Pre-treatment is done for grey melange fabric. I have written about scouring and bleaching process of grey melange yarn in one of my blog post.
Whitening Recipe: Here, I have given a scouring and bleaching process of grey melange with a whitening recipe. I think this will help you to get better pre-treatment result.
Ingredient | Amount |
detergent | 0.5 g/l |
Sequestering agent | 1.0 g/l |
Anti-creasing | 0.8 g/l |
Stabilizer | 0.8 g/l |
Caustic soda | 3 g/l |
Per oxide | 3 g/l |
Brightening agent | 0.1 g/l |
Sequence of scouring and bleaching: Grey melange fabric is pre-treated as the following way.
Fabric received from the batching section
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Water load
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Fabric load
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Run 5’ at normal temperature
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Drain
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Water load
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Sequestering, anti-creasing and stabilizer are added at normal temperature
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Run 5 minute
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Caustic dosing10’ at 40 0C
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Steam rise to 700C
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Peroxide (600C x10’ dosing)
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Temperature 950C
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Run time 40’ at 950C
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Whitening agent dosing 20’
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Run 10’
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Fabric Unload
So, that’s all about scouring and bleaching process of grey melange fabric.
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