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Wool | Manufacturing Process of Wool

Shah Md. Maruf Hasan Lecturer, Department of Apparel Engineering, BUTEX Contents Wool is the natural protein fibre produced from the animal hairs. Animal hair consists of complex proteins. The hair of sheep and goats is particularly important for textile. Wool is the animal fibre of outstanding importance. It comes from the fibrous covering of the sheep, …

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Source and Types of Animal Hair Fibres

Shah Md. Maruf HasanLecturer, Dept. of Apparel Engineering, BUTEX Creature material strands industrially utilised today are for the most part gotten from the vertebrates, for example, Sheep, Goat, Angora Rabbit, Llama, Alpaca, Vicuna, Guanaco, Camel, Yak, Northern American Buffalo, and Musk Ox. The strands removed from these creatures enormously vary regarding organic, synthetic and physical highlights.  Source …

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Carding | Action Zone In Card Frame

Ahmed Saber Shravan Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering, Primeasia University; Bangladesh Carding may be defined as the reduction or attenuating of the entangled mass of fibres to a filmy web by working between two closely spaced, relatively moving surface clothed with sharp wire points. The carding is the heart of the spinning mill & well carded is …

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Properties of Viscose Rayon Fibre

Emdadul Haq Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering, Primeasia University; Bangladesh Viscose Rayon is a man-made, natural polymer cellulosic or regenerated cellulose filament or staple fibre. It is manufactured from spruce wood and cotton linters. Properties of Viscose Rayon Fibre 1. Tenacity and Elongation As the polymer system of viscose fibre is very amorphous, its filaments …

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Viscose Rayon Fibre: A review

Viscose Rayon Fibre is often referred to as semi-synthetic fibre. It is produced from naturally originated cellulose in the laboratory conditions. That is why it is also called regenerated cellulose fibre. The chemical reactions that are involved in the manufacture of viscose are as follows: Viscose rayon manufacturing: The cellulose is treated with a 17.5% …

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Quality parameters of fabric

Fabric length Fabric length is measured without conditioning and after conditioning of 24 hours. If length difference is found less than 0.25 percent, then the second result is taken as sample length. If the difference is found more than 0.25 percent, then the sample is kept conditioned again for 24 hours and checked the difference …

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