QUALITY EVALUATION OF THE OE YARN USED IN KNITWEAR FABRICS

Producing high quality knitted fabrics, as well as the efficient use of raw material, requires knowing the major yarn proprieties in correlation with the product destination. The criteria used to establish the priority characteristics for a certain destination leads to narrowing the yarn pallet utilized for a particular domain.This paper presents the results of the quality evaluation of several OE cotton yarns, witch were processed on large diameter circular knitting machines.