The difference between knitted fabrics and woven fabrics

The difference between knitted fabrics and woven fabrics

What is the difference between knitted fabric and woven fabric? Although knitted fabrics and woven fabrics are literally different by only one word, they are still very different. The specific differences are mainly manifested in the composition of the fabric and the basic characteristics of the fabric. details as follows:

1. Fabric composition:

Knitted fabric: The loop is the smallest basic unit of the knitted fabric, and the loop is composed of a loop stem and an extension line in a space curve. The loops are intertwined to form a woven fabric, and the process of forming loops by yarns can be carried out horizontally or vertically. Horizontal knitting is called weft knitting fabric, and longitudinal knitting is called warp knitted fabric.　

Woven fabric (woven fabric): It is a woven fabric made of two sets of mutually perpendicular yarns interlaced with warp and weft at a 90 degree angle. The longitudinal yarns are called warp yarns, and the horizontal yarns are called weft yarns. Each intersection point between warp and weft is called the organization point, which is the smallest basic unit of woven fabrics.

2. The basic characteristics of the fabric: 　

Knitted fabric: Because the loops are formed by bending yarns in space, and each loop is composed of one yarn, when the knitted fabric is subjected to external tension, such as longitudinal stretching, the bending of the loops changes, and the height of the loops is also changed. Increase, while the width of the loop decreases. If the tension is horizontal stretching, the situation is the opposite. Under different tension conditions, the height and width of the loop can obviously be converted to each other, so the stretchability of the knitted fabric is large. It has greater air permeability and soft feel.　

Woven fabric: Because the warp yarn and weft yarn are intertwined, they are only bent in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the woven fabric. The degree of bending is related to the mutual tension between the warp and weft yarns and the stiffness of the yarn. External tension, for example, when stretching in the longitudinal direction, the tension of the warp yarns increases and the bending decreases, while the bending of the weft yarns increases, such as stretching in the longitudinal direction until the warp yarns are fully straightened, and the woven fabric shrinks in the transverse direction. When the woven fabric is stretched horizontally by external tension, the tension of the weft yarn increases, and the bending decreases, while the warp yarn bending increases, such as the horizontal stretching continues until the weft yarn is fully straightened, and the woven fabric shrinks longitudinally. The warp and weft yarns will not change, so the woven fabrics are generally tight and stiff.

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