ROBOTICS-- A CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION

Though OBEM first robotized the tow dyeing process in 1983, only recently has the company found it necessary to robotize the horizontal package dyeing process. The main reason for OBEM's delay was the low labor requirements demanded by this process. This robotized system is comprised of the following sequence: a robotized spindle device a..

LABORATORY-TO-BULK REPRODUCIBLITY

Limited success has been achieved in transferring laboratory formulated dyeing recipes to bulk dyeing operations. Bulk dyeing includes a range of factors not accounted for in the laboratory, such as different humidity conditions, extra post-dyeing treatments, and unpredictable random variation between laboratory and production processes. ..

QUALITY CONTROL IN THE DYEHOUSE

The dyehouse of the 1990's are generally very sophisticated, automated facilities that coordinate the most modern tools available to produce the best products at the lowest cost. This means optimum coordination of manpower, machines, utilities, dyes, and chemicals. Management must concentrate on factors that cause faults in dyehouse opera..

COLOR COMMUNICATION IN NETWORKING

The Datacolor integrated color network is comprised of a central database and individual workstations that can communicate dye recipes to laboratory or production weighing and dyeing machine controllers. The laboratory can match a given color by recipe calculation, or it can use production recipes stored in an archival database. After a c..

DYEABILITY OF COTTON FABRICS TREATED WITH CARBAMOYLETHYLAMINE ADDUCSTS

Carbamoylethylamine adducts were used to modity the dyeing properties of cotton processed using the coventional pad-cure-dry method. These adducts were applied as co-reactants with dimethylol dihydroxy ethylene urea to produce fabrics that had durable press properties and were dyeable with reactive, acid, and direct dyes. Nitrogen analysi..

DYEHOUSE OFFERING EUROPEAN STYLE FINISHING

Woodlawn Mills has recently opened a 70,000-square foot facility for commission dyeing and tubular knit finishing. Woodlawn Mills will specialize in European-style processes in which fabrics are produced in a resin-free state with low shrinkage. European-style finishing produces a relaxed fabric with no formaldehyde, surface distortion, o..

AVOID UNWANTED STAINS WHEN NEON DYEING

Launderers are becoming interested in neon dyeing as a means to increase plant income, but they are concerned about the possibility of residual dye in the washers damaging equipment and inventory. That worry may be eliminated by using a cold pretreatment and by using separate machines for the pretreatment and the actual dyeing. With this ..

DYEHOUSES ADJUST TO KNITTING INDUSTRY, RETAIL TRENDS

The latest trends in the commission dyehouses industry are the retailer's demand for quick product turnaround and the dyehouse's emphasis on specialization in particular fabrics, both to garner a reputation in the industry and to gain customer confidence. The move towards specialization has resulted in dyers concentrating on home furnishi..

PRESSURE JET DYEING OF CARPETS

The Gaston County Futura 3000 carpet dyeing machine dyes in rope form to eliminate potential shading effects. Temperatures up to 115 degrees Centigrade are used to promote dye exhaustion and leveling. A horizontal storage area minimizes fabric compaction. This feature, together with high fabric turnover rates and a closed loop dye circula..

NICHE STRATEGY FOR A DOMESTIC SOURCE OF TEXTILE DYES

Because of the oil crisis and imports, the United States dye industry has been in flux since the mid-1970s. Consequently, the number of companies has decreased by about half. Crompton and Knowles has survived theses problems through a niche market strategy that emphasizes flexibility and small volume. The company relies on computer color ..