Study on Strength Properties of Woven Fabrics Including Recycled Cotton Yarns

Abstract

In this study, yarn was produced by mixing pre-consumer cotton yarn waste and original cotton fibers in certain proportions and plain sheet fabrics were woven using these yarns. Within the scope of the study, yarns with cotton/recycled cotton fiber ratios of 100-0%, 90-10%, 80%-20%, 70-30%, 60-40% were used. All fabrics were subjected to finishing processes respectively under the same conditions. Breaking strength and tear strength tests were carried out to understand the effect of the recycling rate on the strength loss in fabrics. It was determined that there was a decrease of nearly 45% in the tear strength of fabrics obtained by mixing 40% recycled fiber. Additionally, the loss in tensile strength was less than the loss in tear strength.