Lubricants, Antistats, Scouring

Preparing a textile fiber or fabric for dyeing or any other future processing is the foundation on which all subsequent steps are built. Proper preparation entails the use of surfactants and scouring agents to remove all of the sizing, waxes, processing oils and accumulated dirt – all to present the best” surface for subsequent dyeing or processing. The use of the correct scouring agent needs to take into account the type of materials to be removed and the chemistry of other preparation agents.

Fiber preparation entails the use of lubricants to promote fiber to fiber and fiber to equipment lubricity which are aids to further processing.
Antistatic agents, which are not just limited to textile preparation, are utilized on both fibers and fabrics, especially synthetic fibers/fabrics, to prevent static charge build-up and “fiber clumping” – usually due to high speed fiber to equipment interaction.

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