Abstract:

In order to study the electromagnetic shielding properties and wrinkle performance of the cotton / stainless steel filament woven fabrics, cotton/stainless steel filament core spun yarns were used to make three kinds of fabrics, including plain, 1/2 twill, and 1/3 twill weave. The electromagnetic shielding properties in 0.3-1500MHz are compared. After the wear tests for 60, 120, 180, 240 and 300 times on the textile abrasion tester, the electromagnetic shielding properties are also tested and compared. The wrinkle recovery properties are tested by video sequence method. Results shows that, the fabric weaves have some effects on the electromagnetic shielding property. Because of the compact structure, plain fabric has a higher SSE. Through several times of friction, the SSE has a small increase, then decrease gradually. At the same wear condition, samples will have a lower reduction degree of the shielding effectiveness, which have better performance of the wear resistance. Because of the stainless steel filament, the fabrics have lower wrinkle recovery properties. The fabric weaves which have longer float could improve the wrinkle performance.

Key words: stainless steelfilament, electromagnetic shielding, fabric weave, fabric abrasion, wrinkle recovery