Source:Textile Review
Cut resistant fabrics are made with polymeric and nonpolymeric high performance fibres such
There is a continuing need for fabrics that resist cuts andabrasions, which occur when a sharp edge of a knife, a tool having a sharp edgeor items having sharp edges are encountered. Cut resistant fabrics areparticularly useful for making protective clothing such as gloves used in meatcutting industry and for handling metal/glass articles, in manufacture ofsports wear, in automobile upholstery and for packaging materials.
Cut resistant fabrics are made with polymeric and nonpolymeric high performance fibres such as high tenacity polyester, nylon,loyotropic polymer fibres, gel spun fibres and thermotropic liquid crystalpolymer fibres. New products are also made with core and wrapped yarns bysuitable combination of specialty fibres and yarns in different fabric weaves.
The level of cut resistance provided by the reinforcingyarns depends on the way in which they are incorporated in the textilesubstrate. With regard to many different fabric manufacturing techniquesavailable, a large number of alternatives for developing cut resistant textilesare feasible.
Cut resistance is the property demonstrated by a material orcombination of materials, when a sharp-edged device initiates cut through. Ingeneral, there are two types of cut hazards: (1) Sharp edge cuts, such as knifeblades and clean edge sheet glass and (2) Abrasive cut hazards; these includerough edge sheet metal, stamped or punched sheet metal, and rough edged sheetglass.
Aboutthe Authors
Dr. C.Rameshkumar isassociated with the Department of textile Technology, Bannari Amman Instituteof Technology Sathyamangalam and Dr. N. Anbumani is from the
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