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Natural Fibres
Enzyme-Based Felt-Proofing Treatment for Wool
An Enzyme-based process for treatment of wool top to improve its felting resistance is described. This process utilises lipase SP 398 in the pre-treatment step, glutathione reductase (GR) in the reduction step, and papain in the after-treat...
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Weaving & Knitting
Developing Heather Effects on Cotton Fabric Through the Introduction of Amorphous Copolymer
Unique fabric characteristics have been developed using low melt thermobonding PET (copolymer) fibers in blend with cotton. The color carrying low melt copolymer is distributed onto the fabric structure during heat setting at the yarn cross...
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Spinning
An Investigation of the Hairness of Core-Spun Yarns Containing Spandex (Lycra )
Hairiness is one of the important yarn characteristics, which affects weaving, knitting, preparation, dyeing and finishing process in textiles. As a result of increasing consumer expectations from textile products during the last decade, ya...