Important Feature of Jute
Jute fiber is also called golden fiber because it is a natural fiber with a golden and silky shine.
Jute fiber being a natural fiber is 100% biodegradable and recyclable and thus eco-friendly.
Jute fiber is the cheapest vegetable fiber obtained from the husk or skin of the stem of the plant. It is the second most important vegetable fiber after cotton in terms of use, global consumption, production, and availability.
Jute fiber has high tensile strength and low extensibility. Bags made of jute ensure better breathability. Therefore jute is very suitable for bulk packaging of agricultural commodities.
Best-quality industrial threads, fabrics, nets, and sacks can be made from jute fiber. It is one of the most versatile natural fibers that is used as raw material for packaging, textile, non-textile, construction, and agricultural sectors. When blended as a ternary blend, lengthening the yarn reduces breaking strength and increases the prevalence of breakage.
The best source of jute in the world is the Bengal Delta Plain in the Ganges Delta.
The advantages of jute include good insulating and antistatic properties as well as low thermal conductivity and moderate moisture retention. It includes soundproofing properties and formulation without skin irritation.
Jute fiber can be blended with other fibers, both synthetic and natural, and accepts cellulosic dye classes such as natural, native, vat, sulfur, reactive, and pigment dyes. As demand for natural comfortable fibers increases, demand for jute and other natural fibers will also increase. This can be used by mixing with cotton. To meet this demand, some producers in the natural fiber industry are planning to modernize processing with the Writers Elitex system. The resulting jute/cotton yarn will produce fabrics with lower costs of wet processing treatment. Jute fiber can also be mixed with wool. Treating jute with caustic soda improves the shrinkage, softness, flexibility, and appearance of jute, which aids its ability to be spun into wool. Liquid ammonia has a similar effect on jute, with the added feature of improving flame resistance when treated with flame proofing agents.
Jute also responds well to reactive dyeing. This process is used to produce a variety of value-added products made from jute with bright and strong colors.
Advantages of Jute Fiber:
Jute has great static properties; so no kind of static charge is generated during the making or use of jute products.
Jute is an insulation fiber and that is why it will be used in textile manufacturing and electrical works.
Temperature passes slowly in this fiber due to low thermal conductivity.
Jute fiber has very good moisture regain properties (about 13.75%).
Jute fiber does not cause any irritation to the skin.
Jute fiber is 100% biodegradable so it is an eco-friendly fiber like cotton.
Available cheap 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.
Jute fabric can be widely used in the agriculture field, textile field, woven field, and non-woven field.
Jute fiber can be blended with natural and synthetic fibers.
Jute fibers can be dyed with basic, vat, sulfur, and reactive dyes.
Disadvantages of using jute fiber:
Jute has very low crease resistance and drape property is not good.
If sunlight is used it creates a shadow effect and turns yellow.
If jute gets wet it loses its strength.