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Due to awareness of the potential threats of spreading diseases, the demand for antimicrobial fabrics in the world market has grown significantly and, is, expected to increase the share of medical textiles in the future world market. The purpose of this study is to develop antibacterial socks with the application of silver particles and to study thermo- physiological properties as well as the evaluation of tactile sensory perceptions of treated socks against untreated socks. Socks, which are a necessary item of clothing, need to be comfortable and affordable. The materials used for this study are cotton and polyester fibre with three different cross-sectional shapes i.e., common Polyester (round shape), Coolmax (Channeled polyester) and Thermolite (Hollow polyester). Blend ratios with percentages of 80/20 Cotton/Polyester, 80/20 Cotton/Coolmax and 80/20 Cotton/Thermolite were used as main yarns in plain crew socks while elastane yarn is used in the same percentage in all developed socks. A comparison between the samples treated with silver particles and the corresponding control samples concerning the selected properties was done. The presence of particles on the treated fibre was confirmed through an SEM study. Testing of untreated and treated fabrics for antibacterial study and odour test was carried out and found significant. The thermo-physiological properties such as air permeability, relative water vapour permeability % and thermal resistance were also studied and found better results as compared to untreated samples. Later tactile sensorial comfort i.e., fabric hand value was compared which is improved for treated samples which makes the wearer comfortable hand feeling. These data present a great interest to socks manufacturers who can make better choices to manufacture, cost-effective anti-odour socks.

The influence of basalt fabric on the tensile mechanical properties and the impact resistance of green epoxy resin was investigated. Composites with parallel arrangement of insert yarns had better properties than in the case of their perpendicular arrangement. The properties were also influenced by the number of layers of the fabric. The tensile strength and impact resistance of the composites were better than the commercially available side mirror covers due to the superior properties of the basalt fiber.

The aim of this work is to carry out the comparative study to analyse the properties of Siro and single yarn with different linear densities. For this purpose Siro yarn and single yarn with the same linear densities were produced from cotton. Tensile strength and related properties such as evenness, imperfections and hairiness have very important role in weaving. In this comparative study Siro and single yarn with linear densities of 10 Nec, 14 Nec and 18 Nec were manufactured, tested and analysed. Two rovings were used for Siro and one roving was used for single yarn. Comparative study revealed that Siro yarn exhibit better tensile strength and related properties

The usage of polyester (PET) in fabrication is increasing day by day due to its properties, ease of physical and chemical modification. The aim of this work is to understand the effect of temperature on Polyester (PET) during knitting. For checking the rise of temperature Infrared (IR) camera is used. Microscopic images are used for studying the effect of temperature on fibre/yarn structure. Morphological analysis is also done by X-ray diffraction (XRD) which shows disturbance of polymeric chains, causing change in crystal size due to elevated temperature. The beads formation and filament breakage are clearly seen in images. Due to this knitting fault, shade variation after dyeing occurred. It is concluded that structural morphology of polyester yarn changes due to friction of yarn with knitting machine parts. Fabric appearance and fabric quality also disturbed which leads to rejections and high losses.

The manuscript is a section of research completed for the overall impact performance of riot-police-helmet-shells having continuously textile reinforcement. In this research paper, manufacturing of double fabric layered helmet and its impact analysis has been discussed. Moreover, energy contained and blocking forces at various zones at the police-head protector shells were assessed. Results are also compared with the previous work for the impact evaluation of single piece riot-police-helmet-shell. The comparative results show significant difference in values in comparison with single layered riot-police-helmet-shell. These results can lead to the development of Riot-police-helmet-shells that can resist high velocity impact.

The usage of textile composites as lightweight gadgets is increasing day by day. The application range varies from personal protective tools to aerospace vehicle parts. However, every specific application demands specific functionality. Anisotropic nature of textile materials makes it possible to design composites in structural as well as non-structural shapes. In this research, single and multilayered textile composites were fabricated by using cotton woven fabric as a reinforcement and unsaturated polyester resin as a polymer. The fabrication was done at different degrees of curvature with different fabric orientations (i.e. the positioning of second and third layer fabric was turned from warp to weft) in multilayered composites to analyze their effect on the impact property of the resultant composite. Falling dart impact test was performed, to measure the impact properties of the samples. The curved specimens had shown higher strength as compared to the flat specimens. Furthermore, the increment in the degree of curvature causes the rise in fractural energy value. The number of layers has a direct effect on impact property as the number increases, the strength also increases. Finally, there was no significant effect of fabric orientation observed in double and triple layered composites.

Knitted fabrics are renowned for stretch properties which owe to their comfort properties such as formability, fitting to the human body and shape retention after wearing. Optimum stretch is basic requirement in knitted socks to support blood flow in legs and feet. This stretch is achieved with fabric structure type and material used in it. Different factors affect the stretch and recovery of sock, but most contributing factors are elastane percentage, main yarn material and finishing process type. Four different percentages of elastane in plaiting (4%, 6%, 8% and 10%), two main yarns materials (Cotton and Polyester/Cotton PC), and two finishing process types(Wash and bleach) were taken as level of input variables to study their effect on stretch and recovery. Stretch and recovery tests were performed on knitted sock tube. After testing, Minitab software was used for analysis of variance of obtained results using full factorial design. Significance of all factors and levels was analyzed. It was found that with the increase in elastane percentage stretch was decreased and recovery was increased. Cotton was found to have less stretch and more recovery percentage as compared to PC. Additionally it was observed that washing treatment produced significantly higher stretch and lesser recovery than bleaching. Similar trend was also observed in interaction plot indicating that all variables were dependent on each other.

The study was aimed to develop a knitted denim fabric and investigate its properties. The said fabric has similar visualappearance to the woven denim fabric, offering additional stretch properties. The twill effect was produced on circularknitting machine using cross terry structures. Woven denim fabric was also produced to compare its properties withknitted denim. The Physical and comfort properties of these fabrics like air permeability, thermal resistance and moisturemanagement, were investigated. Experimental investigation of serviceability i.e Pilling was also carried out. The purposeof study is to compare both woven and knitted denim fabric properties.

The textile dyes and fixing agents that used in dyeing process are major contributor to environmental pollution. In the present study, three different organic mordants (Sodium Citrate, Ammonium Acetate, and Potassium Acetate) are used in exhaust dyeing as mordants. Effect of mordant concentrations is studied on fastness properties (color change, rubbing fastness & light fastness) of cotton dyed with reactive dyes using these organic mordants. Comparison of these mordants with conventional fixing agent (NaCl) is also studied in order to evaluate the difference between fastness properties of conventional and organic salts used in this study. We found that the color fastness properties of conventional and organic salts are comparable, better in case of sodium citrate. Similarly color depth on fabric after dyeing with organic as well as inorganic salts is measured using data color. Results confirm that higher values of K/S are obtained for organic salts by using lower organic salt concentration compared to conventional salt. Reduction in total dissolved solids (TDS) of dye effluents is obtained from 6% to 29% for three organic salts as compared to conventional salt.

The extrusion of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres cannot be achieved by conventional extrusion processes due to its very high melt viscosity. To overcome this limitation, UHMWPE is first dissolved in a petrochemical to form a gel before extrusion. The petrochemicals used to dissolve the polymer then need to be removed using other chemicals making the process unfriendly to the environment. This article is focused on finding an environmentally friendly, natural solution to replace these chemicals and altering the process to potentially reduce the process cost.