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Cleaner Technology Transfer to the Polish Textile ... - Miljøstyrelsen

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Topic 31.<br />

Mechanical softening<br />

processes<br />

Case illustration:<br />

A mechanical softening<br />

machine<br />

Concept After printing with pigment dyes <strong>the</strong> fabric usually appears <strong>to</strong>o stiff. This is<br />

due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> use of thickening agents and <strong>the</strong> like. These agents are not washed<br />

out, and this raises a need for <strong>the</strong> use of softening agents. Lately, machines<br />

have been commercialized, which in a mechanical way and without use of<br />

chemicals are able <strong>to</strong> soften <strong>the</strong> fabric. In <strong>the</strong> individual company, it should be<br />

assessed whe<strong>the</strong>r mechanical softening will be suitable for <strong>the</strong>ir line of products,<br />

and whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> overall environmental impacts are improved by changing<br />

from chemical <strong>to</strong> mechanical softening.<br />

Improvement potentials Chemical savings.<br />

Relevance Most companies.<br />

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