Design of Textile Substrates with Desired Air Permeability for E-textiles

The production of textiles with increased conductivity is a challenging process. The textile substrates (TS) for e-textiles or textile sensors are usually made as a standard textile, but it also involves conductivity threads. Another option is the additional coating or embroidering with conductive threads. As conductive yarns are expensive, they must be incorporated into the woven macrostructure without fault. Therefore, the prediction of the air permeability of the textile substrate is essential to minimise the sampling with the participation of expensive conductive threads. Our study deals with the experimental investigation of the air permeability of woven structures used as a textile substrate for the incorporation of conductive yarns to increase fabric conductivity.