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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2010.11.6.2292

Durability Enhancement of Textile Materials for Thermotherapy Massager  

Lee, Joo-Young (Department of Fiber System Engineering, Dankook University)
Kim, Ho-Dong (Department of Fiber System Engineering, Dankook University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.11, no.6, 2010 , pp. 2292-2299 More about this Journal
Abstract
The wear and abrasion mechanism of conventional PET/Cotton fabric which is used as a lining layer for thermotherapy massager was elaborately investigated in order to increase the life-span of the fabrics for Thermotherapy Massager. Based on the destruction mechanism, the feasible PET fabrics were prepared and its anti-wearing performance was evaluated. It is revealed that the wearing destruction is mainly caused by the repeat abrasion on a specific part of folded fabric as well as abrasion itself. Therefore, it is necessary that the prevention of fabric folding while massager is running is essential and the recovery from the crease on a fabric is also necessary to solve this problem. Covered elastic yarn, high twisted yarn, change of fabric structure or different fiber were utilized to prepare the possible alternatives. As a result, the anti-wearing performance of the fabrics are greatly improved to have about 2 times and 1.5 times longer life-span for the fabric with covered elastic yarn and high twisted yarn, respectively.
Keywords
Anti-wearing; Thermotherapy; Physical property; Flame retardancy; Flexibility;
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