Different Types of Dyeing Machines Used in Textile Industry

Dyeing is one of the most important sections of the textile wet processing; it’s a coloration process. Many dyeing machines are used to dye fiber, yarn, or fabric. Dyeing Machine manufacturers also make separate machines for fiber, yarn, and Fabric. This article presents Different Types of fabric-dyeing machines used in the Textile Industry.

Types of Fabric Dyeing Machines Used in the Textile Industry:

There are various types of dyeing machines used in textile wet processing, which are listed according to textile materials:

1. Fibre dyeing machine,
2. Yarn dyeing machine,
3. Fabric dyeing machine.

All the fiber, yarn, and fabric dyeing machines are listed in the following:

1. Fibre Dyeing Machine:

These machines are used for dyeing loose fibers before spinning:

• Hussong loose cotton dyeing machine,
• Jagen barg dyeing machine,
• Conical pan loose stock dyeing machine,
• Long close loose cotton dyeing machine,
• Dreze dyeing machine,
• Annual cage for loose stock dyeing machine,
• Simplex dyeing machine,
• Ober maier dyeing machine.

2. Yarn Dyeing Machine:

These machines are used for dyeing yarns in hank, package, or beam form:

a. Hank form:

• Pulsatur hand dyeing machine,
• Hussong hank dyeing machine,
• Clauder Weldon hand dyeing machine,
• G.S.H hand dyeing machine.

b. Package form:

• Cheese dyeing machine,
• Cop dyeing machine,
• Warp dyeing machine.

Cheese Dyeing Machine:

• Franklin cheese dyeing machine,
• Ober maier cheese dyeing machine,
• Krantz gop cheese dyeing machine.

Cop Dyeing Machine:

• Long close cop dyeing machine,
• Mather and platt cop dyeing machine,
• Beaumont cop dyeing machine.

Warp Dyeing Machine:

• Ball warp dyeing machine,
• Zittau bean dyeing machine,
• Chain warp dyeing machine.

According to Liquor Movement:

• Liquor circulates, but materials do not move, i.e., all package dyeing machines,
• Materials move, but liquor does not circulate, i.e. jigger,
• Both materials and liquor circular, i.e., jet dyeing machines.

According to Wet Processing:

• Open dyeing process,
• Enclosed dyeing process.

According to Dyeing Materials:

• Hank dyeing machine,
• Loose stock form dyeing machine,
• Fabric form dyeing machine,
• Package form dyeing machine.

Each machine type has its advantages and limitations, and the selection depends on the specific requirements of the dyeing process.

Package Dyeing Machine

Package dyeing is costly when compared with other forms of dyeing, and much of this extra cost must be associated with transferring yarn from one form to another, which adds no intrinsic value to the end product. A study on acrylic yarn showed that continuous tow dyeing is approximately 50% cheaper than yarn dyeing. Efforts have been made to minimize package dyeing costs by maximizing dye-lot size and pressure packing techniques.

The main advantage of all packages used for textured yarn is that they are prepared on the texturing machine and, therefore, eliminate one winding process for the dryer. Spun yarns have conventionally been delivered to the package dryer on perforated cones ready for dyeing or on paper cones or tubes, which should be rewound to give the correct packages for dyeing.

The former method is economical, but the dryers have little control on the package densities produced. Moreover, cone form requires expensive spacing devices, and even with these, cones can slip on dyeing machine spindles, giving rise to channeling of liquor and uneven dyeing. The machine load is less,s and flow properties are poor in cone form as compared to parallel-sided packages. The principle advantage claimed for cone-dyeing methods is that the dyeing package is prepared by the spinner and this constitutes the delivery package to the fabric producer, thereby eliminating two winding operations by using a dyeing machine.