Expansion for Elastane Yarns.

Production capacity for elastane, or spandex, yarns is increasing significantly (7 percent annually), particularly in the United States and Asia. With nine facilities throughout the world, Du Pont is currently the major producer. In 1996, estimates of total world capacity were greater than 85,000 tons annually. Consumption in 195 was 63,0..

The Cotton Industry on the Internet.

The World Wide Web (WWW) links together nearly 2 million computers and is accessed by more than 65 million people. At least 80,000 sites on the WWW refer to cotton. Many of these sites are linked to the newly established Cotton Australia home page, the result of a collaboration between The Australian Cottongrower and Aginfotech. The home ..

Hollow fibres generate interest

Joint research undertaken between Germany and Korea is investigating the effects of coating hollow carbon fibres with silicon carbide. The idea is to combine hollow fibres, which may provide improved bending stiffness and improved wetout, with a silicon carbide coating that provides oxidation resistance for high temperature applications.

Fibres made from chicken feathers

US firm Lixi Inc. has an agreement to market and sell a new absorbent feather fibre, called PPFF from Perdue Farms Inc. the exclusive licensee of the process for converting chicken feathers into these fibres. The fibres resulting from the process developed by USDA's Agriculture Research Service, are expected to compete with wood pulp in a..

Solid waste and industry

The problem of solid waste produced by the textile industry is discussed in the context of EU legislation about the classification and toxicity of industrial waste(915/82). Waste can be sorted and reused, recycled or neutralized and put to a variety of uses. One example is the production of agricultural compost from waste biomass. The pro..

Fibres from chicken feathers

The United States Department of Agriculture is supporting a project by Perdue Farms of Maryland to utilise fibres made from chicken feathers, a biodegradable alternative to existing man-made fibres. A new separation process has been developed for the chicken feather fibres which are more absorbent than any existing man-made fibres. The fi..

Identification and classification of cashmere

In the last 15 yr, 'cashmere' has become a generic term for all kinds of goat fibres available on the speciality fibre market having a mean fibre diameter(MFD) below 18㎛. No specification has been made for identifying and classifying the various types of

Textile testing and monitoring

Advances in textile testing and monitoring are reviewed. Devices currently available from Akzo Nobel, Atlas, BTTG, Datacolor, Erhardt && Leimer, Fibrevision, James H. Heal, Instron, H. W. Lee, Lenzing Technik, Lloyd Instruments, Projectina, Streat Instruments, William Tatham, Tensometric, Testite, TexFlow, Textechno, Wira, Zellweger Uster..

토목섬유용 섬유 준비라인

Temafa GmbH에서는 토목섬유(geotextile) 제조에 사용되는 섬유생산을 위한 준비라인을 제조한다. 이 라인은 피더, 예비 및 2차 개섬(fine opening) 영역, 혼섬 영역, 클리너 및 물류이동 시스템으로 이루어져 있다. 각 구성요소들은 예비개섬을 위한 OKNX 베일 개섬기, 2차 개섬을 위한 PONZ 공기식 개섬기, MMNY 및 MTNY Mixmaster, 그리고 CMAZ Clean-Master를 포..

점착성 원면의 시험방법

방적공장에서의 원면점착성을 개선하기 위한 방법으로서 가장 좋은 방법은 점착성 원면을 비점착성 원면과 혼섬하는 것이다. 그러나 적절한 혼면율을 결정하기 위해서는 점착정도를 측정하는 것이 필수적이다. 비록 당분농도가 점착성 원면의 지수로 보통 사용되고 있음에도 불구하고, 당분농도는 점착정도와 비례하지 않는다. 더구나 점착성 원면을 검출하기 위한 ..