Garment

Dyeing

 Garment Dyeing and

Special faded & wash
out effects are the major
area of technological
importance in India

Why Garment dyeing?

Eliminate the holes or open seams
that can appear after a piece dyed
product
Eradication of shrinkage
Inventory management and "speed to
market" are major advantages to
garment dyeing
Inventory is kept at its lowest possible
cost, unprinted and undyed

Precautions to be taken
Garment stitching to be done with
100% cotton thread
Accessories (Button, Zips) not to be
attached before dyeing
Make cut panels and panel
wash/Tumble dry (if required) based
on the fabric structure.
Pre Shrunk fabric to be used.
(Compacted fabric)

DRUM WASHER ( GARMENT

DYEING MACHINE)
Side View

Front
View

Door

Liquor

Door

Garment
pieces

Drum rotation:
minute

Outer
Vessel

Inner
Vessel
(Perforate
d drum)

Clockwise direction 1 minute

Anticlockwise direction 1

DRUM WASHER
Used to dye both cut panels, stitched garment
Having two circular shape drum one is inner
vessel (Perforated drum) and another is outer
vessel
We can put garment piece into the inner
vessel through front door
The temperature 60C to 90C
Dyeing (3 hrs)
Garment pieces are squeezes with the help
of hydro extractor, finally it is dried with
tumble dryer

REACTIVE DYEING CYCLE

Exhaustio
n
0
20

T
e
m
p
a
r
a
t
u
r
e

Migratio
n

80

Fixatio
n

80

30

60

80

Drain

70
60

1. Soda ash
1. Acetic
Acid

1. Lubricant

50 2. Sequester
40 3. Glauber
Salt
30 4. Dyes
20
10
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Time

80

90

100 110 120

Dyeing
Exhausion: Dyes Exhausted on to the
fibre
surface
Migration: Dyes Penerated in to
amorphous region
Fixation: Dyes + Fibre Co-valent bond
formation.
Alkaline media Ph > 7
Temperature
60C. - 90C

Steps to process
1.Garment Pieces Receipt
2. Receiving Inspection & Testing
3. Checking PH, Absorbency and their
consistency
4. Taking a batch (Weight according to machine
capacity)
5. Loading into Machine
6. Reactive Dyeing (Getting receipt from lab)
7. Washing off
Reactive Dyeing
Yield good
Medium & Dark shades

Gray stitched
sample

Garment Dyed
Sample

b + length
shrinkage

a+wdth
shrinkage

Sno.

Merits

Demerits

1.

Dimension stability Poor Rubbing fastness

better

2.

Light fastness good

More Rejection

3.

Fabric feel & look

good

Cost of production is more

Less production per day
Lack of consistency
between lots.

Reason for Garment Washing

To influence physical properties such as
softness, handle, drape or fall,
absorbency, creasing etc.
To influence appearance by altering the
nature of the yarn or fabric, or luster.
To create shrinkage & effects of
shrinkage like puckering on garments.
To create abrasion and related effects.
To create a trend in fashion with consistent
quality & brand image with a range of
finishes.