Effects of Composite Coatings Functionalized with Material Additives Applied on Textile Materials for Cut Resistant Protective Gloves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Sample Preparation
- (1)
- Step 1: Selection of a homogeneous textile carrier—the selected carrier was a commercially available knitted aramid fabric designed for use in commercial gloves. Textile carrier samples measuring 210 × 297 mm were positioned horizontally.
- (2)
- Step 2: Selection of a coating method—coating was carried out by screen printing using a geometric stencil (Figure 1). Convex structures were made using an acrylic-styrene polymer with a foaming agent.
- (3)
- Step 3: Preparation of composite paste—reinforcing additives were added to the polymer paste at 20% w/w (the paste to reinforcing agent ratio was 4:1—one sample was prepared using 25 g of the polymer paste and 6.25 g of an additive).
- (4)
- Step 4: Functionalization of the textile carrier—a metal geometric stencil was placed on a horizontal aramid fabric (Figure 1) and pressed with a force of 50 N. A composite paste was transferred onto the textile carrier using an elastic spatula, and then the stencil was removed.
- (5)
- Step 5: Fixing of the coating elements—the samples were heated in a circulating air laboratory oven (Zalmed, Lublin, Poland) at 140 °C for 10 min. Subsequently, the samples were removed from the oven and the homogeneity of the coating elements was evaluated. A schematic view of the resulting samples is given in Figure 2.
2.3. Testing Methods
2.3.1. Morphology Evaluation
2.3.2. Cut Resistance Testing
2.3.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Morphology
3.2. Cut Resistance Results
3.3. Statistical Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Additive No. | SEM Images (Magnification ×50) | Chemical Composition | Physical Properties (Particle Size) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Al2O3 | 710–750 µm | |
2 | Al2O3 | 180–250 µm | |
3 | Al2O3 | 100–500 µm | |
4 | Al2O3 | 50–56 µm | |
5 | SiC | 100–450 µm | |
6 | SiC | 50–450 µm | |
7 | SiC | 53–75 µm | |
8 | SiO2 CaO | 50–200 µm | |
9 | SiO2 CaO | 10–250 µm | |
10 | SiO2 > 65% Na2O > 14% CaO > 8.0% MgO < 4.0% Al2O3 0.5–2.0% Fe2O3 < 0.2% | 315–500 µm | |
11 | SiO2 > 65% Na2O >14% CaO > 8.0% MgO < 4.0% Al2O3 0.5–2% Fe2O3 < 0.2% | 250–350 µm | |
12 | SiO2 70–73% Na2O + K2O 13–15% CaO 7–11% MgO 3–5% Al2O3 0.5–2.0% TiO2 ≤ 0.1% | 125–630 µm |
Performance Level | Level A | Level B | Level C | Level D | Level E | Level F |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cutting force [N] | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 30 |
Parameter | Additive | N | Min | Max | M | SD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cut resistance [N] | Reference material (without additives) | 2 | 8.20 | 8.10 | 8.15 | 0.07 |
1 | 2 | 7.40 | 7.10 | 7.25 | 0.21 | |
2 | 2 | 7.90 | 7.60 | 7.75 | 0.21 | |
3 | 2 | 9.50 | 9.20 | 9.35 | 0.21 | |
4 | 2 | 7.30 | 6.90 | 7.10 | 0.28 | |
5 | 2 | 7.80 | 7.50 | 7.65 | 0.21 | |
6 | 2 | 9.00 | 8.80 | 8.90 | 0.14 | |
7 | 2 | 11.20 | 11.00 | 11.10 | 0.14 | |
8 | 2 | 10.80 | 10.20 | 10.50 | 0.42 | |
9 | 2 | 8.90 | 8.40 | 8.65 | 0.35 | |
10 | 2 | 9.10 | 8.60 | 8.85 | 0.35 | |
11 | 2 | 8.40 | 8.10 | 8.25 | 0.21 | |
12 | 2 | 8.10 | 7.60 | 7.85 | 0.35 |
Parameter | F (12, 13) | p | η2 | Post-Hoc Test |
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0 < 3,7,8; 0 > 4 | ||||
Cut resistance | 1 < 8,11,10,9; 2 < 3,6,7,8,10; | |||
41.05 | 0.001 | 0.97 | 2 > 3,4,1,8; 3 < 7,8; 4 < 6,7,8,11,10,9; | |
5 < 6,7,8,10; 6 < 7,8; 6 > 1,12; | ||||
7 > 1,11,10,9,12; 8 > 11,10,9,12 |
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Kropidłowska, P.; Jurczyk-Kowalska, M.; Irzmańska, E.; Płociński, T.; Laskowski, R. Effects of Composite Coatings Functionalized with Material Additives Applied on Textile Materials for Cut Resistant Protective Gloves. Materials 2021, 14, 6876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226876
Kropidłowska P, Jurczyk-Kowalska M, Irzmańska E, Płociński T, Laskowski R. Effects of Composite Coatings Functionalized with Material Additives Applied on Textile Materials for Cut Resistant Protective Gloves. Materials. 2021; 14(22):6876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226876
Chicago/Turabian StyleKropidłowska, Paulina, Magdalena Jurczyk-Kowalska, Emilia Irzmańska, Tomasz Płociński, and Radosław Laskowski. 2021. "Effects of Composite Coatings Functionalized with Material Additives Applied on Textile Materials for Cut Resistant Protective Gloves" Materials 14, no. 22: 6876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226876