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The importance of the dyeing laboratory in efficient production
Author(s) -
Park James
Publication year - 1992
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.1478-4408.1992.tb01443.x
Subject(s) - dyeing , reproducibility , process engineering , production (economics) , computer science , biochemical engineering , manufacturing engineering , engineering , mathematics , materials science , statistics , economics , composite material , macroeconomics
The commercial dyer (and printer) incurs severe financial penalties if right‐first‐time production, using blind processing techniques, is not achieved. The philosophies of quick response and just‐in‐time processing also require that corrections and reprocessing are eliminated. The laboratory must be the nerve centre of the dyeing or print works if the above techniques are to be successfully exploited. The functions of the laboratory servicing the coloration processes are discussed briefly. Many of these functions depend on laboratory dyeing techniques that have often been justifiably criticised in the past for lack of accuracy and reproducibility, particularly when scaling‐up into bulk procedures. Evidence is included to substantiate some of these criticisms and reasons for the lack of reproducibility are given. Finally methods of achieving a high degree of accuracy in laboratory dyeing, which allows results to be transferred directly into bulk, are mentioned.