Tensile and Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Nonwoven Fabricsmade From Banana Pseudostem Fibres

Dr. N. Shanmugam; Dr. P G Patil; Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mandhyan; Dr. S K Dey

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Tensile and Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Nonwoven Fabricsmade From Banana Pseudostem Fibres

Dr. N. Shanmugam, Dr. P G Patil, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mandhyan, Dr. S K Dey

Abstract :

India is the largest producer of banana fruit in the world and cultivated in an area of 0.77 million ha.

After harvesting the fruit, the pseudostem is not used for any purpose and stems are dumped on the

drainage. Fies were extracted from these pseudostems and were used for the manufacture on nonwoven using needle punching process. Nonwovens were prepared with different areal densities and studied for its effect on tensile and

thermal comfort characteristics. The tensile strength in length wise direction is found to be on the higher side when

compared to width wise direction due to the fact that fibers are aligned in the machine wise direction during needlepunching process. Thermal insulation parameters measured namely clo, tog and TIV% decreases in value when the areal density of the faic decreases. Banana fie needle–punched nonwoven can be used as thermal insulation medium

effectively