What is it about?
FTT was used up to now to mainly assess hand of clothing fabrics. In this paper its capability of testing thick, double-layers mattress fabrics treated with softener was investigated. The fabrics investigated were differentiated by three production parameters namely fabric mass per unit area, concentration of softener and fiber composition. Relevant tactile properties for mattress ticking fabrics such as smoothness, softness, warmth and flexibility were assessed by an expert panel and the average scores given by the assessors were correlated with the fabric indices measured by FTT.
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Why is it important?
The overall comfort of a bedding system is, among others, the result of moisture and thermal management capabilities of its components including mattress ticking fabrics. The hand of mattress ticking fabrics, their smoothness, softness, flexibility and thermal properties in particular, partially contribute to the sleep quality.
Perspectives
These findings are relevant to stakeholders of mattress ticking fabrics. Previous research payed limited attention to sensorial comfort of mattress ticking fabrics, although enhanced fabric hand seems to be demanded more and more by customers. The results suggest how selected production parameters may be tuned to enable price-efficient engineering of fabrics with enhanced tactile properties. Changes of fabric hand due to production settings were clearly quantified by FTT, an instrument that was previously mainly employed for clothing fabrics.
Dr. simona vasile
Univesity College Gent
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This page is a summary of: Influence of selected production parameters on the hand of mattress knitted fabrics assessed by the Fabric Touch Tester, Textile Research Journal, October 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0040517517736471.
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