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Reclaimed Fibers.

  • 출판일1996.10
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  • 등록일 2016.11.02
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The United States textile waste industry reclaims as many as 1.2 billion pounds of fiber annually, equal to approximately 7 percent of the annual fiber production in the United States. Much of that reclaimed fiber goes into nonwoven products. Sources for reclaimed fibers include gin motes, cotton linters, substandard staple fibers, and the fiber and textile byproducts of textile and carpet mills, tire cord companies, and apparel, home furnishings, and furniture manufacturers. Textile waste reprocessing includes a tearing process and a cleaning process. The tearing process involves grading incoming material, collecting mixes for consistency, sorting out trash, cutting the material to manageable size, tearing the material to return it to opened fiber form, and baling the end product. Challenges faced by the textile waste industry include poorly segregated byproducts, contaminated byproducts, and poorly packaged materials.