Plucks Treatment in Some Weft Circular Knitted Fabrics and its Effect on Finished Garment for International Brand Standards

Abstract

As a result of a quality costs both the apparel/textiles sectors face which occur mainly due to (Internal/External failure and re-work). Plucks/Snagging is a phenomenon which appears in the knitted fabric as a pulled up yarn; Float showing up in the form of a large loop. Some fabrics can be easily snagged than others especially in case of a continuous filament yarn; it can be a mechanical strain during knitting. It can be noticed in the greige status, in the work in progress stage or at final inspection for the finished fabric. As the picks are displaced out of alignment and sometimes also jammed, a lumpy fault occurs with locally displaced lines of weft i.e. the picks are not aligned. As a result of this defect (Snagging/Plucks) cannot be repaired, so it turns to a second quality. This can be evaluated by the test method used for the brand targeted i.e. ASTM snagging test method; to determine the resistance of fabrics to the formation of snags and other surface changes. By procedure two trials in two different stages to define whether the improvement existed or not and comparing the results to decide which trial will be more appropriate to apply without affecting the other fabric characteristics.