Many people is asking the questions about color fastness. Some is asking why the clothes color bleeding when washing. and some is telling the color fades after long time hanging under the sun. All these questions are leading to today’s topic: color fastness. Let’s talk about it from the very beginning. Failure Factors and Control Solution of Color Fastness There are many factors that affect… Read More »Color Fastness: Failure Causes and Solutions
1. Anti Static Fabric Finishing Overview Static electricity is a ubiquitous electrical phenomenon. Electrostatic technology has been widely used, such as electrostatic dust removal, electrostatic separation, electrostatic spraying, electrostatic flocking, electrostatic copying and so on. At the same time, the harm caused by static electricity is also very huge. There are also many accidents caused by static electricity in industries such as petroleum, chemical, textile… Read More »Anti Static Fabric Finishing, Full Report You Should Know
1. The Meaning of Flame Retardant Fabric Finishing With the progress of society and the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for all kinds of fabrics is not only large in quantity and variety, but also high in quality. However, fires caused by textiles are also increasing. Causing serious losses of people’s lives and properties. Especially in the past ten years, high-rise residential buildings… Read More »Knowledge 101: Flame Retardant Fabric Finishing: Why and How
Natural dyes refer to pigment substances extracted from animals and plants or obtained from minerals. They have good compatibility with the environment and can reduce the harm of dyes to the human body. Because of their biodegradability, they greatly reduce the toxicity of dyeing wastewater. The COD value of dyeing wastewater from natural dyes is much lower than that of synthetic dyes. In addition to… Read More »Natural Dyes: The Development and Application
Main Means and Methods to Improve the Ecological and Application Performance of Cotton Fiber There’re many different kinds of fiber types in textile industry. We’ve talked about fiber types in previous blog with brief ideas. We also talked about the cotton properties before. Recently I’ve noticed a very interesting post on Quora, why every textile engineering student need to study Ecology. You may find the… Read More »How to Improve the Ecological and Application Performance of Cotton Fiber? Means and Methods.
Potential of Electronics in Textiles and Clothing (Electronic Textiles) Electronic textiles (E-Textile) or electronics in textiles and clothing provide revolutionary new opportunities in various fields, especially in the field of health care. But for sustainable development, they must be made of renewable materials. A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has now demonstrated a thread made of conductive cellulose that offers… Read More »New Cellulose Filaments: The Huge Potential of Electronics in Textiles and Clothing
Oeko Tex Standard 100 is familiar to everyone in textile and fashion industry. Today I’m going to write a long and complete blog to tell the full story of it with other eco-textile certification standards both worldwide and domestic of China. Section 1 Eco-Textile Certification Standards and Labels 1 International Eco-Textile Certification Standard 1.1 Eco-Textile Standard 100 (Oeko-Tex Standard 100) Oeko-Tex Standard 100 is issued… Read More »Oeko Tex Standard 100 and Other Eco-Textile Standards Worldwide You Should Know
1. Textile Ecology and Ecological Textiles Textile Ecology is a science that studies the interaction and connection between organisms and the environment in which they live. The environment is the carrier for the organism to carry out all life activities. “Environment” includes physical environment (temperature, water, sunlight, etc.) and ecological environment (relative to organisms, any influence from other organisms). The environment is relativity, it is… Read More »Textile Ecology and Ecological Textiles
The main reason for this blog is to understand the current status of the global ecological environment, and understand the environmental impact of textile industry activities on the ecological environment. Human and Ecological Environment 1. The concept of ecological environment The so-called ecological environment is not clearly defined in domestic and foreign literature. It is composed of various natural factors and human-centered factors. A complex… Read More »Environmental Impact of Textile Industry to Our Mother Earth