Investigation of Performance Properties of Dyed and Raised Twill Woven PES/VIS Fabrics by Full Factorial and Taguchi Experiment Design Methods

In this study, full factorial experimental design and Taguchi experimental design for the optimization of selected fabric quality parameters were examined comparatively with an experimental study. The aim of the study is to show that Taguchi Experimental Design can be used instead of Full Factorial Experimental Design, which is a classical experiment plan in textile engineering studies. In the experimental study developed in outerwear woven fabric dyeing-finishing enterprises; The woven fabric in three different twill forms, having the same blend, was dyed at three different rates and produced in three different raising conditions. The fabrics were woven 100 m in factory conditions and dyed and raised under the same conditions. The selected twill texture is 3/1, 2/1, 2/2, dyeing ratio, 1%, 3%, 5% and raising status-no raising, single passage raising, two passage raising (shearing process is included in all raising). Selected woven fabric performance tests were applied to the fabrics. In the study, 27 fabric samples were used for the Full Factorial Experiment Design and 9 fabric samples were used according to the Taguchi Experiment Design. The results of the performance tests obtained according to both experimental designs were compared. As a result, it has been shown with this study that 9 samples according to the Taguchi method can be used instead of 27 samples according to the full factorial experimental design for optimum results. Experimental design based on Taguchi Method can be used effectively with less experiments in experimental studies where production is very difficult and costly in the field of textile engineering.