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Whither High‐temperature Steaming ?
Author(s) -
Alsberg Fred R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1973.tb03136.x
Subject(s) - polyester , steaming , materials science , urea , polymer , composite material , polymer science , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , food science
Recent advances in machinery design have led to the development of high‐temperature festoon steamers for the fixation of prints on woven or knitted fabrics made from flat or texturised yarns. Dye selection for polyester, polyester‐cellulosic blends, triacetate and secondary acetate fabrics is discussed, together with other possible uses of the new steamers. The preferred printing paste contains urea, but, since there are some objections to the use of urea, the validity of which depends on the conditions in a particular works, recent work is described which has led to a printing‐paste recipe based on the use of Atexal PN‐HT (1CI). The HT steaming process is the most rational one for the fixation of disperse dyes on synthetic‐polymer fabrics.