Manufacturing techniques and property evaluations of stainless steel composite fabrics

摘要

In this study, functional woven and knitted fabrics consist of stainless steel (SS) composite yarns. SS fibers (0.06 mm) and 500 D polyester (PET) filaments are used as the core with 70 D bamboo charcoal (BC) nylon fibers that are being used as the sheath in order to form the functional SS composite yarns. The test results show that the double-layered knitted fabrics have the optimal far infrared (FIR) emissivity of 0.85 epsilon, while the five-layered composite woven fabrics at 90 degrees lamination angle have the optimal electromagnetic shielding efficacy between -50 dB and -60 dB. It is anticipated that the functional fabrics can be used in protective cloth and safety appliance.