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‘Ecodye’ Dyeing Technique Developed By Schoeller And Textilcolor To Be On Display

‘Ecodye’, a new dyeing process, jointly developed by textile manufacturer Schoeller as well as auxiliaries and dyes specialist Textilcolor will be on display at the Techtextil 2017 event. ‘Ecodye’ is a technology is used particularly in polyester dyeing processes and accelerates the dyeing process as well as contributes to cutting costs, while at the same time helping to preserve the environment with a low level of demand on resources.

The concept allows eco-friendly and cost-saving dyeing processes for polyester yarns and piece goods, besides requires less time, water as well as energy. It shortens the heating phase, thus accelerating process time by more than 30%. At the same time, it reduces energy consumption by 20% and the water requirement by 25%, as the goods can be cleaned in the cooling dye bath.

In addition, ‘Ecodye’ improves the dyeing levelness in polyester textiles. Spots and dye agglomeration are almost completely avoided, while precipitation which arises as a result of polyester oligomers are no longer evident. ‘Ecodye’ provides good shade stability and avoids reproduction problems from batch to batch, thus reducing the rate of double staining, besides increasing capacity utilisation and productivity of the dyeing mill on a long-term basis.

After a successful launch phase, ‘Ecodye’ has already been able to provide numerous positive test results. The technology is being used by polyester processing customers in categories including outdoor, sportswear and technical knitted fabrics, primarily in Europe, South and Middle America, Turkey, Bangladesh and China.

“Ecodye is an auxiliary of the future. It requires not only great expertise in the development of the auxiliary concept but also in the textile application. We are pleased to have been able to develop this advanced product in successful partnership with Textilcolor,” Schoeller Technologies AG’s Chief Operating Officer Hans Kohn said.

The new technology has been proven to provide an eco-friendly and cost-saving dyeing process. Ecodye is bluesign®-certified and is suitable for all textile forms, machines and substrates, as well as existing dye recipes. It requires no additional investment or conversion. The potential savings for each application can be individually computed using a specially developed calculation programme.