Application areas of high performance fibres are increasing day by day due to their superior physical,thermal and chemical properties.Para-aramid is one of these high-tech fibres which is extensively used for making technical textiles like cut-resistant gloves,cut-protective seat covers,and puncture-resistant fabrics,etc.As the use of this fibre has increased manifold,an attempt has been made to assess the performance of recycled fibres in comparison with the virgin fibres,by opening the para-aramid knitted fabric rags into fibrous state and convert the reclaimed fibres into yarn for making cut-resistant cost effective gloves.Four yarns,each of 70 tex,were spun on a DREF 3000 friction spinning machine.Two yarns were made from 100% virgin para-aramid fibres,the first one was the core-wrapped yarn consisting of a 50 micrometer steel wire in its core and the second one without it.The other two yarns were spun from a blend of 50% virgin and 50% recycled para-aramid fibres,one yarn with a 50 micrometer steel core while the other without it.The test results on the manufactured gloves from these yarns showed that the cut-resistance performance of the gloves made from 50:50 blend of virgin and recycled para-aramid fibres was comparable with the gloves made from virgin para-aramid fibres.
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