Author(s)

Sk. Mohammad Raafi¹, Ummul Khair Fatema²

¹Department of Wet Process Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
²Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In textile finishing, stenters always draw considerable attention to newer inventions to boost up production via maximum utilization of energy. Prior to main drying or heat-setting chambers, intermediate heating of cylindrical system especially by steam has a direct blessing to moisture evaporation, processing speed, fabric quality and so on. Based on actual operational data, this study reveals the outcomes of a pre-heating module installed within a stenter. After employing the pre-heating system to knit fabrics of different structures and compositions, 23% - 61% moisture reduction was found and the speed of processing fabrics was increased simultaneously by 17% - 30% without any compromise on fabric quality. Moreover, no less than 8.21% savings in annual electricity consumption were observed.

Stenter, Pre-Heating, Machine Performance, Fabric Processing Speed, Energy Savings

Raafi, S. and Fatema, U. (2021) Implementation of Pre-Heating System in Stenters for Improving Machine Performance and Increasing Efficiency. Journal of Textile Science and Technology, 7, 143-151. doi: 10.4236/jtst.2021.74012.