Strategic Study, Testing and Analysis of Silk Fabric as an Optimum Application in Bullet Proofing Technology

Sericulture or silk production has a vast and colorful history unknown to most of the population. There have been lot of studies dealing with the chemical properties of silk but this report is targeted towards strategic study, testing and analysis of silk fabric with respect to their mechanical and physiological properties. With the use of non-renewable resources getting limited every day, it's the high time that supplementary raw materials need to be looked upon and analyzed so as to replace the resources whose extinction is inevitable. Silkworm silk and spider silkhave been researched hugely in order to substitute man made materials which are on the verge of getting exhausted. Needs of we human beings are infinite and the resources are limited, so this research work has been done focusing on the human needs and their fulfillment. With this approach, few tests such as threads in cloth, fabric thickness, crease recovery angle, stiffness test, yarn count, tearing strength and cover factor have been performed on raw silk fabric and the reports are analyzed thoroughly to give its optimized application in bullet proofing technology. Application of silk in bullet proofing technology is still just a potential use of silk and evidence of silk being a bullet proofing agent has been obtained much before, but our technology is still lagging behind to make silk a certified and sure shot bullet proofing agent. Apart from that silk is used in many fields such as tyre technology, parachute making, comforter filling, artillery gunpowder bags and huge medicinal use. And not to forget its tremendous application in textile industry!