DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM TO DETERMINE THE LIQUID SPREADING AREA OF AIRLAID NONWOVEN FABRICS BY IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

Year 2020, Volume: 30 Issue: 2, 83 - 91, 28.06.2020

Halil İbrahim Çelik , Elif Gültekin Serkan Nohut

https://doi.org/10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.585336

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Today,
many quality control processes that are controlled by Image Processing (IP)
technique has achieved state-of-the-art performance for all technology field.
The image processing technique, which provides as accurate objective evaluation
as the long and tiring traditional measurement methods, is nowadays widely used
in textile industry. In this study, an alternative image processing technique
has been proposed against the conventional wickability measurement method of
nonwoven fabrics especially used in the hygiene products. An average liquid
spread area ratio of airlaid nonwoven fabric was calculated with the developed
algorithm and the accuracy of the proposed technology was demonstrated.

Keywords

Absorption, Spreding Area, Airlaid-nonwoven, Image processing

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