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Newsletter:
September 2005
Strategies of the Textile Wet Process
Industry ~Yong Kok Swee~
It is still necessary to
continue the intensive efforts towards optimisation the activities of both
the textile wet processing industries and the textiles chemical industries
(includes dyestuffs and textile auxiliaries). The strategies of the textile
wet process industry to prevent environmental charge as in the following:
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Avoiding surplus;
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Minimizing risks;
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Cleaning what is
polluted - waste water, exhaust air;
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Consistent
industrial safety;
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Environmental
hygiene:
It is not possible to do
without chemistry but with reduction of charges and dangers in textile
chemistry by means of:
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Mechanical
treatment instead of chemistry;
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Biological
treatment instead of chemistry;
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Increase of
protective measure;
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Reduction of
surpluses;
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Disintegration
and reduction of auxiliaries range;
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Correction of
recipe and process;
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Examination of
old chemicals;
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Application of
natural substances instead of chemistry.
To reach the target of:
reduction of wet process recipes by 50%, and savings of textile auxiliaries
15% to cut cost in effluent treatment.
Nature of Wear and Tear of
Textile in Use
Many textiles must reach the
requirements of the end user. The dyed and printed textiles must withstand
sever exposure to sunlight or to repeated washing. Thus curtains and fabric
for outer garments must be fast to light, and fabrics for awnings and
deckchairs must withstand sunlight and rain and require high weathering
fastness; knitted wool goods should be fast to washing; cotton shirting and
handkerchiefs must withstand hot washing conditions, and so on. Dyes chosen
for a specific application must therefore take account of the requirements
of that application.
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