Optimization Bursting Strength and Weight of Plain Knitted Fabrics by Design Expert Analysis Method

Abstract

The most important problem for fabric production is finding the best end use and meeting customer expectations. In this paper, we studied plain knitted fabrics made from OE rotor spun yarns. The yarns are produced from different nozzle types while they are at the same cotton counts as Ne 30/1. The yarns are knitted adjusting the yarn loop lengths between 14 cm and 17 cm on the machine as they are the minimum and the maximum values limited by the yarn type, machine and commercially accepted conditions. The purpose of the study is to ensure that the quality of knitted fabric is reached without specific constraints before producing the fabric with desired weight and bursting strength properties. All the results are optimized with minimum error. The test results were analyzed using Design Expert software 6.01 to predict the optimum process parameters for weight and bursting strength of the fabric. Actual and predicted results are compared.