The object of wool scouring is to remove more or less completely the impurities it contains in the raw state such as soluble suint, grease, earth, excrement in order to make it suitable for the subsequent processes of carding, combing and spinning, In...
The object of wool scouring is to remove more or less completely the impurities it contains in the raw state such as soluble suint, grease, earth, excrement in order to make it suitable for the subsequent processes of carding, combing and spinning, Inaqueous scouring process tole wool is propelled by fork or arrows through warm alkaline liquors contained soap and detergent, The presence of scouring agent in treatment baths can have a considerable influence on the reations of wool towards Alkali damage and scouring effect.
Works on the effect of their presence in wool fiber on the chemical reactivity under various conitions have been published, In order to dissolve this problems, some experiments were carried in the scouring process with scouring machine of 4 bath type. It is considered that a major factor having an effect on quality of scoured wool is the concentration of scouring agent, temperature, treated time and so on.
The results of this work are as follows
1. The presence of scouring agent causes an increasing fall in grease content as the concentration of souring agent is raised.
2. Greasy content falls in a long treatment as the temperature rises, on the other hand the damaging effect of the scouring agent increases with methylene blue value as it is increasing absorbed.
3. The structure of wool is rearranged in the hot alkaline treatment of hige concentration of scouring agent and it is damaged on peptide linkages, salt bridges and cystin linkages by alkali action. Owing to this reaction performance of wool fiber is reduced.
4. In order to up yield, it is considered that grease wool can be treated in low temperature of high concentration of scoiurng agent and in a short time.