Upstream value chain components in textile and apparel comprise significant inefficiencies. One such is the extent of yarn wastage that happens at spinning mills. Technologies and solutions to control the waste will have a beneficial impact on the carbon and resources footprint of textiles.
How does it work?The yarn realization is the most important factor to assess the technical performance and profitability of spinning mills. Yarn realization means conversion of raw material in percentage terms into finished yarn |
Sustainability benefitsAs yarn wastage control also reduces the amount of textile fiber needed, it has twin environmental benefits of lower waste to landfills and lower carbon footprint owing to lower amount of textile fibers used |
Highlights/USPEven small improvements in yarn realization could lead to reasonably good savings for the yarn manufacturing company. |
Stage of commercializationCommercialized |
Types of professionals who can improve the solutionProduction engineers, Production planning engineers, Textile waste management professionals, Electrical and Electronics engineers, IT solution providers
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Specifically relevant to any geography?Nil
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Decarbonization PotentialLow-moderate
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Value ChainTextile yarn , |
The main objective of any spinning mill is to produce quality yarn at a low cost. That can be achieved by the better quality and the quantity of the raw material to the finished product is possible by the proper waste management system.
This article also deals with various measures necessary to improve yarn realization and control wastes. Besides controlling process wastes such as blow room and card droppings, flat strips, comber noil, sweep waste and yarn waste, equal emphasis should also be laid on the control of reusable wastes (soft waste) such as lap bits, silver bits, roving ends and pneumatic and roller waste.
This paper gives specific recommendations for estimating waste loss, yarn realization and to collect data and use them for computing accurately the mixing-wise yarn realization. A simple but effective method of cross-checking the accuracy of the entire recording system is outlined in this paper.