Effect of the Drying in Domestic Dryer on Low-stress Mechanical Properties of Silk Fabrics

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Despite the awareness of using dryer to dry clothes are being gradually enhanced with the accelerated pace of life and the deterioration of the living environment, little research provides feasible evidence of whether the drying in dryer affects hand value of fabrics. The purpose of this study is assess whether the drying in dryer affects low stress mechanical properties of fabrics which is correlates closely with hand value of fabric, the effect of different drying cycles on the tensile, shearing, bending, compression, and surface properties of silk fabrics were investigated with help of Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabric (KES-F) instrument. And in order to in-depth understand the change mechanism of low-stress mechanical properties of 100% silk fabrics with drying cycles increasing, the micro- morphology of samples after different drying cycles were analyzed with Scanning Electron Microscope (Model JSM-5310, Japan). Experimental results showed that the drying in dryer could alter those properties to different extent depending much on the drying cycles. In addition, drying in dryer improves some sensory properties especially softness of fabric. Therefore, this finding is not only helpful to understand change mechanism of mechanical properties of silk fabrics drying in domestic dryer, but also provided reference for consumers in their decision making for clothes care.