Design and performance evaluation of weft knitted electricthermal fabrics
In order to explore the application of metal filament as electric heating element in weft knitted electric heating fabrics,cotton/copper-magnesium alloy and cotton/stainless steel filament composite conductive yarn was developed by sirofil spinning and compared with carbon fiber.Three kinds of electric heating fabrics with parallel electric heating elements were made by using Milano Rib and weft lining.The electric heating properties of conductive yarn and weft braided fabric were measured,and the data were fitted.The results suggest that the composite conductive yarn meets the requirements of Class A conductive yarn.The surface temperature of cotton/Cu-Mg alloy conductive yarn can reach up to 40.9℃at 12 V.The temperature of the metal composite conductive yarn heating fabric is related to time and voltage.The surface equilibrium temperature of the heating fabric is linear with the input power.When the temperature is above 45℃,the resistance change rate of the heating fabric is less than 2%,and the thermal stability is good.Under the same conditions,the cotton/copper-magnesium alloy fabric has the fastest heating speed and the highest input power,and the highest temperature reaches 49.8℃at 4 V voltage.It is feasible to develop electric heating weft woven fabric with Milano Rib and weft interlining by using Sirofil composite conductive yarn.