WO2021066775A1 - A chemical method for thinning wool fibres - Google Patents

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WO2021066775A1
WO2021066775A1 PCT/TR2020/050898 TR2020050898W WO2021066775A1 WO 2021066775 A1 WO2021066775 A1 WO 2021066775A1 TR 2020050898 W TR2020050898 W TR 2020050898W WO 2021066775 A1 WO2021066775 A1 WO 2021066775A1
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Yaşar Demi̇r
Ahmet MAVİ
Nazan Demi̇r
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Atatürk Üni̇versi̇tesi̇ Bi̇li̇msel Araştirma Projeleri̇ Bi̇ri̇mi̇
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06MTREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M11/00Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising
    • D06M11/32Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with oxygen, ozone, ozonides, oxides, hydroxides or percompounds; Salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond
    • D06M11/36Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with oxygen, ozone, ozonides, oxides, hydroxides or percompounds; Salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond with oxides, hydroxides or mixed oxides; with salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond
    • D06M11/38Oxides or hydroxides of elements of Groups 1 or 11 of the Periodic Table
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06MTREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M11/00Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising
    • D06M11/32Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with oxygen, ozone, ozonides, oxides, hydroxides or percompounds; Salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond
    • D06M11/36Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with oxygen, ozone, ozonides, oxides, hydroxides or percompounds; Salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond with oxides, hydroxides or mixed oxides; with salts derived from anions with an amphoteric element-oxygen bond
    • D06M11/44Oxides or hydroxides of elements of Groups 2 or 12 of the Periodic Table; Zincates; Cadmates
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06MTREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
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  • Invention relates to (i) a chemical method for thinning wool fibres used as yarn, fabric and heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive and construction sectors, and (ii) a product obtained by the chemical method.
  • Invention particularly relates to a method comprising process steps of wetting wool fibres with water, adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing wools until desired thinning and lighting is achieved, filtering and separation of wool, washing separated wool with water and drying.
  • sheep wool is spun to made yarn and fabrics (underwear and outer clothing) and carpets are woven from the yarns. Also sheep wool is made felt and is used as weaving and insulation material too. Wool and wool weaving have some problems as explained below.
  • wool woven products When wool woven products are used as underwear in particular, it may cause itching and irritation on user’s skins. For that reason, it is not comfortable and not preferred if there are alternatives.
  • Another problem of wool is its wavy painting. Thickness of lanoline layer covering wool fibre and composition thereof is different in all places of fibre and each fibre and for that reason, it causes waves during painting. The colour wavy lowers fabric quality. It is made into wool felt and used in automotive and construction sectors as heat and sound insulation material. However, fibre is heavy as it is covered with lanoline.
  • European Patent application numbered US5529928 relates to a process to obtain a soft wool and having shrinking strength features by applying initial process by protease and heat application following an operation of for instance, oxidative abrasion or peroxides, catalase or lipase agents.
  • TR2001/02477 entitled “A method for processing wool” is a Turkish patent application.
  • the invention discloses a method for treating wool, wool fibres or animal hair with an alkali containing alcohol solution following proteolytic process in a water solution.
  • the disclosed method is characterized to improve resistance against shrinking and reduction in use, appearance, wettability, felt tendency, increase in bleaching, reduction in hair development, improvement in softness, resistance improvement and dye holding and resistance against painting.
  • the present invention relates to a chemical method for thinning wool fibres meeting the needs mentioned above, eliminating all disadvantages and providing some additional advantages.
  • Primary purpose of the invention is to remove lanoline layer on wool fibre and therein and bile acid embedded in such layer and other chemicals therein and thus thing and lighten wool.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to obtain a product not irritating and causing itching on user’s skin.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide a product holding dye homogenously in order to prevent colour wavy during painting.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to produce a thinner, lighter and more effective insulation material.
  • the invention is a chemical method comprising process steps of: - wetting wool fibres with water,
  • the invention is a chemical method for thinning wool fibres and a product obtained by such method.
  • the product of the invention is used as yarn, fabric and heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive and construction sectors.
  • the method of the invention comprises following process steps:
  • Chemical abrasive solvent comprises water up to maximum 20 times of wool weight. In other words, wool is wetted with water up to 100 times of its weight.
  • the chemical abrasive used is selected from a group comprising NaOH, KOH and/or Ca(OH) 2 .
  • the quantity of chemical abrasive to be used ranges from 1% to 100% of wool weight depending on intended thinning and lightening rate.
  • mixing fibres with chemical abrasive solution is made respectively at room temperature at least for 6 hours, at 60 °C at least for 120 hours.
  • wool sample is taken at certain time intervals and thinning and lightening quantities are tracked.
  • the process is continued until desired thinning and lightening level is achieved.
  • the ambience is cooled for it.
  • the thinned and lightened wool is covered with a protective agent selected from a group comprising fat, fat acid, wax and/or lanoline in order to protect against corrosive effects of ambience.
  • the solution in order to separate lanoline from the solvents filtered from wool, the solution is treated with a neutralizing agent selected from a group comprising hydrochloric acid (HCI), nitric acid (HNO 3 ), sulphuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) and/or acetic acid (CH 3 COOH).
  • a neutralizing agent selected from a group comprising hydrochloric acid (HCI), nitric acid (HNO 3 ), sulphuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) and/or acetic acid (CH 3 COOH).
  • HCI hydrochloric acid
  • NO 3 nitric acid
  • SO 4 sulphuric acid
  • CH 3 COOH acetic acid
  • saline of alcohol and acid of lanoline remains in remaining solution.
  • the medium should be neutralized and alcohol and acids should be regained. Since lanoline alcohol and acids released when medium is neutralized are organic agents, they are separated from water and fractionised or crystallized and separated from medium and purified.
  • cleaned sheep wool is used in processes. Before start of process, the wool should be cleaned fully from physical and chemical dirt.
  • cleaning processes that is, beating and combing processes are applied to remove coarse physical dirt. Then washing with soap or detergent is made and wool is cleaned chemically too. If these are not made, physical dirt will damage wool fibre and chemical dirt will damage lanoline quality.
  • the method disclosed under the invention removes lanoline layer on sheep wool fibre and bile acids and other chemicals embedded inside the layer and thus thins and lightens the fibre.
  • the invention is also the wool fibres lightened and thinned by method disclosed above and use of such wool fibres as weaving fibre or heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive or construction sectors.

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Abstract

Invention relates to a chemical method providing thinning of wool fibres comprising process steps of wetting wool fibres with water, adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing wools until desired thinning and lighting is achieved, filtering and separation of wool, washing separated wool with water and drying.

Description

A CHEMICAL METHOD FOR THINNING WOOL FIBRES
Technical Field
Invention relates to (i) a chemical method for thinning wool fibres used as yarn, fabric and heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive and construction sectors, and (ii) a product obtained by the chemical method.
Invention particularly relates to a method comprising process steps of wetting wool fibres with water, adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing wools until desired thinning and lighting is achieved, filtering and separation of wool, washing separated wool with water and drying.
Present State of the Art
Today sheep wool is spun to made yarn and fabrics (underwear and outer clothing) and carpets are woven from the yarns. Also sheep wool is made felt and is used as weaving and insulation material too. Wool and wool weaving have some problems as explained below.
When wool woven products are used as underwear in particular, it may cause itching and irritation on user’s skins. For that reason, it is not comfortable and not preferred if there are alternatives.
Another problem of wool is its wavy painting. Thickness of lanoline layer covering wool fibre and composition thereof is different in all places of fibre and each fibre and for that reason, it causes waves during painting. The colour wavy lowers fabric quality. It is made into wool felt and used in automotive and construction sectors as heat and sound insulation material. However, fibre is heavy as it is covered with lanoline.
In the literature the following applications are seen in relevant to the subject.
European Patent application numbered US5529928 relates to a process to obtain a soft wool and having shrinking strength features by applying initial process by protease and heat application following an operation of for instance, oxidative abrasion or peroxides, catalase or lipase agents.
Another patent numbered TR2001/02477 (A1 ) entitled “A method for processing wool” is a Turkish patent application. The invention discloses a method for treating wool, wool fibres or animal hair with an alkali containing alcohol solution following proteolytic process in a water solution. The disclosed method is characterized to improve resistance against shrinking and reduction in use, appearance, wettability, felt tendency, increase in bleaching, reduction in hair development, improvement in softness, resistance improvement and dye holding and resistance against painting.
Because of use of enzymes in such improvement processes of the patents mentioned above, differences occur.
As a result, due to above described disadvantages and inadequacy of existing solutions it has been necessary to make development in the related art.
Brief Description of the Invention
The present invention relates to a chemical method for thinning wool fibres meeting the needs mentioned above, eliminating all disadvantages and providing some additional advantages.
Primary purpose of the invention is to remove lanoline layer on wool fibre and therein and bile acid embedded in such layer and other chemicals therein and thus thing and lighten wool.
Another purpose of the invention is to obtain a product not irritating and causing itching on user’s skin.
A further purpose of the invention is to provide a product holding dye homogenously in order to prevent colour wavy during painting.
Another purpose of the invention is to produce a thinner, lighter and more effective insulation material.
In order to achieve above mentioned purposes, the invention is a chemical method comprising process steps of: - wetting wool fibres with water,
- adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing fibres until desired thinning and lightening amount is gained,
- filtering and separation of wool,
- washing separated wool with water and drying.
The structural and characteristics features of the invention and all advantages will be understood better in detailed descriptions given below and therefore, the assessment should be made taking into account the detailed explanations.
Detailed Description of the Invention
In this detailed description, the chemical method providing thinning of wool fibres of the invention have been described in a manner not forming any restrictive effect and only for purpose of better understanding of the matter.
The invention is a chemical method for thinning wool fibres and a product obtained by such method.
The product of the invention is used as yarn, fabric and heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive and construction sectors.
The method of the invention comprises following process steps:
- wetting wool fibres with water,
- adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing fibres until desired thinning and lightening amount is gained, filtering and separation of wool, washing separated wool with water and drying. According to a preferred application of the invention, at most 80 times of wool weight is wetted with water. Chemical abrasive solvent comprises water up to maximum 20 times of wool weight. In other words, wool is wetted with water up to 100 times of its weight.
According to a preferred application of the invention, the chemical abrasive used is selected from a group comprising NaOH, KOH and/or Ca(OH)2.
According to a preferred application of the invention, the quantity of chemical abrasive to be used ranges from 1% to 100% of wool weight depending on intended thinning and lightening rate.
According to a preferred application of the invention, mixing fibres with chemical abrasive solution is made respectively at room temperature at least for 6 hours, at 60 °C at least for 120 hours. During the process, wool sample is taken at certain time intervals and thinning and lightening quantities are tracked. The process is continued until desired thinning and lightening level is achieved. The ambience is cooled for it.
According to a preferred application of the invention after wool is washed with clean water for multiple times, it is dried at shadow or drier.
Lanoline on and inside wool fibre and bile acids and other chemicals embedded in the layer constitute about 66% of fibre weight. The remaining 33% is keratin protein, a fibre protein. Chemical abrasive step removes lanoline. During this step the bile acids released are converted into salt by abrasive and removed from fibre. After this process, fibre is lightened up to 50% gradually. During this lightening, since lanoline in outer surface and in inner part is removed, fibre is thinned up to 50% gradually.
According to preferred application of the invention, the thinned and lightened wool is covered with a protective agent selected from a group comprising fat, fat acid, wax and/or lanoline in order to protect against corrosive effects of ambience.
According to a preferred application of the invention, in order to separate lanoline from the solvents filtered from wool, the solution is treated with a neutralizing agent selected from a group comprising hydrochloric acid (HCI), nitric acid (HNO3), sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and/or acetic acid (CH3COOH). Lanoline components are separated from water medium after this process. Alcohol of separated lanoline and water contained in acid is removed from water physically. Dried lanoline alcohol and acid is bottled and taken under protection.
After fibres abraded and thinned chemically are filtered and removed from ambience, saline of alcohol and acid of lanoline remains in remaining solution. In order to be able to use such chemicals as cosmetic raw materials, the medium should be neutralized and alcohol and acids should be regained. Since lanoline alcohol and acids released when medium is neutralized are organic agents, they are separated from water and fractionised or crystallized and separated from medium and purified.
According to a preferred application of the invention, cleaned sheep wool is used in processes. Before start of process, the wool should be cleaned fully from physical and chemical dirt. For this conventional cleaning processes, that is, beating and combing processes are applied to remove coarse physical dirt. Then washing with soap or detergent is made and wool is cleaned chemically too. If these are not made, physical dirt will damage wool fibre and chemical dirt will damage lanoline quality.
The method disclosed under the invention removes lanoline layer on sheep wool fibre and bile acids and other chemicals embedded inside the layer and thus thins and lightens the fibre.
Particularly, as the bile acids on fibre are removed, weaving products made from the new fibres will not irritate user’s skin and will not caused itching.
The wavy dying encountered during painting of wool is because of lanoline and bile acids and other chemicals embedded in lanoline and none-homogenous distribution thereof. With the method of the invention, since lanoline layer on fibre is partially or completely removed, fibres are dyed homogenously and colour waving is not encountered during painting.
Since wool is lightened at 50% by the method of invention, a thinner, lighter and more effective insulation material is obtained.
The invention is also the wool fibres lightened and thinned by method disclosed above and use of such wool fibres as weaving fibre or heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive or construction sectors.

Claims

1. A chemical method for thinning wool fibres characterized in comprising process steps of :
- wetting wool fibres with water,
- adding chemical abrasive solution onto wetted wool, mixing fibres until desired thinning and lightening amount is gained,
- filtering and separation of wool,
- washing separated wool with water and drying.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein wetting wool by water weighing maximum 80 times of wool weight.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein selecting the chemical abrasive used therein from a group comprising NaOH, KOH and/or Ca(OH)2.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein chemical abrasive solution used therein comprising water weighing maximum 20 times of wool weight.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein quantity of chemical abrasive used therein ranging from 1% to 100% of wool weight subject to intended thinning and lightening rate.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein mixing fibres with chemical abrasive solution being made respectively at room temperature at least for 6 hours, at 60°C at least for 120 hours.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein separated wool being washed with clean water more than once.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein washed wool being dried at shadow or by drier.
9. TThe method according to claim 1 , wherein the thinned and lightened wool being covered with a protective agent selected from a group comprising fat, fat acid, wax and/or lanoline in order to protect against corrosive effects of ambience.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solution being treated with a neutralizing agent selected from a group comprising hydrochloric acid (HCI), nitric acid
(HNO3), sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and/or acetic acid (CH3COOH) in order to separate lanoline from the solvents filtered from wool.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein wool being completely cleaned from physical and chemical dirt before wetting process.
12. The method according to any of claims 1 to 11 , wherein said wool being sheep wool.
13. A wool thinned and lightened by a method according to any of claims 1 to 12.
14. Use of wool obtained according to claim 13 as weaving fibre or heat-sound insulation material in textile, automotive or construction sectors.
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