Slashing and Weaving Properties of Twisted Carbon Fiber Yarns

Abstract:

Carbon fibers are usually used in the form of filaments since they are low in expandability and quickly wear and tear by bending. However now with the development of spinning technology, twisted carbon fiber yarns have been produced. In order to investigate the slashing and weaving properties of twisted carbon fiber yarns slashed by polyacrylate sizing agent at the room temperature, size picks up, tensile strength and abrasion resistance were introduced. Furthermore, a small piece of plain fabric was finished on the sample weaving machine. The results prove that slashing with polyacrylate sizing agent improves the slashing and weaving properties of twisted carbon fiber yarns significantly. Further, when the solid containing rate of polyacrylate slurry was around 5%, the size picks up can be up to 5.5%, the tensile strength increases by 19.8% and the wear resistance increases by 66.7%. Moreover, by using high-temperature water bath downsizing method, the sizing agent subsided frequently.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1120-1121)
• Pages: 648-653
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1120-1121.648
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Qiang Li, La Mei Guo*, Wan Zhen Huang, Chao Ling
• Keywords: Carbon Fiber Yarns, Desizing, Slashing Properties, Weaving Properties

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