EP0068351B1 - Method for dyeing a torn fiber bundle and apparatus for carrying out the method - Google Patents
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- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS 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
- D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
- D06B15/00—Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours
- D06B15/10—Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours by use of centrifugal force
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- This invention relates to a method for dyeing a bundle of broken fibers, according to the pre-characterizing part of claim 1, and to an apparatus specifically designed for carrying out such method, according to the pre-characterizing part of claim 3.
- the invention relates to dyeing of synthetic fibres (i.e. acrylic, polyamide, and the like fibers).
- An apparatus e.g. from FR-A-839 442.
- This type of product is normally dyed on the same apparatus used for dyeing wool fibers.
- the latter are subjected to a series of treatments resulting in a product volume intended for accommodation in dyeing tanks of practically standard size, that is having diameters on the order of 400 mm and unit loads per dyeing tank not exceeding 60 to 80 kg with unit packages of 8-12 kg being pressed in the tanks.
- the pump head is low, and accordingly the capability of the dyeing bath to penetrate the interior of the fiber bundle is relatively moderate, and implies as a consequence that the degree of thickening of the fibers themselves be not excessive, and accordingly also the amount in weight of fibers being treated in each tank be limited within the 60 to 80 kg range.
- the task of the invention is to overcome the limitations of the prior methods for dyeing a torn bundle of synthetic fibers.
- Another object of the invention is to enable the dyeing of larger amounts of fiber, for the same operating -conditions.
- a further object is to provide a more uniform dyeing of the fibers, notwithstanding the presence of appreciably higher unit masses to be dyed.
- an apparatus for carrying out the method with the features of the characterizing part of claim 3.
- Figure 1 shows the initial step, known per se, of the method, whereby the synthetic fibers collected into a web 1 are caused to pass through successive roller stations 2, 3 and 4, whereat the web is wound around drive and return rollers.
- the roller sets of the stations 2, 3 and 4 have progressively increasing speeds, so that the fiber is gradually "stretched" to reach the final zone 5 where further rollers at further progressively increasing speeds cause the bundle to be torn into fiber pieces extending more or less parallel; these fibers, when leaving this first zone of the apparatus, are schematically indicated at 6 and are usually collected in a basket or container 7.
- the torn fibers 6 are collected inside the container 7 around the core 9, as illustrated by the cited Figure 1A, to form a "toroid" or pack of fibers or doughnuts.
- a bell 13 is lowered onto the container which seals the assembly to form an autoclave ( Figure 2).
- the bell 13 is raised and the whole assembly comprising the bundle of treated fibers and disk 10 carrying it is extracted, e.g. with a hoisting means 14 which hooks, e.g. through small chains 15, to the hooks 12 of the cited small chains 11.
- the hoisting operation ( Figure 4) is carried out while maintaining in the material doughnut the channel 16 created by the core 9.
- the fiber doughnut is transferred ( Figure 5) into a dyeing tank 17 which is fed through an inlet conduit 18 by a high head pump 19.
- the return 20 of the pump is connected to a perforated tube 21 the diameter and height whereof are such as to allow the fiber mass to be slipped onto the tube 21 itself, thanks to the channel 16 left within the fiber mass.
- the doughnut being treated is carried on the base disk 10 whilst the chains 11 are suspended with the hooks 12 from the edge of an inner frame 25 which does not hinder an ample circulation of the dyeing bath.
- the further step of the cycle provides for the removal of the dyed doughnut, again through the possibility of hoisting the assembly including the base washer and chains with a conventional means ( Figure 7) and the introduction of this dyed doughnut directly into a centrifuge 26 having a concave bottom 27 which arranges for the centrifugal ejection of the water contained in the dyed material.
- the cycle is terminated ( Figure 8) with a final plucking operation.
- Several doughnuts are inserted into the inlet end of a line where the fibers are conveyed through successive return rollers 28, being steam heated for the purpose of drying the pack which still contains residual water (the bundle being at this stage open, the water vaporization occurs more easily than with a drying process carried out on the whole toroid or doughnut).
- stretching rollers 29 and pairs of plucking rollers 30 At the end of the line the thusly dyed and plucked bundle is collected into the container 31.
- the container has preferably a diameter in the range from 50 to 200 cm.
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Description
- This invention relates to a method for dyeing a bundle of broken fibers, according to the pre-characterizing part of
claim 1, and to an apparatus specifically designed for carrying out such method, according to the pre-characterizing part ofclaim 3. In particular the invention relates to dyeing of synthetic fibres (i.e. acrylic, polyamide, and the like fibers). - An apparatus according to the pre-characterizing part of
claim 3 is known e.g. from FR-A-839 442. - This type of product is normally dyed on the same apparatus used for dyeing wool fibers.
- In order to make the dyeing apparatus suitable for use with synthetic fibers, the latter are subjected to a series of treatments resulting in a product volume intended for accommodation in dyeing tanks of practically standard size, that is having diameters on the order of 400 mm and unit loads per dyeing tank not exceeding 60 to 80 kg with unit packages of 8-12 kg being pressed in the tanks.
- In order to achieve that "compatibility" of the product to be treated with existing apparatus, the preparation of the combed bundles or top of synthetic fibers for dyeing is usually effected through a set of practically standardized operations:
- - after the initial treatment of the fiber bundle which results progressively first in the stretching and then breaking thereof (hence the term "torn bundle") the pieces of the originally continuous bundle are collected in a container which is then introduced into an autoclave. The treatment undergone by the fibers in this autoclave has the effectof causing a consistent shrinkage thereof, made necessary to eliminate the retracting capability of the fibers springing from the tearing operation. Said shrinkage also brings about a thickening which reduces its volume. Thereafter, the fiber is subjected to a first pass through a plucker machine which has the purpose of restoring softness in the fibers, resetting them as far as possible one parallel to the other (condition, this one, to be observed in order for the material to be suitable for subsequent spinning). Upon leaving this plucking treatment, the bundle is received into cylindrical containers, wherein it arranges itself into stacked coils around a center core. These stacked coils, of a diameter by now reduced to standard (that is lower than 400 mm) are still soft. At this point they are compressed vertically, packing themselves to an appreciably smaller height (for a given diameter) resulting in an intermediate product called "bumps". These bumps are at this point inserted (with their center bores), serially one above the other, onto a perforated rod and undergo a renovated axial compression which further reduces their height. Finally, the "pack" of several bumps pressed in stacked relationship is introduced into a cylindrical dyeing tank whereinto the dyeing bath is introduced by a pump starting from the bottom; then it flows up all around the fibers, penetrates them radially, and comes out thereof at the perforated rod carrying them, which rod is in turn connected, at the tank bottom, to the pump return line.
- Since the scrubbing tank, and related pump, have, as mentioned, standard characteristics, that is suitable in particular for dyeing wool, the pump head is low, and accordingly the capability of the dyeing bath to penetrate the interior of the fiber bundle is relatively moderate, and implies as a consequence that the degree of thickening of the fibers themselves be not excessive, and accordingly also the amount in weight of fibers being treated in each tank be limited within the 60 to 80 kg range.
- Thus the task of the invention is to overcome the limitations of the prior methods for dyeing a torn bundle of synthetic fibers.
- Within this task it is a primary object of this invention to provide a method whereby the number of operating steps provided for completing the dyeing cycle is lowered, thus shortening its duration and reducing costs.
- Another object of the invention is to enable the dyeing of larger amounts of fiber, for the same operating -conditions.
- A further object is to provide a more uniform dyeing of the fibers, notwithstanding the presence of appreciably higher unit masses to be dyed.
- According to one aspect of the invention, the above task and ebjects as well as yet other objects which will be more apparent thereinafter, are achieved by a method of dyeing a bundle of broken fibers according to the appended
claim 1. - According to another aspect of the invention an apparatus is provided for carrying out the method with the features of the characterizing part of
claim 3. - Further features and advantages will become more apparent from the description of a preferred but not limitative embodiment of the method according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, where:
- Figure 1 illustrates diagrammatically the preliminary fiber stretching step, known per se;
- Figure 1A being an enlarged view of the terminating area of Figure 1;
- Figure 2 is a detail view of the basket or containing element whereinto the torn fibers are collected and which is provided for being accommodated within the autoclave;
- Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the procedure for extracting the fibers from the basket;
- Figure 5 illustrates the insertion of the fiber mass into the dyeing tank;
- Figure 6 shows that same fiber mass within the dyeing tank, during the dyeing itself;
- Figure 7 illustrates the step of inserting the dyed mass into a centrifugation apparatus; and
- Figure 8 shows schematically a final step of the method, wherein the dyed and centrifuged fibers are subjected to a single plucking pass prior to be coiled into a storage package.
- Figure 1 shows the initial step, known per se, of the method, whereby the synthetic fibers collected into a
web 1 are caused to pass throughsuccessive roller stations stations final zone 5 where further rollers at further progressively increasing speeds cause the bundle to be torn into fiber pieces extending more or less parallel; these fibers, when leaving this first zone of the apparatus, are schematically indicated at 6 and are usually collected in a basket orcontainer 7. - According to a peculiar feature of the invention, better shown in Figure 1Ato an enlarged scale, on the interior of the
container 7, there is arranged the fiber collectingelement 6, in the form of a washer ordisk 8 from the center whereof there extends an upwardlyoriented core 9. Fitted upon thiscore 9, is provided afurther disk 10 to the periphery whereof there are attached, at intervals,small chains 11 which are provided withhooks 12 at the upper portion thereof. These hooks are so arranged as to remain suspended from the rim of thetank 7. - Thus, the
torn fibers 6 are collected inside thecontainer 7 around thecore 9, as illustrated by the cited Figure 1A, to form a "toroid" or pack of fibers or doughnuts. - Upon completion of the
container 7 filling operation, abell 13 is lowered onto the container which seals the assembly to form an autoclave (Figure 2). After treating the material in torn fibers or top for an appropriate time period, thebell 13 is raised and the whole assembly comprising the bundle of treated fibers anddisk 10 carrying it is extracted, e.g. with a hoisting means 14 which hooks, e.g. throughsmall chains 15, to thehooks 12 of the citedsmall chains 11. - The hoisting operation (Figure 4) is carried out while maintaining in the material doughnut the
channel 16 created by thecore 9. - At this point, the fiber doughnut is transferred (Figure 5) into a
dyeing tank 17 which is fed through aninlet conduit 18 by ahigh head pump 19. Thereturn 20 of the pump is connected to aperforated tube 21 the diameter and height whereof are such as to allow the fiber mass to be slipped onto thetube 21 itself, thanks to thechannel 16 left within the fiber mass. - As may be observed in Figure 6, after the dyeing tank has been closed by means of the
top lid 22, there is established within the tank itself a dyeing bath circulation which flows radially through the doughnut from the periphery thereof and returns through the axial perforatedtube 21. Moreover, owing to the effect of adisk 23 overlying the doughnut, a downwardly directed pressure is also applied (as indicated by the arrows 24) which tends to hold the doughnut compacted. - Also during this step, the doughnut being treated is carried on the
base disk 10 whilst thechains 11 are suspended with thehooks 12 from the edge of aninner frame 25 which does not hinder an ample circulation of the dyeing bath. - The further step of the cycle provides for the removal of the dyed doughnut, again through the possibility of hoisting the assembly including the base washer and chains with a conventional means (Figure 7) and the introduction of this dyed doughnut directly into a
centrifuge 26 having aconcave bottom 27 which arranges for the centrifugal ejection of the water contained in the dyed material. - The cycle is terminated (Figure 8) with a final plucking operation. Several doughnuts are inserted into the inlet end of a line where the fibers are conveyed through
successive return rollers 28, being steam heated for the purpose of drying the pack which still contains residual water (the bundle being at this stage open, the water vaporization occurs more easily than with a drying process carried out on the whole toroid or doughnut). Then, there followstretching rollers 29 and pairs ofplucking rollers 30. At the end of the line the thusly dyed and plucked bundle is collected into thecontainer 31. - As a result of the foregoing cycle procedure, it will be appreciated that at each pass large amounts of synthetic fiber top may be treated, up to 100 kg and above, per pack or doughnut and accordingly of 200 kg and above per tank load, thus exceeding the limits inherent to the solutions hitherto employed, and that during the dyeing step there can be created conditions for an improved and more uniform distribution of the dye through the use, among others, of higher head pumps which, however, cannot entangle the fibers because the latter have been compacted by the shrinking treatment carried out in the autoclave.
- With the method just described, the traditional practice of pressing the fibers with a mechanical action under a press has been replaced with the notion of accomplishing said compression by utilizing the inherent capability of the fiber to shrink when subjected to a thermal treatment, thus achieving a higher uniformity in the compactness throughout its volume, since all of the fibers will shrink in a substantially uniform manner.
- The invention as described is susceptible to many modifications and variations, as will readily occur to the expert in the art.
- The container has preferably a diameter in the range from 50 to 200 cm.
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IT22615/81A IT1137958B (en) | 1981-06-26 | 1981-06-26 | PROCEDURE FOR DYING OF RIPPED FIBER BAND, EQUIPMENT FOR ITS REALIZATION AND PRODUCT SO OBTAINED |
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EP0068351A1 EP0068351A1 (en) | 1983-01-05 |
EP0068351B1 true EP0068351B1 (en) | 1987-01-28 |
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