Crease formation, their reason and remedy.

Cause Remedy
Handling and Grey stitching.

1. If two fabrics are stitched together with 1. It should be noticed that the fabric
difference in width Chances of side crease should be stitched together from
are formed. higher to lower width gradually.

Cut Cut

Cut Cut
Cut

2. At the time of stitching it should be

noticed that the side of the higher
width fabric should be cut as per
lower width.

Cut

2. Uneven Stitch and stitch in curl way. 1. First cut the end with using a chalk and a
scale. It should be noticed that the cut and
stitch should be rectangular with the
selvedge.

Cut Straight Using Chalk

And scale

Cut and stitch

Cause Remedy
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1. Slippage with the expander roller. 1. Reduce the vibration as well as it should
be noticed that the fabric should be touched
with the expander properly.

2. If rubber expander is not working

properly then use steel expander.

2. Washing chamber shrinkage 1. Properly observation by the workers.

3. Shrinkage in drying cylinder. 1. Properly observation by the workers.

Cause Remedy
Dyeing

1.Creasing at the feeding end of soaper, 1. Ensure proper tension brakes on the
while feeding fabric in a roll form batching trolley.

2. Improper working of the expanders in 2. Ensure smooth running of the expander.

the drying range.

3. Improper feeding of fabric on padding 3. Avoid crease during feeding of fabric on

mangle. padding mangle.

4. Crease formation when fabric drying in a 4.Ensure uniform tension through out the
cylinder drier. width of the fabric.

Sanforising Creases

1. Improper feeding of the fabric 1. Ensure proper feeding of fabric

2. Selvedge cut at many place. 2. Minimize the incidents of selvedge cuts

and stitch it before feeding to the machine.

Stain, their reason and remedy (Dyeing)

 Cause Remedy
Handling Stain

1.During Transportation. 1. Ensure smooth transportation.

2. Improper covering of batches. 2.Proper covering of batches, especially

after dyeing.

3.Poor house keeping. 3. Ensure good house keeping.

Rust Stains of Fabrics

1. Contact of fabrics with rusted surface, 1. Painted the rusted surface which are
i.e. nuts and bolts in wooden trolleys, likely to impart rust attains.
batching rolls etc.

Stitch Marks
1. Use coarser count grey stitching threads 1. Optional for finer count scoured thread
with higher ply.

Abrasion Marks
1.Constrained movement of the guide rolls 1. Ensure smooth passage of the fabric in
guider etc. Rough surface of guide rolls, the machine.
pot eyes.

Color Specks
1.Improper dissolution of dyestuff by 1. Adopt proper color dissolution method.
dissolving with insufficient amount of
water.

2. Incompatibility of dyestuffs used for 2.Select proper dyestuff depending upon

producing combination shades. their dyeing behavior.

3.Too high concentration of dyestuff in the 3. Check the solubility of dyestuff before
padding bath. preparing the padding formulation.

4. Excessive foaming 4. Use antifoaming, and check the stirrer

speed inside the color vessel, remove the
foam from booster after time to time.

5.Dusting of color during color preparation. 5.Dissolve the color in color preparation
room only and follow the proper method to
dissolve.

Oil Spots
1.Stability of silicone defoamer during 1. Use non silicone defoamer
polyester dyeing.

Water Droppings

1. Dropping of water at Infra Red and Float 1. Clean the roll above the Infra Red from
Dryer. where dropping occurs. If dropping from
hot flue then increase the exhaust. If not
reduce then stop the machine and call the
maintenance.

2. Droppings inside the steamer.
2.Ensure that the roof temperature of the
steamer should be 110 deg C
2. Before running for dyeing first condition
the steamer for 5 minutes by running the
steam alone

Stain, their reason and remedy (Finishing)

 Cause Remedy
Finishing Stain

1.Improper staining and feeding of 1. Strain the finishing liquor properly and
finishing liquor. ensure proper dissolution or mixing and
filtering of tinting colors.

2. Use of incompatible auxiliaries in the 2. Select judiciously auxiliaries in the

finishing formulation employed finishing formulation from the point of
their compatibility with other ingredients.

3. Fluff accumulation on cloth guiders of 3. Clear frequently guiders to remove the

stenter. accumulated fluff.

4.Foam formation after running some 4. Remove the Foam time-to-time, use
times. defoamer if possible.

Rubber Blanket Mark

1. Dent or uneven surface of the rubber 1. Ensure proper and even grinding
blanket of the compressive shrinkage periodically.
range.

Silicone stains upon the fabric

1. Due to poor shear stability of silicone 1. Use good shear stable silicone.

2. Direct heating of silicone bath.
2. The fabric to be finished should not have
anionic residues, silicone treatment should
be always given at room temperature,
should not heat the exhaust bath after
adding silicone

Oil Droppings and Carbon Spots

1.It is often encountered, when the goods 1. Ensure periodic cleaning of stenter
are finished immediately after heat setting
done to cool the exhaust duct.

Yellow Stains

1.Prolonged exposure of the material at 1. Shut off the steam supply and the electric
elevated temperature due to over stoppage heating system in case of longer stoppage
of the machine. of the stenter.

2.Over heating or curing of the finished 2. Employ optimum drying and curing
goods especially when acid liberating conditions of time and temperature for
catalysts are used in finishing formulation. pigment printed, resin finished, and full
white material.

Nail Marks
1.In compatibility of finishing chemicals. 1. Check compatibility of finishing
chemicals.

2. Over dosage of stiffening agent. 2. Avoid over dosage of stiffener.

3.Shock drying and curing 3. Ensure low temperature in first chamber,

gradual heating is advisable.