Singeing

Singeing

Singeing is a finishing method for smoothing surfaces of fabrics by burning. A gas-singeing machine is normally employed. The gas-singeing machine is typically equipped with four burners, and is capable of singeing one or both surfaces of the fabrics. A water-cooled roller is provided at a location opposite to the burners, thereby enabling singeing to be performed without undermining the strength of even thin fabrics. It is important to set a drain temperature of the water-cooled roller in a range of 50 to 55 C. Cautions are required because a dew-point is generated when the water-cooled roller is cooled down too much, and results in increased amount of remaining fuzz or adhered carbon. The fabric feed speed is preferably set at around 100 to 150m/minute.

So, Singeing is a process by which projecting or floating fibres, stand out on the surface of the fabric are burned off.

Objects of Singeing

1. To remove hairy fibres projecting on the surface of cloth and given a smoothen surface.
2. Optical levelness of the dyeing and clean-out lines of a printing design.
3. To increase lusture in the finished fabric.
4. To prepare the fabric for next process.

Types of singeing m/c

1.                  Plate singeing m/c.

2.                  Roller singeing m/c.

3.                  Gas/ Flame singeing m/c.