A STUDY ON INSTRUMENTAL RANKING OF FABRIC HAND

(IV) RANKING OF VARIOUS FABRICS BY WITHDRAWAL METHOD IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER METHODS

Abstract

Various fabrics collected in the market and a series of spun rayon fabrics treated by various concentration of a resin solution were ranked by our Withdrawal method. These results were discussed in comparison with the results obtained from Subjective rating, Flexural Rigidity, Drape coefficient and other methods.
It was recognized that the values of Withdrawal resistance of various fabrics are (i) highly correlated to the value of their respective Flexural Rigidity and also their Drape coefficient, (ii) they give a faithful ranking to the assumed resin contents, in the case of a series of resin finished spun rayon fabrics, and (iii) they also give the same ranking of handling as that obtained by human hands of twenty experts.
In this method the measuring procedure is very simple and it gives always the same value if measured under the same conditions, and also it gives mechanical and objective results, so the authers recommend that it may be used as a practical method of measuring fabric hand.