Research On Properties And Product Development Of The Fabrics Made Of Mulberry Blended Yarns

Mulberry fiber, a new fabric material, is becoming more and more popular with the consumers because of its no pollution property. So it is of great importance to systematically study Mulberry fiber, and the character of its production and to develop more productions. Mulberry fiber is made of the clipped mulberry branches. This kind of fiber has good moisture absorption, gas permeability, warmth retention property and health function in some ways. Its fabrics also have outstanding luster and soft handle and are easy to be dyed. So it is a high value added fiber with no pollution property.The study on mulberry fiber has just began and still on the primary stage. Forefathers have do some basic studies on the making process of the mulberry fiber, including degumming procedure and so on. But until recently, there are few reports on the mulberry yarn and fabric's researches. On the basis of the prevenient study, this paper drawn some conclusions by testing some mulberry/cotton blended yarns and some pure cotton yarns'mechanical properties. The conclusions show that mulberry yarns have excellent tensile property and low first module. That is to say, mulberry fiber has high flexibility. According to properties of the yarns, we rationally design some test scheme and product process and make several fabrics on the ASL2000 automatically rapier loom. The fabrics are made of different fiber fineness, different yarn twists and different weft density. By testing these fabrics, we come to the conclusion that mulberry fabrics have excellent gas permeability and drape However, the crease recovery of the mulberry fabrics is inferior to that of the cotton ones.On the basis of the above researches, the many factors affecting fabric properties, such as yarn twist, fabric structure and dyeing and finishing technology are studied and then more suitable technics is planned to make the better fabrics to improve mulberry fabric's crease recovery. Mulberry fiber is a new natural textile material. It can bring prominent social benefit and economical benefit by enhancing the studies on the development and applications of the mulberry fabric and garment.