Construction of moisture absorbent and dry fast woven fabrics

Four kinds of fibers,i.e.,Coolking,modal,cotton and polyester were used in designing yarns,and a model of moisture absorbent and dry fast woven fabric was created.Six kinds of woven fabric with moisture absorbent and dry fast function were developed by rational combination of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers,varying warp density ratio of the outer layer to the inner one (WDROLI),and utilizing multi-layer construction of the woven.The wicking height,water retention value,water drop penetrating area and volume,natural dry rate,air permeable volume of the fabrics were tested respectively and the effect of moisture absorbent and dry fast was evaluated by comprehensive values.The experiment results indicated that the construction of warp yarn with WDROLI of 1∶2 is advantageous over that with WDROLI of 1∶1,and the inner layer of yarn consists of modal/polyester and Coolking/cotton is the best with respect to moisture absorbent and dry fast property,modal/cotton and Coolking/cotton occupies the second place,and modal/polyester and modal/cotton falls in the last position.