On the casual fashion market, how to suppress pilling has been a significant challenge. Since it is of structure with less hairiness, VORTEX remarkably suppresses pilling, and has created new markets.
Pilling is a phenomenon where fibers are inter-twisted into a ball-like shape by frictions between the surface of a textile and that of another. Because VORTEX not only has less long hairiness but also is structured so that fibers forming a textile hardly slide, so frictions between VORTEX-made textiles do not almost cause pilling.
Knitted fabric: Single Jersey with spandex rayon 100% Ne30 + spandex 40d
Wale
piling rate 3.5 piling rate 1.0
Course
piling rate 3.5 piling rate 1.0
Knitted fabric: Single Jersey with spandex rayon 100% Ne30 + spandex 40d
piling rate 4.5 piling rate 1.0
 
Single jersey: Ne 30/1 (20/1 tex) Cotton 100%
Single jersey: Ne 30/1 (20/1 tex) PE50/C50
Single jersey: Ne 30/1 (20/1 tex) Tencel 100%
200-count sheet: Ne 41/1 (14/1 tex) PE50/C50
Single Jersey: Ne 30/1 (20/1 tex), 28 cuts
Double Pique: Ne 40/2 (15/2 tex), 18 cuts
Interlock: Ne 40/1 (15/1 tex), 24 cuts
Rib: Ne 20/1 (30/1 tex), 14 cuts, 1 x 1 rib
Random pilling test 60 min exposure (ASTM), U.S. 1999
SingleJersey: Ne 30/1 (20/1 tex) PE50/C50
200-count sheet: Ne 41/1 (14/1 tex) PE50/C50
ICI pilling test (JIS L 1076)
10 hours for weaving, 5 hours for knitting,
Japan, 2001
Less hairiness: experimental data Resistance to pilling: experimental data Moisture absorption: experimental data Washresistance: experimental data
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