EP1055764A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour l'ennoblissement de tricots ou de tissus - Google Patents
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- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
- D06C7/00—Heating or cooling textile fabrics
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
- D06C21/00—Shrinking by compressing
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
- D06C27/00—Compound processes or apparatus, for finishing or dressing textile fabrics, not otherwise provided for
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
- D06C2700/00—Finishing or decoration of textile materials, except for bleaching, dyeing, printing, mercerising, washing or fulling
- D06C2700/13—Steaming or decatising of fabrics or yarns
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- This invention concerns a finishing method for both knitwear fabrics and for shuttle-worked fabrics (warp/weft) and the device able to achieve said method, as set forth in the respective main claims.
- the invention is applied in finishing operations for fabrics, subsequent to the dyeing and washing and/or fulling step, which are performed to fix and establish particular characteristics of quality and of size on the finished fabric before it is sent for making up and for use.
- the invention is applied both to knitwear fabrics in general, of all possible types of fibre, both natural (cotton, wool, etc.) and also artificial or synthetic (polyester, nylon, elasticized fabrics in general, etc.) and also mixed, both combed or carded fabrics of a traditional, wool type (shuttle-worked fabrics), whether they be 100% wool, or wool mix, for example wool-polyester, wool-silk, or otherwise.
- the state of the art includes the technique of subjecting the fabric emerging from the dyeing and/or washing and/or fulling operations to a series of treatments, carried out in sequence, the function of which is to improve and to stabilize the characteristics and properties of the fabric.
- the treatments serve mainly to give the touch of the fabric the desired characteristics of fullness, together with a certain consistency (draped effect), and softness, in order to attenuate any possible excessive shininess, and to guarantee the fabric a good stability of size.
- these treatments provide an initial step of drying the fabric, followed for many articles by a clipping operation which serves to make the pile of the fabric uniform to a desired height.
- the fabric is subjected to the stabilizing steps proper, which are very different according to whether it concerns knitwear or shuttle-worked fabrics.
- the drying step usually follows the dyeing step and can be performed either on free standing dryers (belt dryers), or on a tenter frame with pin chains; in this second case the fabric can be returned to the desired height (width).
- a finishing step is carried out; this can be a calendering step (stretching) or a pass on compacting machines with a piece of felt to give the necessary stability of size, together with a stretching effect and to improve the touch of the article.
- the article is generally sent for making up.
- the fabric is subjected to a decatizing treatment by means of which it is subjected to high temperature steaming.
- This cycle can be carried out either with continuous drum-type machines, at atmospheric pressure, or (to obtain a more consistent effect) in discontinuous decatizing with steam under pressure up to 2 bar (autoclave decatizing).
- the main function of this treatment is give the fabric fullness of touch, a sustained feel and good stability.
- the purpose of the invention is to achieve a method and device for finishing fabrics, particularly knitwear fabrics, which will guarantee, with extremely limited bulk, costs and consumption, a high-quality final result which can be repeated over time, and above all valid for a plurality of fabrics which can even have different characteristics.
- the invention allows to compact, stabilize, steam, decatize, and continuously condition the fabric, in a unified machine of limited bulk, with low operating costs and high yield.
- the function of the finishing device according to the invention in its entirety, is to stabilize and fix the characteristics of size and quality of the fabric, and to guarantee the desired touch so that the fabric can be sent for making up and final use.
- the device according to the invention is limited in size and allows, substantially in a single machine, to carry out a plurality of treatments and operations without needing to transfer the fabric from one machine to another, thus using extremely limited resources and consuming very little energy.
- the device also allows extreme versatility of use in that it has a wide range of parameters which can be regulated according to the type of treatment to be carried out, the type of fabric to be treated and the type of result to be obtained.
- the finishing device for fabrics according to the invention substantially comprises:
- the fabric is made to transit continuously through the assemblies.
- the finishing device comprises a heating-humidifier, or pre-steaming device, arranged upstream of the first compacting-stabilizing assembly.
- the finishing device comprises a steaming assembly arranged between the second steaming-decatizing assembly and the third drying-conditioning assembly.
- the finishing device 10 for fabrics shown in Fig. 1 consists in sequence, in its main parts, of a pre-steaming assembly consisting of two elements 18a and 18b, a compacting-stabilizing assembly 12, a steaming-decatizing assembly 21, a steaming assembly 34 and finally a drying-conditioning assembly 31.
- the fabric 11 is fed continuously to the finishing device 10 after having been subjected to the usual dyeing treatments, followed for example by drying; this can take place either in dryers with conveyor belts or on tenter frames with pins, after the fabric 11 has been subjected to optional operations of clipping and equalizing the pile.
- the tension at which the fabric 11 is sent to the finishing device 10 can be regulated and controlled upstream by means of a suitable variable speed feeder cylinder 37, associated with a dandy roll 38 connected to a feed-back rheostat.
- the fabric 11 is subjected to a preliminary heating-damping operation, obtained by making it pass through said pre-steaming assembly.
- the pre-steaming assembly comprises a pair of steaming containers, a fixed inner container 18b and a movable upper container 18a associated with an opening-closing element.
- the fabric 11 is sent to the compacting-stabilizing assembly 12.
- the assembly 12 substantially comprises:
- the felt 13 has an annular path and is kept under tension between three rollers, respectively 15, 16 and 19, of which the roller 19 is motorized.
- the roller 15 has a tensioning and centering function.
- the roller 15 is associated with an electro-pneumatic device 15a, which serves to automatically center the felt 13 by means of photo cells, and with a pneumatic device 15b, which serves to regulate the tension of the felt 13 to give a greater or lesser stretching and crushing of the fabric 11 being worked.
- the fabric 11 While it is winding around a substantial part of the circumference of the heated cylinder 14, the fabric 11 is pressed against the latter, with an adjustable pressure, by said felt 13 and also by the counter-roller 16; the latter can also be driven by a pneumatic system with an adjustable pressure.
- This pneumatic system as can be seen in Fig. 4, comprises an adjustment piston 41, connected to a remote rapid drive mechanism, by means of which the user, acting from the control panel of the machine, can set at least two working conditions of the counter-roller 16 in order to regulate the intensity of the pressure exerted on the fabric 11 in the inlet zone to the cylinder 14.
- the counter-roller 16 can assume at least a first working position adhering to the cylinder 14, wherein it exerts a high pressure against the felt 13 and therefore against the fabric 11 passing through, and at least a second position 16a, wherein by activating the piston 41 it is slightly distanced with respect to the cylinder 14 to exert less pressure on the fabric 11 passing through.
- the desired degree of compaction of the fabric 11 is obtained therefore by regulating the position of the introductory element 17, the tension of the felt 13, the temperature of the heated cylinder 14, and the position or pressure of the counter-roller 16.
- the surface of the heated cylinder 14 is chromed and ground.
- the outer surface of the heated cylinder is made soft for example by a suitable lining of vulcanized rubber, or by trigging onto the cylinder a sleeve of heat-retracting felt, or several rounds of soft canvas or non-fabric etc.
- a steaming and decatizing assembly 21 which substantially comprises:
- the accompanying felt 29 winds in a ring around at least five rollers, respectively the two idler return rollers 40, the tensioning-centering roller 23, the counter-roller 24 and the motorized drawing roller 28.
- the tensioning-centering roller 23 is associated with an electro-pneumatic device 23a which serves to automatically center the felt 29, and to a pneumatic device 23b, which serves to regulate the tension of the felt 29, so as to vary this working parameter as desired, to give a greater or lesser stretching and crushing of the fabric being worked.
- the fabric 11 While it is winding around a substantial part of the circumference of the holed cylinder 22, the fabric 11 is pressed against the latter, with an adjustable pressure, by said felt 29 and also by the counter-roller 24; the latter can also be driven by a pneumatic system with an adjustable pressure.
- the desired degree of decatizing is therefore obtained by regulating the position of the introductory element 24, the tension of the felt 29, the quantity and quality of the steam delivered by the delivery means 26 located inside the chamber 27, the quantity of air sucked in through the holed cylinder 22, which can be regulated by means of suitable means, for example throttle means, and also by the position and pressure of the counter-roller 24.
- the outer surface of the holed cylinder 22 is made soft by means of a suitable lining, for example by trigging onto the cylinder a sleeve of felt, which must be transpirable, or some rounds of soft canvas or non-fabric, etc.
- the steaming assembly also comprises anti-condensation heating means 26a, co-operating with the chamber 27, which is enclosed by rigid walls made of sheet stainless steel.
- the chamber 27, open on the side facing the holed cylinder 22, is lined with a layer of technical fabric of low transpirability, consisting of a fabric of the aramidic fibre type or Nomex® 27a (Fig. 2), combined with an outer anti-friction element 27b, which can be made with a mesh-type net of stainless steel.
- the steaming assembly so described is associated with a substantial segment of the circumference of the holed cylinder 22.
- the delivery means 26 and 26a are able to deliver steam, at a controlled pressure and temperature, which is transmitted from the outside, passing exactly in sequence through the felt 29, the fabric 11, the lining on the holed cylinder 22a and the holed cylinder 22 itself.
- the steam is then conveyed outside by means of the electric fans connected to the cylinder.
- a device 20 to monitor the tension of the fabric passing through consisting of a return roller, at the ends of which two load cells are mounted.
- the load cells are able to send an electric signal to synchronize the speeds of the motors of the drawing cylinders, respectively of the compacting felt 13 and the decatizing felt 29,; this keeps the tension (drawing) on the fabric in its critical passage between the two functional assemblies extremely limited, or in any case adequately controlled.
- a heating assembly 30 Downstream of the delivery means 26, 26a and 27 and in cooperation with a zone of the outer periphery of the holed cylinder 22, there is in this case a heating assembly 30.
- the heating assembly 30 may consist, for example, of drying coils heated by steam and is able to deliver hot air at a temperature of between 80 and 160°C from outside against the felt 29; this air then passes through the sandwich consisting of the felt 29, fabric 11, lining of the holed cylinder 22a and the holed cylinder 22.
- the heating assembly 30 can operate in alternation with or together with the steam delivery means 26, 26a and 27.
- the fabric 11 emerging from the decatizing assembly 21 passes around a return roller 39 which is associated with a tension monitoring device with two load cells, suitable to measure the drawing of the fabric 11 passing through.
- the invention provides to act on the electronic regulation means of the machine which, synchronizing the drawing motors of the two contiguous assemblies, restores the desired and correct conditions.
- the fabric is sent to a third drying and conditioning assembly 31.
- the fabric 11 advances on a conveyor belt 35 (Fig. 3), advantageously with holes or slits, which is made to rotate in a ring between a motorized cylinder 36 and a tensioning cylinder 36a.
- the conveyor belt 35 defines a substantially plane supporting base for the fabric 11 which is subjected to drying and conditioning.
- the assembly 31 essentially consists of a chamber 32, containing a heat exchanger 33 inside which cooled water circulates, wherein a determined and adjustable quantity of air can be introduced, by means of one or more electric fans 41.
- the drying and conditioning assembly 31 is of the type operating with nitrogen vapors, which can be introduced inside the chamber 32 by appropriate atomizer nozzles.
- the fluid which passes through the heat exchanger 33 consists not of water but of freon gas, connected to an appropriate cooling assembly outside the machine.
- nebulized water can be introduced inside the chamber 32, sprayed by suitable atomizer nozzles, so as to deliver onto the underlying fabric not only cooled air but also a certain percentage of humidity.
- a steaming assembly 34 is provided between the steaming-decatizing assembly 21 and the drying and conditioning assembly 31, in this case.
- the steaming assembly 34 is located inside the conveyor belt 35, and the steam is transmitted to the fabric 11 through the holes or slits in the conveyor belt itself.
- the assembly 34 consists of a container delivering saturated steam, with adjustable pressure and quantity; the function thereof is to fluff up the fabric (should it be considered too crushed) emerging from the compacting and decatizing treatments before its touch is definitively stabilized by the action of the drying and conditioning assembly 31.
- the steaming assembly 34 also has the function of removing any possible excess shininess from the fabric, both in the case of knitwear fabrics, and also in the case of woollen fabrics.
- This humidity value is another of the objectively important parameters in order to have a good stabilizing treatment, both as regards the effects of the processing and as regards the dimensional stability of the finished fabric.
- the drying and conditioning treatment can be used in co-operation, or in alternation, with the decatizing treatment performed by the delivery means 26, 26a, combined with the suction performed in the holed cylinder 22.
- the speed of the conveyor belt 35 which accompanies the fabric 11 through the steaming assembly 34 and the drying and conditioning assembly 31, is appropriately adjusted according to the type and the thickness of the fabric 11, the final level of humidity desired and the presence or absence of any optional further treatments.
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ITUD990099 | 1999-05-25 | ||
IT1999UD000099A IT1310568B1 (it) | 1999-05-25 | 1999-05-25 | Procedimento di finissaggio per tessuti di maglia e/otessuti a navetta e relativo dispositivo |
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EP1055764A2 true EP1055764A2 (fr) | 2000-11-29 |
EP1055764A3 EP1055764A3 (fr) | 2001-05-16 |
EP1055764B1 EP1055764B1 (fr) | 2004-08-04 |
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EP (1) | EP1055764B1 (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE272737T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60012626T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2224964T3 (fr) |
IT (1) | IT1310568B1 (fr) |
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WO2003008693A1 (fr) * | 2001-07-14 | 2003-01-30 | A. Monforts Textilmaschinen Gmbh & Co | Procede de retrecissement compressif d'une bande de tissu textile |
EP1657340A1 (fr) * | 2004-11-15 | 2006-05-17 | Sperotto Rimar S.R.L. | Dispositif et procédé pour rétrécir des substrats textiles |
WO2006097009A1 (fr) * | 2005-03-18 | 2006-09-21 | Strahm Textile Systems Ag | Dispositif de rétrécissement, de compactage et de lissage d'une bande de matière textile |
IT201700035249A1 (it) * | 2017-03-30 | 2018-09-30 | Sintec Textile S R L | Macchina di trattamento di tessuti |
IT201700038489A1 (it) * | 2017-04-07 | 2018-10-07 | Red Carpet S R L | Una macchina compattatrice |
CN109072525A (zh) * | 2016-02-08 | 2018-12-21 | 拉费尔有限公司 | 用于织物的压实机和相应的压实方法 |
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DE2627707A1 (de) * | 1976-06-21 | 1977-12-22 | Drabert Soehne | Verfahren zum kontinuierlichen ausruesten von textilgeweben u.dgl. im bereich der trockenveredelung |
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WO2003008693A1 (fr) * | 2001-07-14 | 2003-01-30 | A. Monforts Textilmaschinen Gmbh & Co | Procede de retrecissement compressif d'une bande de tissu textile |
EP1657340A1 (fr) * | 2004-11-15 | 2006-05-17 | Sperotto Rimar S.R.L. | Dispositif et procédé pour rétrécir des substrats textiles |
WO2006097009A1 (fr) * | 2005-03-18 | 2006-09-21 | Strahm Textile Systems Ag | Dispositif de rétrécissement, de compactage et de lissage d'une bande de matière textile |
CN109072525A (zh) * | 2016-02-08 | 2018-12-21 | 拉费尔有限公司 | 用于织物的压实机和相应的压实方法 |
IT201700035249A1 (it) * | 2017-03-30 | 2018-09-30 | Sintec Textile S R L | Macchina di trattamento di tessuti |
WO2018178346A1 (fr) * | 2017-03-30 | 2018-10-04 | Sintec Textile S.R.L. | Machine de traitement de textiles |
IT201700038489A1 (it) * | 2017-04-07 | 2018-10-07 | Red Carpet S R L | Una macchina compattatrice |
WO2018185601A1 (fr) * | 2017-04-07 | 2018-10-11 | Red Carpet S.R.L. | Machine de rétrécissement |
CN110494605A (zh) * | 2017-04-07 | 2019-11-22 | 红地毯有限公司 | 一种收缩机 |
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DE60012626D1 (de) | 2004-09-09 |
ITUD990099A1 (it) | 2000-11-25 |
IT1310568B1 (it) | 2002-02-19 |
EP1055764A3 (fr) | 2001-05-16 |
ATE272737T1 (de) | 2004-08-15 |
EP1055764B1 (fr) | 2004-08-04 |
ES2224964T3 (es) | 2005-03-16 |
DE60012626T2 (de) | 2005-03-31 |
ITUD990099A0 (it) | 1999-05-25 |
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