SEQUENCE ADOPTED FOR WOOL

Presented by, S. Dharani (11MCD004).

WOOL
Wool fiber and hair fiber are the natural protein fiber, which growth of certain animals and are composed of protein.

Wool fiber grows from the skin of sheep. It is composed of a protein known as KERATIN.

It has scales on its surface. Depending upon the breed of sheep, the appearance of the wool varies.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF WOOL

SCOURING: The next step in preparing raw wool for manufacturing is through washing in an alkaline solution. This process is known as scouring. If the raw wool is not sufficiently clear of vegetable substance after scouring, it is put through carbonizing bath of dilute sulphuric acid. When wool has been treated by a cleaning agent, dyestuff penetrates better.

OILLING:

As wool is unmanageable after scouring, the fiber is usually treated with various oils including animal, vegetable & mineral to keep it form becoming brittle and to lubricate.

DYEING: If the wool is to be dyed in the raw stock, it is dyed at the stage. some wool fabrics are piece dyed & some are top dyed.

BLENDING:
Wool of different grades may be blended at the point.
The use of mixture with a coarse yarn.

The purpose to make a harder product and less expensive one, the label on the finished goods indicates a true description of the raw material used.
Subsequent to wool grade blending, other fibers may be blended with the wool.

CARDING:

The carding process introduce the classification of woolen yarns. Carding is the process of passing the wool fibers between rollers covered with thousand of fine wire teeth. Woolen yarn should be somewhat rough & fuzzy, it is not desirable to have the fibers too parallel. By use one thin film, or silver, of wool is placed diagonally and overlapping another sliver to give a crisscross effect to the fibers.

GILLING AND COMBING

The carded wool, which is to be made into worsted, is put through gilling and combing operations. The gilling process to remove shorter staple and straightens the fibers. This process is continued in the combing operation, which removes the shorter fibers of 14 inch length, and further cleans the fibers by removing any remaining loose impurities.

DRAWING:

It is an advanced operation which of wool fibers. The process draws, draft, twists & winds making the sliver more compact and thin. Drawing is done only to worsted yarns.

ROVING: This is the final stage before spinning. Roving is actually a light twisting operation to hold the thin slubbers intact.

SPINNING:

In the spinning operation, the wool is roving is drawn out twisted into yarn. Woolen yarns are chiefly spun on the mule spinning machine. Worsted yarns are spun on any kind of spinning machine mule, ring, cap, and flyer. The two principle systems of spinning worsted yarns are the English system and the French system.

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