Lab 04

Dyeing Of Cotton Fabric with Pigments In A Padding Mangle

Introduction:

The Padding Mangle is perhaps the most familiar & most universal of all Textile dyeing and finishing
machinery. Basically it appears to be quite a simple machine. performing its task of removing the
excess liquid from the fabric in a simple way. But behind this apparent simplicity, there is such a tangle
of variable that their collective quantitative assessment becomes difficult. The viscosity of the liquid
is also important. The effect of viscosity is involved in the compressional behaviour of the fabric-liquid
system. Simple padding mangle consists of two squeezing bowls (rolls)the upper one of iron and
covered with rubber& the lower one of brass. The pressure on the bowls is obtained by compound
levers and weights. They are fixed on textile materials with the help of a binding agent in form of a
thin invisible coating.

The reaction involved is as below:-

Binder – CH2 – OR + HO – textile ⇔ Binder – O – textile + HOR ; where, R is H or CH.

Machine required:

• Padding Mangle;

Specification:

• Squeezing pressure: 0-54 kg

• Speed scale: 0-75 m/min
• Electric balance,
• Drying machine.
• Utilities required:
• Water
• Electricity – to power the balance and dryer

Process sequence:

Fabric Preparation

⇓
Padding the fabric in pigment dispersion in a padder.

⇓
Drying (90-100°C)

⇓
Steamed (For cross linking between fabric &film)(Cotton 160C°,at PH -5 for 3min )
Padding Recipe:

Pigments 4 G/L
Thickener(natural) 7% 100g/L
Binder 20 g/lit
Levelling agent 1 g/lit
Acetic acid (pH=5) 1-2 g/lit
Temperature Room temperature
Drying:

The dyed fabric is dried at 80-100ºC temperature for 5 minutes.

Steaming:

Curing is done for the fixation of pigments alone with binders. It is done usually at 160°C temperature.

Result:

The pigment dyed fabric has been dried and cured. The dyeing is found excellent also the effect
produced is very stunning.

Discussion:

The dyeing is accomplished with good care. The impurities also found in the chemical used. For the
reason of old pigment, we have to suffer much. Anyhow we got required dyed sample by doing several
times. Above all the dyed sample found satisfactory.