Features of Jute Fiber

SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES OF JUTE FIBER:

• Jute fiber is 100% bio-degradable and recyclable and thus environmentally friendly.
• It is a natural fiber with golden and silky shine and hence called The Golden Fiber.
• It is the cheapest vegetable fiber procured from the bast or skin of the plant’s stem.
• It is the second most important vegetable fiber after cotton, in terms of usage, global consumption, production, and availability.
• It has high tensile strength, low extensibility, and ensures better breathability of fabrics. Therefore, jute is very suitable in agricultural commodity bulk packaging.
• It helps to make best quality industrial yarn, fabric, net, and sacks. It is one of the most versatile natural fibers that has been used in raw materials for packaging, textiles, non-textile, construction, and agricultural sectors. Bulking of yarn results in a reduced breaking tenacity and an increased breaking extensibility when blended as a ternary blend.
• The best source of jute in the world is the Bengal Delta Plain in the Ganges Delta, most of which is occupied by Bangladesh.
• Advantages of jute include good insulating and antistatic properties, as well as having low thermal conductivity and a moderate moisture regain. Other advantages of jute include acoustic insulating properties and manufacture with no skin irritations.
• Jute has the ability to be blended with other fibers, both synthetic and natural, and accepts cellulosic dye classes such as natural, basic, vat, sulfur, reactive, and pigment dyes. As the demand for natural comfort fibers increases, the demand for jute and other natural fibers that can be blended with cotton will increase. To meet this demand, some manufactures in the natural fiber industry plan to modernize processing with the Rieter’s Elitex system. The resulting jute/cotton yarns will produce fabrics with a reduced cost of wet processing treatments. Jute can also be blended with wool. By treating jute with caustic soda, crimp, softness, pliability, and appearance is improved, aiding in its ability to be spun with wool. Liquid ammonia has a similar effect on jute, as well as the added characteristic of improving flame resistance when treated with flameproofing agents.
• Some noted disadvantages include poor drapability and crease resistance, brittleness, fiber shedding, and yellowing in sunlight. However, preparation of fabrics with castor oil lubricants result in less yellowing and less fabric weight loss, as well as increased dyeing brilliance. Jute has a decreased strength when wet, and also becomes subject to microbial attack in humid climates. Jute can be processed with an enzyme in order to reduce some of its brittleness and stiffness. Once treated with an enzyme, jute shows an affinity to readily accept natural dyes, which can be made from marigold flower extract. In one attempt to dye jute fabric with this extract, bleached fabric was mordanted with ferrous sulphate, increasing the fabric’s dye uptake value. Jute also responds well to reactive dyeing. This process is used for bright and fast colored value-added diversified products made from jute.

Advantages of Jute Fiber:

• Jute has great antistatic properties; so that any kind of static charges are not produced during Jute Product making or using.
• Jute is a insulating fiber and this is why it can be used to make cloth which would be used in electrical works.
• Temperature is passed in this fiber slowly because of the low thermal conductivity.
• Moisture Regain properties is good enough (about 13.75%).
• Produce no irritation in skin.
• 100% Biodegradable; so it is environment friendly fiber like Cotton.
• Cheap in market.
• Available in the market and the overall productivity of Jute Fiber is good.
• Tensile strength is high.
• Jute Fabric is highly breathable and comfortable to use.
• Can be widely used in Agriculture Sector, Textile Sector, Woven Sector and Nonwoven Sector.
• Jute Fiber can be blended with Natural and Synthetic fibers.
• Can be died by Basic, Vat, Sulpher and Reactive Dyes.

Disadvantages of Jute Fiber Using:

• The crease resistance of Jute is very low.
• Drape Property is not good enough.
• Create Shade effect and becomes yellowish if sunlight is used.
• If Jute is wetted it lose it’s strength.