EFFECT OF FABRIC COUNT ON THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF BLENDED WOVEN FABRICS

This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of fabric count on the tensile strength of polyester/cotton blended fabrics. Two sets of fabrics were prepared in this study: one with simultaneous increase in ends and picks and another with increasing number of picks /25mm while keeping the ends/25mm constant.Subsequently, the effect of increase in ends and picks was evaluated in quantitative terms. It was concluded that the tensile strength of a fabric is increased in both directions when fabric count is increased either in one direction or in both directions. However, the increase in tensile strength with increase in fabric countis not strictly linear. The higher the fabric count, the better is the transfer efficiency of yarn strength into fabric strength