Usage of metal and metalized filaments in the carpets

In this research, usage possibilities of conductive filaments in the robotuft carpet production and potential properties provided by them were investigated. Carpet contains different yarn groups such as pile yarns, ground warps, ground wefts, and fill yarns etc. Initially, it was aimed to determine the yarn groups that provide the lowest cost with conductive filaments usage. It was decided that the backing fabric's warp and weft yarns were suitable for this aim. Thus, standard textured polyester yarns commonly used in carpet floor were intermingled with different metal and metalized filaments. Backing fabrics of carpet samples were produced with 4 different placements by using metal/metalized composite yarns. Then, the pile layer was placed on the backing fabrics in the robotuft machine. Antibacterial-antifungal activity, electrical resistance (surface resistance and volume resistance) and electromagnetic shielding effectiveness tests were applied to produced carpet samples. It has been identified that the carried application provides antibacterial-antifungal activity, antistatic and electromagnetic shielding properties to carpet samples. Key Words: Carpet, Antibacterial activity, Antifungal activity, Antistatic feature, Electromagnetic shielding,