TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Anti-Felting Treatment on Thermal Comfort Properties of Selected Wool Fabrics in Wet State
AU - Lubos Hes & Naraindra Kistamah
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 3
SP - 293
EP - 300
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/06
SN - 6
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi09201307
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4843.html
KW - Wool Fabrics
KW - Wet State
KW - Thermal Comfort
KW - Antifelting Treatment
AB - Wool fabrics both in dry and wet state exhibit high thermal insulation and dry touch, but their main
disadvantage - felting, caused by exposition of the fabrics to mechanical action under hot-wet state, might
limit their generally excellent properties. Therefore, antifelting treatment is often used to avoid the fabric
felting. However, when the level of antifelting treatement is exaggerated, thermal comfort properties of
wet wool fabrics might get reduced. In the paper, the effect level of various antifelting treatments on
thermal comfort properties of wet wool fabrics was studied with the objective, to determine the levels
of treatment, allowing the reduction of the felting behaviour and simultaneously maintain the excellent
thermal insulation and thermal contact properties of wool fabrics.