Review on Moisture Management Finish: Mechanism and Evaluation

ABSTRACT

Moisture management is one of the key performance criteria in today’s apparel comfort. It is defined as the ability of a garment to transport moisture away from the skin to the garment’s outer surface. This can be realized in numerous ways, by altering the fiber chemistry through chemical treatment, gents like hydrophilic polymer and amino silicone polyether copolymer. Other advanced methods including micro-denier fiber and its fabric, spacer fabric, multilayer fabric construction employed to improve the moisture management performance through a means of wetting, wicking, and moisture vapor transmission. To do so, some parameter needs to be constant like that of fiber type used and yarn construction in a given textile fabric since absorbency and quick dry of the material. Finally, the performance of the finish is tested and evaluated using the mechanism of wicking, wetting, water absorbency, air permeability, and moisture vapor transfer for different fabric sample. The main finding of the research was how to achieving the optimum comfort property of fabric by controlling moisture management finishing mechanisms.

摘要

水分管理是当今服装舒适性的关键性能标准之一. 它被定义为服装将水分从皮肤转移到服装外表面的能力. 这可以通过多种方式实现, 通过化学处理改变纤维的化学性质, 如亲水性聚合物和氨基硅酮聚醚共聚物. 其他先进的方法包括细旦纤维及其织物、间隔织物、多层织物结构, 通过润湿、芯吸和水汽传输等手段来改善水分管理性能. 要做到这一点, 一些参数需要保持恒定, 比如所使用的纤维类型和给定织物中的纱线结构, 因为材料的吸水性和快干性. 最后, 利用不同织物样品的芯吸性、润湿性、吸水性、透气性和水汽传递机理对整理剂的性能进行了测试和评价. 研究的主要发现是如何通过控制水分管理整理机制来实现织物的最佳舒适性.

KEYWORDS:

• Clothing
• moisture management finish
• wicking
• wetting
• comfort
• moisture transfer

KEYWORDS:

• 关键词服装
• 水分管理整理
• 芯吸
• 润湿
• 舒适
• 水分转移

Acknowledgments

We would like to thanks to Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology for supporting to do this review.

Disclosure statement

The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.