Fabric Drying Systems After Water-Jet Weaving
topic
Water-jet woven fabric contains 20 to 40 percent moisture addition from insertion water and requires inline or offline drying through suction dewatering, mangle squeezing, and hot air tentering or steam-heated cylinder drying to achieve moisture content below 2 percent before batching or finishing, with drying energy representing 15 to 25 percent of total water-jet weaving energy consumption.
Role
Adds the drying energy and equipment cost that partially offsets the lower insertion energy advantage of water-jet versus air-jet weaving, with inline drying system design and efficiency determining the net energy balance between water-jet and air-jet weaving for each fabric type, and fabric moisture management during winding and batching affecting yarn-to-yarn adhesion and fabric quality before finishing.