The Influence of Constructional Properties of Knitted Fabrics on Cationic Softener Pick Up and Deposition Uniformity

Abstract

In this study we tried to find the influence of fiber type, fiber fineness and knit construction on the amount of softener pick up by the fabric. Decision trees are developed to explain the cationic softener pick up depending upon the factors mentioned above. The influence of the type of load (mixed fiber load and individual fiber load) on the amount of softener deposited on the fabric was also studied. We have also quantified the non-uniformity of softener deposition. We used an image-processing tool to define non-uniformity of the softener deposition. It evaluates the spatial uniformity of softener deposition by evaluating the difference between observed patchy distribution and a random process which would lead to a uniform distribution.