Decatising
Decatizing (decatising), also known as crabbing, blowing, and decating, is the process of making a textile finishing on a woollen cloth permanent. Crabbing and blowing are minor variations on the general process, which is to roll the cloth onto a roller and blow steam through it. The process sets the finishing so that the cloth does not shrink during garment making.[1][2][3]
In decatizing, the wool fabric is interleaved with a cotton, polyester/cotton or polyester fabric and rolled up onto a perforated decatizing drum under controlled tension. The fabric is steamed for up to ten minutes and then cooled down by drawing ambient air through the fabric roll. The piece is then reversed and steamed again in order to ensure that an even treatment is achieved.
There are several quite different types of decatizing machines including batch decatising machines, continuous decatising machines, wet decatising machines and dry decatizing machines.
References
- ↑ K. G. Ponting (1972). "Cloth Finishing". In John Geraint Jenkins. The Wool textile industry in Great Britain. Routledge. pp. 170,172. ISBN 0710069790. More than one of
|isbn13=and|isbn=specified (help) - ↑ Christopher G. Morris, ed (1992). "decating". Academic Press dictionary of science and technology. Gulf Professional Publishing. pp. 594. ISBN 0122004000.
- ↑ K. K. Maitra (2007). "decatising". Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Clothing and Textiles. Mittal Publications. pp. 123. ISBN 8183242057.
Further reading
- J. R. Cooka and B. E. Fleischfressera (1989). "Dimensional Changes Resulting from Pressure-decatizing of Wool Fabric". Journal of the Textile Institute. 80 (1): 120–128. doi:10.1080/00405008908659190.
- Trevor Shaw and Max A. White (1984). "The Chemical Technology of Wool Finishing". In Menachem Lewin and Stephen B. Sello. Handbook of Fiber Science and Technology: Part B : Chemical Processing of Fibers and Fabrics, Functional Finishes. 2. CRC Press. pp. 319–320. ISBN 0824771184. More than one of
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