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Studies and Evaluation of Novotex Home Furnishing Fabrics

Md. Abdus Samad
Senior Scientific Officer
Testing and Standardization Department, Textile physics Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute. Dhaka-1207.

Md. Matiur Rahman
Sciectific Officer
Testing and Standardization Department, Textile physics Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute. Dhaka-1207.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A comparative study on the performance characteristics of Novotex home furnishing fabrics collected from local market. From the results, Novotex furnishing fabric were found better than the conventional fabrics in respect of bursting strengths although they were heavier than the conventional ones.

Keywords: Novotex Home furnishing Fabrics, Conventional home Furnishing Fabrics, Bursting strength

Location: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute

Start Date: 01-01-1990

End Date: 31-12-1995

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Jute

Objectives:

To measure the physical characteristics of jute fabrics having different warp and weft construction and relate them to characteristics of the yarns used.

Methodology:

Home Furnishing fabrics are generally manufactured from cotton, wool, and man-made fibers. But BJRI (technology) has been using jute in combination with cotton/man-made fibers for producing home furnishing fabrics. And so far some products called Novotex Home Furnishing Fabrics have been developed to be used as home furnishing ones viz. curtains and draperies. The construction parameters of the fabrics are given below. Novotex Home Furnishing Fabrics: A. Novotex Fabric, Plain weave, width-50 inches, Jute/cotton: 65/35, warp-cotton, weft-jute. B. Novotex stripe Fabric, width-45 inches jute/cotton, 65/35, warp-cotton, weft-jute. Conventional Home Furniture Fabrics. C. Stripe cotton cloth, width-41 inches, warp-cotton, weft-cotton D. DW plain Cotton cloth, Width 44 inches, warp-cotton, weft-cotton. Different Physical properties, such as tex of the component yarns, ends &picks, weight, breaking strength, abrasion & brusting strength of the cloth samples were determined.

Source of Information: Annual Technical Report, BJRI

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget: 40,000

Total Budget (Tk.) : 40,000

Achievement/Findings:

: Novotex stripe and plain weave fabrics have got the weight 210.9 and 187.5 gm/m2 respectively and the conventional stripe and plain cotton cloth got the weight 150.0 and 140.6 gm/m2. So, Novotex fabrics are heavier than the conventional fabrics. Breaking load of Novotex stripe and conventional stripe fabric in the warp-way was found to be 31.7 kg and 42.2 kg respectively, where as those of Novotex plain and conventional plain fabric were 45.1 kg and 36.7 kg respectively. Similarly, the weftway strength of Novotex stripe and conventional stripe fabric were 29.5 12.1 kg respectively. It was observed from the results that the strength of Novotex plain and stripe fabric in weftway is comparatively better than that of the conventional fabric. Bursting strength of Novotex stripe and plain weave fabrics have got the values of 165.5 lbs/in2 and 144.0 lbs/in2 respectively. But in case of conventional stripe and plain weave fabric these strength were 53.5 lbs/in2 and 68.6 lbs/in2 respectively. It indicates that Novotex fabrics are better than conventional ones in respect of bursting strength. As Novotex fabric is not washable, hence this type of cloth may be used for making mattress.

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