Effect of yarn structure on cover factor in woven fabrics

This experimental work investigates the effect of yarn structure on cover factor of fabrics at different weft settings by the light transmission method. To analyze the effect, two different types of fabric set have been prepared by using airjet and rotor yarns of the same linear densities in the weft direction and keeping the warp yarn unchanged. For each fabric, weft setting has been changed gradually. Cross-sectional diameter of yarn and its packing density has been analyzed to find out the differences between both yarn structures. The effective yarn diameter and packing density have been found to be almost same for both yarns while the hairiness is found to be higher in airjet yarn as compared to rotor yarn. Yarn cross-section in the fabric has also been analyzed to examine the deformation (flatness) in yarn, which was relatively higher in airjet yarns. At the same weft setting the cover factor (CF) of fabric woven by air jet yarn is found to be higher than fabric woven by rotor jet yarn, and this difference decreases as the weft setting increases in fabric. Correlation analysis results show the relation between the cover factor and weft setting. While analysis of variance results show statistically significant effect of spinning system (airjet and rotor yarn) and weft setting on the cover factor of woven fabric.