EP1520924B1 - Dispositif et procédé pour imprimer sur des fils et tissu obtenu à partir de ces fils imprimés - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour imprimer sur des fils et tissu obtenu à partir de ces fils imprimés Download PDF

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EP1520924B1
EP1520924B1 EP03425645A EP03425645A EP1520924B1 EP 1520924 B1 EP1520924 B1 EP 1520924B1 EP 03425645 A EP03425645 A EP 03425645A EP 03425645 A EP03425645 A EP 03425645A EP 1520924 B1 EP1520924 B1 EP 1520924B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B19/00—Treatment of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours, not provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B17/00
    • D06B19/0005—Fixing of chemicals, e.g. dyestuffs, on textile materials
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B11/00—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing
    • D06B11/002—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of moving yarns

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  • the present invention refers to an apparatus for printing on yarns, to a method for printing on yarns and to a fabric obtained with said printed yarns.
  • chinè a fabric obtained by weaving on a loom handicraft printed cotton yarns collected on a beam.
  • This method of handicraft printing cotton yarns consists in weaving the warp cotton threads with few weft threads to the centimetre so as to form a fabric with sufficient consistency to allow printing and fixing of the colours with printing procedures used for cotton or mixed fabrics.
  • the printed fabric obtained in this manner undergoes a process of undoing wherein the weft threads are removed and the printed warp threads are rewound on beams for weaving. During weaving said printed warp threads are used and the desired weft threads are inserted to obtain chinè fabric.
  • a printing procedure on yarns in warp beams is also known, which consists in transferring with a hot calender, from a paper to the threads of the beam, a drawing previously printed on the paper.
  • GB 2 059 876 discloses a method and apparatus for printing a sheet of yarns, such as a tufted carpet.
  • An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art, providing an apparatus and a method for printing on yarns that are highly versatile and suitable to be applied to various types of yarns and particularly to cotton yarns.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for printing on yarns that is cheap and simple to make.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for printing on yarns of industrial type that allows a high production speed in automatic mode and at a low cost.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a fabric made from printed yarns that is not excessively expensive, does not have strict size and colours limitations and makes it possible to obtain a multitude of chromatic variables.
  • the apparatus for printing on yarns according to the invention comprises:
  • the warp beam with the printed yarns is ready to be disposed in a loom for weaving so as to obtain a fabric with printed warp yarns and neutral or dyed weft yarns.
  • a fabric with printed warp yarns and neutral or dyed weft yarns In this manner an infinite range of chromatic effects can be obtained, according to the colours of the warp threads used.
  • the apparatus 100 comprises a feeding station 1 which provides for a warp beam 10 prepared by warping/sizing with a suitable quantity and number of yarns, which must make up the fabric to be obtained.
  • the warp beam 10 consists of a mandrel 11 rotatably mounted on cradles 12 supported by a frame 13.
  • a plurality of warp yarns 14 is wound on the mandrel 11.
  • the yarns 14 can preferably be of different materials of the cotton type such as, for example, cotton alone or mixed (cotton/polyester, cotton/viscose).
  • the warp yarns 14 are unwound from the beam 10 and fed towards a printing machine 2.
  • the printing machine is substantially similar to a printing machine commonly used for printing fabrics.
  • the printing machine 2 is provided with a base 20, wherein an endless loop conveyor 21 is disposed.
  • the conveyor 21 provides a belt consisting of a plurality of layers of rubber, for example seven layers.
  • the conveyor 21 is motorized and driven in anticlockwise rotation and defines a horizontal feed surface in the direction of the arrow F (figure 2).
  • the yarns 14 coming from the beam 10 are fed on the conveyor belt 21, disposed parallel to each other and of the same number as the warp threads destined to form the fabric.
  • Each print roller 22 is rotatably mounted on a support 23 and driven in rotation by a relative drive system set in synchronism with the drive system of the conveyor 21.
  • the axes of the print rollers 22 are parallel to each other and parallel to the feed surface of the conveyor 21.
  • the print rollers 22 rotate in a clockwise direction. In this manner, the yarns 14 which pass between the conveyor belt 21 and the print rollers 22 are made to advance in the direction of the arrow F.
  • the print dyes are contained in a plurality of tanks 24 (figure 2) disposed on board of the machine.
  • the families of pigment, reactive, indanthrene, dispersed dyes and the like can be used as dyes.
  • Each colour tank 24 is hydraulically connected to a respective print roller 22 by means of a pump, which is responsible for feeding the colour into the print roller 22.
  • the print rollers 22 have an outer sleeve made up of an engraved copper membrane. Inside the print rollers there are provided movable metal rods, which spread the colour into the engraved parts of the copper sleeve.
  • washing means which are responsible for washing the belt of the conveyor 21 during its return stroke so as to remove the colour left by the print rollers 22 which would otherwise soil the yarns 14 during printing. In this manner the upper horizontal yarn-feeding surface of the belt of the conveyor 21 is always clean.
  • a printing station 2 of the flat type with an endless loop conveyor belt 21 has been described.
  • a rotary machine could also be provided wherein the flat conveyor belt 21 is replaced by a cylindrical drum and the print rollers 22 can be fed with colour through other types of doctor blade assemblies and/or of inking rollers.
  • the yarns 14 are fed towards a pre-drying station 3 for a first drying of the dyes deposited in the printing station 2, without any contact with contact members.
  • the yarns 14 impregnated with dye would contaminate any other contact member also altering the design printed on the yarns, which subsequently touch the contact member contaminated with dye.
  • the pre-drying station 3 comprises infrared panels 30 provided with radiant sources which emit waves in the infrared range (2-4 ⁇ m), so as to develop heat at a temperature of about 800°C.
  • infrared panels 30 provided with radiant sources which emit waves in the infrared range (2-4 ⁇ m), so as to develop heat at a temperature of about 800°C.
  • microwave panels provided with microwave radiant sources such as a magnetron, can be provided.
  • banks of air dryers 31, such as air blowers are provided.
  • the yarns 14 coming from the printing station 2 pass without any contact through the pre-drying station 3 in which they are partially dried so as to be able to come into contact with other contact members without contaminating them with dyes.
  • the yarns 14, leaving the pre-drying station 3 are directed to a post-drying station 4 in which they complete drying through contact with other contact members.
  • the post-drying station 4 provides a plurality of steam-heated drying rollers (41, 42, 43, 44) around which the yarns 14 are made to pass.
  • a drying roller configuration which provides a first drying roller 41 at the exit from the infrared panels 30, three fixed guide rollers able to guide the yarns 14 towards a synchronising movable roll 48 which adjusts drawing of the yarns 14 to synchronise the speed of travel of the printing station 2 with the speed of travel of the post-drying station 4.
  • Another guide roller 49 is disposed, which guides the yarns 14 towards a set of three drying rollers (42, 43, 44). Downstream of the last drying roller 44 an exit calender 50 is disposed, consisting of two opposed and counter-rotating rollers, which serve to draw the yarns 14.
  • a beaming station 6 Downstream of the exit calender 50 a beaming station 6 is provided downstream of the exit calender 50 . Between the exit calender 50 and the beaming station 6 another synchronising movable roll 51 is interposed, which serves to adjust pulling of the yarns 14 to synchronise the pulling speed of the calender 50 of the post-drying station with the drawing speed of the beaming station 6.
  • the beaming station 6 has a beaming or sizing head 60 able to wind the printed and dried yarns 14 into a beam 61 ready for weaving by means of a loom.
  • a beaming or sizing head 60 able to wind the printed and dried yarns 14 into a beam 61 ready for weaving by means of a loom.
  • the sizing head a comb with V-shaped sectors is disposed, which serves to bring the yarns to the exact size of the fabric that is to be obtained.
  • this chinè effect is not limited only to flat, cotton fabrics but can also be extended to terry clothes, such as towels, robes, beach towels, bath towels and the like or to ladderproof warp fabrics or other types of fabrics. Furthermore, said chinè effect is not limited only to fabrics in particular fields in which a reduced fabric width is required, but can also be extended to fabrics in the field of clothing or of home sector, such as tablecloths, bedspreads and the like, in which a greater fabric width is required.

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  1. Appareil (100) pour imprimer des fils (14) comprenant :
    - un poste d'alimentation (1) convenant à l'introduction d'une pluralité de fils (14) à imprimer,
    - un poste d'impression (2) comprenant une pluralité de rouleaux d'impression (22) capable d'imprimer des colorants sur les fils (14) introduits à partir dudit poste d'alimentation (1),
    - un poste de séchage (3, 4) susceptible d'effectuer le séchage et la fixation du colorant imprimé sur lesdits fils (14) quittant le poste d'impression (2), et
    - un poste d'ensouplage (6) susceptible de recueillir sur une ensouple de chaîne (61) lesdits fils imprimés et séchés quittant le poste de séchage (3, 4),
    caractérisé en ce que,
    ledit poste d'alimentation (1) comprend une ensouple (10) dans laquelle ladite pluralité de fils (14) à imprimer sont enroulés, et
    ledit poste de séchage comprend :
    - un poste de pré-séchage (3) susceptible de réaliser un premier séchage du colorant imprimé sur lesdits fils (14), en évitant tout contact des fils avec tous organes de contact, et
    - un poste de post-séchage (4) disposé en aval dudit poste de pré-séchage afin de réaliser un séchage complet du colorant imprimé sur lesdits fils (14), au moyen du contact des fils avec des organes de contact, et
    ledit poste de pré-séchage (3) comprend des panneaux à infrarouges (30) munis d'une source rayonnante dans le domaine de l'infrarouge ou des panneaux à micro-ondes munis d'une source de rayonnement dans le domaine des micro-ondes.
  2. Appareil (100) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit poste de pré-séchage comprend des panneaux à infrarouges (30) et des panneaux à micro-ondes.
  3. Appareil (100) selon la revendication 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit poste de pré-séchage (3) comprend en outre des sécheurs à air (31) munis de soufflantes à air.
  4. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce ledit poste de post-séchage (4) comprend des cylindres chauffés à la vapeur d'eau (41, 42, 43, 44) autour desquels on fait passer lesdits fils (14) provenant du poste de pré-séchage (3).
  5. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :
    - un premier rouleau déplaçable (48) disposé entre le poste d'impression (2) et le poste de post-séchage (4) afin d'ajuster la traction des fils (14) pour synchroniser leur vitesse de parcours dans le poste d'impression avec leur vitesse de parcours dans le poste de post-séchage (4); et
    - un deuxième rouleau déplaçable (51) disposé entre le poste de post-séchage (4) et le poste d'ensouplage (6) afin d'ajuster la traction des fils (14) pour synchroniser leur vitesse de parcours dans le poste de post-séchage (4) avec leur vitesse de parcours dans le poste d'ensouplage (6).
  6. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une calandre de sortie (50) constituée de deux rouleaux de traction contrarotatifs disposés à la sortie dudit poste de post-séchage (4).
  7. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit poste d'impression (2) comprend un convoyeur à boucle infinie (21) qui définit une surface d'alimentation horizontale sur laquelle sont disposés lesdits rouleaux d'impression (22).
  8. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdits rouleaux d'impression (22) comprennent :
    - une pompe pour introduire le colorant sur leur intérieur,
    - une membrane de cuivre gravée externe, et
    - une pluralité de tiges métalliques fonctionnant de concert par rétention magnétique avec une pluralité d'aimants en vue de réguler la quantité de colorant à distribuer dans les gravures de la membrane.
  9. Appareil (100) selon l'une quelconque des précédentes, caractérisé en ce ledit poste d'ensouplage (6) comprend ;
    - une tête d'ensouplage ou d'encollage (60) pour recueillir les fils imprimés (14) dans l'ensouple (61), et
    - un peigne ayant des secteurs en forme de V afin d'amener les fils à la mesure exacte du tissu à tisser.
  10. Procédé pour imprimer sur les fils (14), en particulier sur le coton ou des mélanges de coton comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - introduction des fils (14)
    - impression du colorant sur lesdits fils (14) au moyen d'une machine d'impression pour tissus,
    - séchage du colorant imprimé; et
    - ensouplage des fils imprimés et séchés dans une ensouple de chaîne (61)
    caractérisé en ce que,
    lesdits fils sont introduits par une ensouple de chaîne (10),
    ladite étape de séchage comprend les étapes suivantes :
    - une étape de pré-séchage, dans laquelle le colorant imprimé sur les fils est séché en évitant tout contact des fils avec tous éléments de contact, et
    - une étape de post-séchage, dans laquelle le colorant imprimé sur les fils est séché complètement au moyen d'un contact avec des organes de contact, et
    ladite étape de pré-séchage comprend le séchage au moyen d'infrarouges ou de micro-ondes ou de soufflantes à air.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que ladite étape de pré-séchage comprend le séchage au moyen d'infrarouges et de micro-ondes.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que ladite étape de pré-séchage comprend le séchage au moyen de soufflantes à air.
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que ladite étape de post-séchage comprend le séchage au moyen d'un contact avec des cylindres chauffés par de la vapeur d'eau.
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