FLOW LINE FOR PREPARATION OF VISCOSE STAPLE FABRICS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: textile industry. SUBSTANCE: flow line for preparation of viscose staple fabrics includes soaking and steaming of cloth in open form, washing in ropes and combined drying on cylinder and air-roller drying machines. Flow line has steeping section with roller bath for soaking the cloth in open form, steaming section with plaiter to fold up cloth in longitudinal folds, washing section with working members of cloth with successively installed cylindrical and air-roller drying machines. Mounted at inlet of last but one cylinder in direction of motion of cloth in cylindrical drying machine are nozzles communicated with exhaust air duct of air-roller drying machine. Plaiter of steaming-boiling apparatus is located below the flow line foundation level. EFFECT: higher quality of ready made fabric featuring its softness due to more complete decomposition of starch, good washing and soft drying. 2 cl, 1 dwg