Investigation of different denim fabrics with fabric touch tester and sensory evaluation

ABSTRACT

Denim fabric is a well-known textile product all over the world. The use of denim is preferred from casual clothes to elegant clothes and this situation is dependent on comfort properties besides physical properties. These all properties are related to customer satisfaction and this satisfaction affects product sales range. To provide for textile users’ needs and to determine specific fabric properties, different methods such as Kawabata Evaluation System of Fabric Hand (KES-F), Fabric Assurance By Simple Testing (SiroFAST) etc. were developed and used by researchers. In the scope of this study, the new equipment named the Fabric Touch Tester (FTT) and questionnaire method for sensory evaluation are used to investigate different denim fabric properties and interpret comfort perception. The FTT has four modules as thermal, compression, and bending and surface to measure fabric properties with small measure time about 5 minutes. Since the device is new, it has no known standard yet. According to the results, it is seen that the FTT is found to be suitable to discriminate among properties of different denim fabrics. At the same time, the sensory evaluation reveals that variable fiber type and weaving type are effective on perception assessment.

抽象

牛仔面料是全世界著名的纺织产品. 从休闲装到优雅服装，牛仔布的使用是首选，这种情况取决于舒适属性，除了物理属性. 所有这些属性都与客户满意度相关，这种满意度会影响产品销售范围. 为满足纺织品用户的需求并确定特定的面料特性，研究人员开发并应用了不同方法，如织物手工评估系统（KES-F）、简单测试织物保证（SiroFAST）等. 在本研究范围内，采用名为织物触摸测试仪（FTT）的新设备和感官评估问卷方法，用于研究不同的牛仔面料特性和解释舒适感. FTT 具有热、压缩、弯曲和表面四个模块，可测量织物性能，测量小测量时间约 5 分钟. 由于该设备是新的，因此尚未达到已知标准. 根据研究结果，发现FTT适合区分不同牛仔面料的特性. 同时，感官评价表明可变纤维类型和编织类型对感知评价是有效的.

KEYWORDS:

• Denim fabrics
• Fabric Touch Tester
• fabric hand
• perception
• comfort

关键 字:

• 牛仔面料
• 织物触摸测试仪
• 织物手
• 感知
• 舒适

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the director and to the entire group of development service at the OrtaAnadolu Textile Mill and Mr. John Crocker from SDL Atlas Textile Testing Solutions for their help. We are also grateful to the group of participants for their collaboration with the sensory assessment.