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The sorted cocoons are then further softened or cooked by hot soft water in order to swell and soften the sericin present in the cocoon without completely dissolving it. Cooking …
The raw silk is unwound from cocoons and is collected into skeins in the factories known as filature. Here the cocoons are sorted based on their colour, size, shape and texture. Then they are immersed in hot and cold water to soften the sericin so that …
Préparation de la laine cardée pour les petites fleurs en feutre de laine. Venez fabriquer la vôtre du lundi au vendredi, de 14h à 18h après votre visite de la …
The object of sizing that is binding the fibers and coating the yarn so as to increase the strength and abrasion resistance and making it smooth and uniform, can be …
The current study focuses on the effect of filature silk waste as reinforcement on the epoxy-based composite's mechanical properties. Filature silk …
Continuous filament yarns are made from straight filaments which are smooth and slippery to the touch. They lack the bulk, comfort and tactile hand of yarns spun from staple …
An automatic reeling machine may be used effectively if good quality cocoons with 60 percent reelability, 1 000 m filament length and 20 percent cocoon shell are used. In …
Silk degumming is considered the first point in the preparation of silk-based materials since this process could modify the silk fiber and the properties of its related …
The process of drawing silk fibre from the cocoon is called 'reeling'. The cocoons are cooked in hot water and the silk fibre is unwound from the cocoons. The silk consists of …