Smoothness Level of Cotton Fabrics: Influence of Operating Parameters on Household Washing and Drying

Smoothness Level of Cotton Fabrics: Influence of Operating Parameters on Household Washing and Drying | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Smoothness Level of Cotton Fabrics: Influence of Operating Parameters on Household Washing and Drying Sálvio Lima de Carvalho Neto, Jose Marcelo Honório Ferreira Barros, and 6 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5410874/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study analyzed the wrinkling generated in cotton fabrics after household washing and drying processes. An Automated Smoothness Analysis System (ASAS) was developed to increase the reliability of wrinkle quantification. Software developed in MATLAB processed the captured images into the equipment using Canny edge detection. Image processing proved effective, pointing out the need for a large number of visual examiners to achieve an average smoothness level similar to the calculated level by software. A design of experiments 2 4 allowed the evaluation of the influence of different washing parameters on the wrinkling of fabrics after drying on a clothesline and in a condensation dryer. The relationship between moisture removal and smoothness level was also evaluated. The results showed that the washing load was the common factor that proved to be statistically significant for the wrinkling of the fabric after drying in a domestic dryer. Meanwhile, the number of rinses, type of centrifugation and washing load were influential parameters regarding the wrinkling of fabrics put to dry on a clothesline. Therefore, this work provided an overview of the main parameters and levels that can excessively wrinkle the studied materials after washing and drying at home. Measurement. Image Processing. Wrinkling. Washing parameters Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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