DYEING

There are three types of dyeing :

1. Fibre dyeing.
2. Yarn dyeing.
3. Fabric dyeing:
a) Woven dyeing.
b) Knit dyeing.
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Grey Yarn inspection

Soft Winding

Batching & Loading

Scouring

Bleaching

Dyeing

Hydro extraction

Drying

Hard Winding

Delivery

Final Inspection

Grey fabric inspection

Stitching

Brushing

Singeing

Desizing

Scouring

Mercerizing

Bleaching

Printing

Dyeing

Scouring

Mercerizing

Bleaching

Printing

Dyeing

Finishing

Final inspection

Delivery

Grey fabric inspection

Batching

Singeing

Mercerizing

Scouring

Bleaching

Printing

Dyeing

Finishing

Final Inspection

Delivery

Successive stage of Dyeing

Dye is dispersed in the dye bath

Dye in the diffusion layer

Dye in the electrical double layer

Dye is absorbed on the fibre surface

Dye is diffused in the fibre

Electrical
double
layer

Fibre

Diffusion layer

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A
Dye molecule

Diffusion layer thickne

ss

Distance of fibre surface from AB

Bond formation between dye & fibre

Two types of dye application techniques exist:

1) Direct application of dye liquor by spraying,
foam application, or printing.
2) Continuous immersion of the fabric in a dye
bath and removal of the excess of liquor by
squeezing or suction (padding).
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1.Continuous dyeing processes

Pad dry process
Pad steam process
2.Semi continuous processes
Pad-batch process
Pad jig process
3.Discontinous process:
Winch
Jet
Jigger
4.Pad Dyeing Processes:
Pad roll process

The goal of every dyeing is a colored textile in the

desired shade, homogeneous in hue and depth of
shade, produced by an economic process and
which exhibits satisfactory fastness properties in
the finished state.

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Basically there are three methods of dyeing

textiles:
1) Mass dyeing: dyeing of a synthetic polymer
before fiber formation.
2) Pigment dyeing: affixing an insoluble colorant
on the fiber surface with a binder.
3) Exhaustion dyeing from an aqueous bath with
dyes that have an affinity for the fiber.
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The liquor ratio influences the dye solubility and

the strength of the electrolyte effect. Lower liquor
ratios are employed whenever possible, for
ecological, economic, and technical reasons.

The electrolyte (i.e., sodium chloride or sodium

sulfate), its concentration, and the speed of
addition control the adsorptive behavior of the
dyes and the degree of exhaustion. A high
electrolyte content of the dye bath shifts the
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dyeing equilibrium toward the fiber.

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pH value influences solubility,

substantively of the dyes, and their stability
in the dye bath. Lower pH values improve
exhaustion; however, leveling proceeds
preferably at higher pH values.

Temperature

generally determines the

position of the dyeing equilibrium, which at
room temperature is shifted strongly
toward adsorption on the fiber.
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Colored textiles are produced today on a

large industrial scale. Although modern
automation techniques have been
introduced for color measurement,
metering of dyes and auxiliaries, and
automatic control of the dyeing process.

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