrics was studied in present paper. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed an increased surface roughness after the plasma treatment. SEM also showed that the fiber surfaces were as clean as unsized fibers after 35 s treatment followed by NaHCO3 desizing. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis indicated that oxygen-based functional groups increased for the plasma treated polyacrylate sized fabrics. Compared to conventional wet desizing, plasma treatment could significantly reduce desizing time.

Abstract: In this paper, temperature-sensitive PET fabrics were prepared by Ar-plasma-induced simultaneous grafting Ploy-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAAm) onto PET fabric. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to identify the structure of the grafted fabric. Then the surface morphology of the grafted fabric was observed from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and AFM. The results show that the PNIPAAm was grafted onto PET fabrics, respectively. The grafted PET fabrics are characterized by differential scanning calorimetric analysis (DSC). The DSC analysis results indicated that LCST value of the grafted fabric was around 32°C. And the water permeability of the grafted sample showed a sharp change around 32°C. It was proved that grafted fabric was sensitive to temperature.

Abstract: During PET fabric dyed with disperse dye by adding ZnO powder and ceramic bead made from which was studied. To utilize the effect of transmission of FIR to produce heat, it might reduce consuming quantity of dyestuffs and minimize requiring heat of conventional dyeing in the considerable extent. To vary the adding amount of ZnO powder within ceramic bead, the after-treatment time of ceramic bead, dyeing temperature and the concentration of dyeing solution, then the outcomes of dyeing was investigated. The researching results showed, there were obvious effectiveness to some specific disperse dyes either added ZnO powder or ceramic bead in dyeing bath. Under the same dyeing temperature, the color-depth of dyed fabric is deeper with the dyeing liquor of adding ZnO powder and ceramic bead; otherwise, the effect of adding ZnO powder was superior to which of ceramic bead.