EP2966207A1 - Appareil polyvalent pour traiter des fils ou des filés et analogue - Google Patents

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EP2966207A1
EP2966207A1 EP14198152.2A EP14198152A EP2966207A1 EP 2966207 A1 EP2966207 A1 EP 2966207A1 EP 14198152 A EP14198152 A EP 14198152A EP 2966207 A1 EP2966207 A1 EP 2966207A1
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Antonio Mattai Del Moro
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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
    • D06B19/007—Fixing of chemicals, e.g. dyestuffs, on textile materials by application of electric energy
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M10/00—Physical treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, e.g. by ultrasonic waves, corona discharge, irradiation, electric currents or magnetic fields; Physical treatment combined with treatment with chemical compounds or elements
    • D06M10/02—Sonic or ultrasonic waves; Corona discharge
    • D06M10/025—Corona discharge or low temperature plasma
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M10/00—Physical treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, e.g. by ultrasonic waves, corona discharge, irradiation, electric currents or magnetic fields; Physical treatment combined with treatment with chemical compounds or elements
    • D06M10/04—Physical treatment combined with treatment with chemical compounds or elements
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
    • D06P5/00—Other features in dyeing or printing textiles, or dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form
    • D06P5/20—Physical treatments affecting dyeing, e.g. ultrasonic or electric
    • D06P5/2011—Application of vibrations, pulses or waves for non-thermic purposes
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
    • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
    • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D06M15/643—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
    • D06M2101/00—Chemical constitution of the fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, to be treated
    • D06M2101/16—Synthetic fibres, other than mineral fibres
    • D06M2101/30—Synthetic polymers consisting of macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D06M2101/38—Polyurethanes

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  • the present invention relates to a multi-purpose apparatus for processing yarns or threads and the like.
  • yarns or threads are conventionally processed by plasma to improve their characteristics such as dyeing, printing, hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties, as is also known for fabric materials.
  • An atmospheric plasma is a truly ecological high energy system, comprising a mixture of electrons, ions, basic-status atoms and radical species.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide such a multiple-purpose apparatus for performing different processes by integrating them with a plasma treatment.
  • a main object of the invention is to provide such a multiple-purpose apparatus which may be used in existing or prior textile machines, without negatively affecting their regular operation.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus suitable to process any textile fiber, either of a natural or of a synthetic type.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus which may be applied in a very simple manner to spinning aiding machines, such as a spooler machine, a twister machine, a soft-reel machine for dyeing systems, a reeling machine for embroidery yarns, an embroidery winding frame and so on.
  • spinning aiding machines such as a spooler machine, a twister machine, a soft-reel machine for dyeing systems, a reeling machine for embroidery yarns, an embroidery winding frame and so on.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus suitable to reduce or fully eliminate chemical processes downward of a textile process, thereby also reducing the environmental impact due to a treatment and disposal of of wastes and the materials being discharged into the encompassing environment.
  • Another object of the present invention is to simplify the industrial processes downstream of the yarn making systems, with a great reduction of the power cost and fiber post-processing substances.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus suitable to make a textile yarn with an operating efficiency and duration performance improved in comparison with those of conventional chemically processed textile materials.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such a yarn processing apparatus which does not subject the processed yarns to processing stress or changes causing, over time, a general decay of the processed yarns.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a multiple-purpose apparatus which is very reliable and safe in operation.
  • a multi-purpose apparatus for processing yarns and the like characterized in that said apparatus comprises an operating device including two or more electrodes, arranged opposite to one another at different levels, and housed in a casing, said apparatus comprising moreover one or more fluid-, liquid- and gas-injection elements.
  • Said apparatus can be arranged in a yarn processing machine, without modifying a regular operation of the latter.
  • the multi-purpose apparatus for processing yarns and the like which has been generally indicated by the reference number 1, comprises, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, an operating device 2 including two electrodes indicated by the reference numbers 3 and 4, respectively, which are opposite to one another and arranged at different levels, to process the whole outer surface of the yarn 5 by a plasma 6, said electrodes 3 and 4 being so constructed and arranged as to plasma process a yarn having any desired diameter and count.
  • the portion of the yarn 5 which has not yet been processed by plasma is indicated by the reference number 7.
  • the yarn is conveyed or entrained through the apparatus by the machine to which said apparatus 1 is associated.
  • the apparatus 1 may be applied to a reeling machine for ionizing the plasma to generate ozone: thus the two electrodes 3 and 4 are preferably insulated from the encompassing environment.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises an apparatus casing 8, preferably made of a clear plastic material, in which an ozone fan 9 conveys the plasma generated ozone to an absorbing device 10 which, through a chemical reaction, splits or separates the ozone molecules to emit oxygen into the encompassing environment.
  • an ozone fan 9 conveys the plasma generated ozone to an absorbing device 10 which, through a chemical reaction, splits or separates the ozone molecules to emit oxygen into the encompassing environment.
  • the clear or transparent material casing comprises a yarn inlet 81 and a yarn outlet 82 each including a respective yarn guiding ring element.
  • Said plasma 6 is generated by a plasma generator, supplying with plasma the apparatus 1 arranged on a suitable support, in turn arranged in the path of each yarn of the reeling machine, said yarn coming from a spindle and being so collected to form a respective reel.
  • the casing 8 comprises at least two holes therethrough two respective different-size tubes are arranged, that is a liquid tube 11 and a gas tube 12.
  • Said different-size tubes 11 and 12 represent a preferred embodiment because of the different nature of the fluids flowing therethrough.
  • the liquid tube 11 has a diameter greater than that of the gas tube 12.
  • Said tubes convey, through dedicated conveying nozzles 111 and 121, onto the yarn zone being plasma processed, the materials designed for performing process aiding operations, for improving the plasma processing, or for performing other main operations, that is prevailing operations, exploiting the plasma as a process vehicle.
  • a first illustrative yarn processing embodiment according to the present invention comprises a silicone process providing a cotton yarn with hydrophobic characteristics.
  • the plasma processing by its etching function, "scratches" the yarn fibers thereby favoring an intimate and long lasting absorption of silicone material, thereby in this case, the plasma processing will be a secondary action with respect to the silicone processing.
  • the fiber being processed is a synthetic elastic fiber for making an athletic swimsuit
  • the weight being the same, an increased surface will increase the swimsuit buoyancy and accordingly the athlete's buoyancy capabilities.
  • the gas used for the present invention multi-purpose process may be either an acid or a basic gas.
  • the acid gas may comprise, for example, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and a chlorine gas, thereby enhancing the corrosion effect on natural yarns.
  • the basic gases comprise oxides with a metal component which, as mixed in water, will generate basic solutions.
  • the above gases will provide the yarns with water-repellency, oil-repellency, fire proofing characteristics, and so on.
  • the invention has provided a multi-purpose apparatus integrating different processes by a combined action of different gases and a plasma treatment.
  • the plasma process per se, will improve dyeing materials in a dyeing operation, whereas the gas and liquid conveying tubes will add to the above effect multiple further effects.
  • the inventive apparatus greatly simplifies downstream industrial processes, with a great reduction of the power cost, while also reducing the required fiber post-processing substances, with a consequent yield enhancement.
  • the atmospheric plasma operates at atmospheric pressure and at a temperature substantially corresponding to room temperature and, accordingly, does not cause stresses or changes causing, over time, a processed fabric material decay.
  • the processed fabric materials will have a small contact with chemical substances, and a correspondingly improved washing resistance.
  • the atmospheric plasma process provides a high machine yield, and a water- and dirt-repellant fabric material, differently from conventional systems, and a great reduction of the required chemical products, as well as an improved environmental protection and material quality.
  • the yarn plasma processing apparatus may be fitted, in a very simple manner, to any desired spinning aiding machine, such as a spooler machine, a twister machine, a dyeing system soft-reel machine, an embroidery yarn reeling machine, and an embroidery winding frame.
  • any desired spinning aiding machine such as a spooler machine, a twister machine, a dyeing system soft-reel machine, an embroidery yarn reeling machine, and an embroidery winding frame.
  • the provision of two opposite electrodes arranged at different levels allows the yarn outer surface, which yarn may have very different yarn diameters and counts, to be perfectly processed by the plasma.
  • the yarn is entrained by the driving means of the machine the inventive apparatus is associated with, without negatively affecting the regular operation of said machine.
  • the inventive apparatus provides a perfect insulation from ozone generated by the plasma ionization, and does not contaminate the encompassing environment.
  • the apparatus since the yarn is not physically contacted and accordingly not pressed upon, the apparatus does not cause yarn defects and/or breakages, and does not require to use yarn breakage detectors, which could interfere with those already existing on the machine, both automatically and manually controlled.
  • the used materials, as well as the contingent size may be any, depending on requirements.

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US3477902A (en) * 1965-10-14 1969-11-11 Radiation Res Corp Process for making tires by exposure to an ionized gas and treatment with resorcinol-formaldehyde/latex composition and the product
US3824398A (en) * 1971-08-12 1974-07-16 Celanese Corp Method for plasma treatment of substrates
US3870610A (en) * 1972-03-09 1975-03-11 Grace W R & Co Cold plasma treatment of materials
EP0197215A1 (fr) * 1985-04-04 1986-10-15 Iwata Company Limited Méthode pour activer du duvet et des matériaux fibreux
EP0598195A1 (fr) * 1992-09-12 1994-05-25 Amann & Söhne GmbH & Co. Procédé et dispositif pour le traitement d'une structure filée
EP0761415A2 (fr) * 1995-09-01 1997-03-12 Agrodyn Hochspannungstechnik GmbH Procédé et appareil pour le prétraitement de la surface d'objets
WO1999005358A1 (fr) * 1997-07-24 1999-02-04 Scapa Group Plc Tissus industriels et procede de traitement
WO2000020670A1 (fr) * 1998-10-07 2000-04-13 Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG Procede et dispositif pour le pretraitement d'un fil textile
DE10037048A1 (de) * 2000-07-29 2002-02-21 Sanders Gmbh & Co Geb Verfahren zur Herstellung hydrophiler Gewebe
US20090305038A1 (en) * 2005-11-10 2009-12-10 Saint-Gobain Materiaux De Construction S.A.S Method for functionalising a polymer fibre surface area

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US3477902A (en) * 1965-10-14 1969-11-11 Radiation Res Corp Process for making tires by exposure to an ionized gas and treatment with resorcinol-formaldehyde/latex composition and the product
US3824398A (en) * 1971-08-12 1974-07-16 Celanese Corp Method for plasma treatment of substrates
US3870610A (en) * 1972-03-09 1975-03-11 Grace W R & Co Cold plasma treatment of materials
EP0197215A1 (fr) * 1985-04-04 1986-10-15 Iwata Company Limited Méthode pour activer du duvet et des matériaux fibreux
EP0598195A1 (fr) * 1992-09-12 1994-05-25 Amann & Söhne GmbH & Co. Procédé et dispositif pour le traitement d'une structure filée
EP0761415A2 (fr) * 1995-09-01 1997-03-12 Agrodyn Hochspannungstechnik GmbH Procédé et appareil pour le prétraitement de la surface d'objets
WO1999005358A1 (fr) * 1997-07-24 1999-02-04 Scapa Group Plc Tissus industriels et procede de traitement
WO2000020670A1 (fr) * 1998-10-07 2000-04-13 Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG Procede et dispositif pour le pretraitement d'un fil textile
DE10037048A1 (de) * 2000-07-29 2002-02-21 Sanders Gmbh & Co Geb Verfahren zur Herstellung hydrophiler Gewebe
US20090305038A1 (en) * 2005-11-10 2009-12-10 Saint-Gobain Materiaux De Construction S.A.S Method for functionalising a polymer fibre surface area

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