Dimensional Stability of CO2 Laser-treated Denim Fabric

C. W. Kan, K. K. Law

2013

Abstract

CO2 laser process allows quick surface pattern designing of desired size and intensity on a wide range of textile surfaces with precision and without much affecting the structure of the materials. As a result, CO2 laser application in textile material is possible to make textile fabric to have faded look, worn out and special effects without using chemical as compared with conventional process. In the past, colour fading effect of CO2 laser-treated denim fabric was studied but the dimensional stability of the CO2 laser-treated denim fabric is seldom reported. Therefore, this study will investigate the effect of CO2 laser on the denim fabric in order to evaluate the effect on fabric dimensional stability. Experimental results revealed that the laser power should be carefully controlled because the laser power could affect the fabric shrinkage due to severe fabric damage.

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in Harvard Style

Kan C. and Law K. (2013). Dimensional Stability of CO2 Laser-treated Denim Fabric . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-8565-44-0, pages 125-128. DOI: 10.5220/0004264501250128


in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics13,
author={C. W. Kan and K. K. Law},
title={Dimensional Stability of CO2 Laser-treated Denim Fabric},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2013},
pages={125-128},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004264501250128},
isbn={978-989-8565-44-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Dimensional Stability of CO2 Laser-treated Denim Fabric
SN - 978-989-8565-44-0
AU - Kan C.
AU - Law K.
PY - 2013
SP - 125
EP - 128
DO - 10.5220/0004264501250128