Application of wax in textile industry

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Wetting waxing agent

The sizes used in textile industry mainly include polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid and modified starch. These sizes have good softness and adhesion, but they also have some disadvantages, such as high re viscosity, high moisture absorption and poor smoothness. In general, the textiles with wetting and waxing agent will make the hand feel of sizing become slippery, reduce the falling objects due to friction, and improve the textile efficiency of loom. At the same time, the appropriate increase of wax amount can reduce the friction coefficient of sizing to machine parts.

The use of textile wax for wax spinning printing enhances the non permanent effect of textiles. When the fabric hardens after being impregnated with wax, the fabric will crack irregularly, and marbling will be formed at the place where the wax film breaks in the dyeing process. The textile wax used here mainly includes microcrystalline wax, plant wax, mixed wax and traditional paraffin.

Sewing yarn lubricant

The sizing and printing and dyeing waxes of textiles use sewing yarn lubricant, which enhances the non permanent effect of textiles. The main purpose of textile commodity inspection is to make the textile with additional surface of feather have high wear resistance, increase the strength of yarn, and try to maintain the elasticity of yarn, so as to ensure the subsequent treatment procedure and weaving process. The sizing effect will directly affect the weaving speed and the quality of the final fabric.

Textile wax can enhance the permanent effect of textiles in yarn finishing. Many textiles will have rough hand feel in the process of printing and dyeing and weaving pretreatment. Therefore, almost all textiles need soft treatment in the finishing process. Paraffin is one of the main formulations of many textile softeners. The main components of composite softener are paraffin, water, emulsion, etc., and the appearance is white thick emulsion. After diffusion in water, it can be used for soft treatment of acrylic and cotton fabrics. At present, the most used softener in the textile industry is silicone wax softener containing 10% ~ 30% paraffin. It can not only soften textiles, but also improve the sewing performance of textiles. It is widely used in synthetic fibers, man-made fibers and natural fibers.

Water repellent agent

Textile wax has certain hydrophobicity and can be composed of metal soap, rubber, drying oil and filler. It can be used in the production of canvas, raincoat, tarpaulin and so on. Some water repellent reagents can bring good fluffy feel and air permeability to textiles, and can be applied by dipping, brushing and spraying. Some water repellent reagents can be used for the lubrication of cotton, polyester, polyamide and wool yarn.