Plated fabrics are fabrics that have different colors or types of face and back. The fabrics are formed by using different kinds of yarn types or colors to both be invisible on the other side. Different properties of several textile

fiber Fiber or fibre (from la, fibra, links=no) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. Fibers are often used in the manufacture of other materials. The strongest engineering materials often incorpora ...

s are exploited to obtain various surface interests and patterns. One of the aspects is the thermophysiological and moisture

comfort Comfort (or being comfortable'')'' is a sense of physical or psychological ease, often characterized as a lack of hardship. Persons who are lacking in comfort are uncomfortable, or experiencing discomfort. A degree of psychological comfort c ...

of clothing.

Method

Plated fabrics are the combination of two separate yarns of different properties. The

Knitted Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine. Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or i ...

plated fabrics are produced by an arrangement of needles that do not allow the back

yarn Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manu ...

to come on the face (also called right side of the fabric) and vice versa. Particular knitting machines allow the selective knitting of the separate yarns on the face and back and form Plated fabrics.

Use

The fibers with opposite characteristics help in producing functional clothing. Careful selection of the fibers on both sides produces better opportunities and outcomes. Different fibers have different properties, like natural fibers are

hygroscopic Hygroscopy is the phenomenon of attracting and holding water molecules via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment, which is usually at normal or room temperature. If water molecules become suspended among the substan ...

, and synthetics are

hydrophobic In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water (known as a hydrophobe). In contrast, hydrophiles are attracted to water. Hydrophobic molecules tend to be nonpolar and, t ...

. The contrast of the properties is used to obtain different results in forming patterns and functions. For example, fabrics with

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

on top and polyester inside are suitable for moisture wicking. The same is with a plated fabric with cotton and

polypropylene Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer propylene. Polypropylene belongs to the group of polyolefins a ...

Advantages

The plated fabric helps in improving clothing comfort through the thermophysiological and moisture comfort (''sensation of dampness)''.

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{{Reflist Textiles Knitted fabrics

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