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Pressing performance of light‐weight wool and wool blend fabrics

G. Wang (Fashion Institute, Dong Hua University, Shanghai Peoples Republic of China)
R. Postle (Department of Textile Technology, School of Materials Science and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
D.G. Phillips (CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology, Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
W. Zhang (Fashion Institute, Dong Hua University, Shanghai Peoples Republic of China)

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

ISSN: 0955-6222

Article publication date: 1 April 2002

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Abstract

The press performance of a range of wool and wool blend fabrics has been investigated with the aid of a temperature adjustable hand steam iron, a domestic ironing board and a thermocouple digital temperature display.It was found that for a press duration of 10 seconds, the fabric crease angle is reduced with the increasing press temperature. The sharpest reduction in crease angle was found in the temperature range of 80°C to 120°C for all fabrics tested.At 100°C iron temperature, the fabric crease angle was reduced with increasing press duration until 20 seconds for wool fabrics and until 30 seconds for wool blend fabrics.The initial regain, or in other words, the relative humidity of the ambient atmosphere used to precondition the samples, has an important influence on the press performance. It was also found that the fabric crease recovery was greater for increasing ambient relative humidity.The fabric regain was greatly reduced during the first 10 seconds pressing time with further very slow reduction in fabric regain until 80 seconds pressing time. The regain in the upper layer of the fabric specimen was always lower than that in the lower layer.

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Wang, G., Postle, R., Phillips, D.G. and Zhang, W. (2002), "Pressing performance of light‐weight wool and wool blend fabrics", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 119-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/09556220210424224

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