Development and properties of bamboo pulp fiber/polyester/hemp multi-component fabrics

Hemp,bamboo pulp fiber and micro-porous polyester fiber were used to develop their blended yarns,and 6 samples of blended fabric were woven with the yarns.The hygroscopic and fast drying properties and antibacterial property of the samples were tested,and FAST was used to test the style of the samples and the test results were compared with those of 3 pure wool fabrics.Grey correlation analysis was employed to evaluate the correlation coefficient of the 6 samples and the pure wool fabrics in terms of style indicators.It was found that the blended fabrics have hygroscopic,fast drying and antibacterial properties,and their style is close to that of the pure wool fabric.When the blended fabric has its yarn of lower linear density and hard twist,its bending rigidity,shearing rigidity and formability were obvious lower than those of the pure wool fabric;increasing the linear density and softening the twist of the yarns of the blended fabric,it will become more fluffy and the style become more like that of the pure wool fabric;when being subjected to lower stress,the blended fabric has greater elongation rate than the pure wool fabric,and when being subjected to higher stress,its elongation rate is smaller than that of the pure wool fabric;and if wool-like style is desired,the plain weave is not recommended.