Eri Silk Fibre Attributes and Sliver Preparation
Eri silk produced by Philosamia cynthia ricini silkworm is a fibre not well-known to the silk industry, in spite of the fact that Eri silk is finer, softer, and has better mechanical and thermal properties than most animal fibres. Eri silk has a high commercial potential, as the host plants of Eri silk worms are widespread in diverse geographical locations, and the worms also have a higher degree of disease resistance than most other silk worms. Mills are often not aware of the properties of Eri for designing appropriate end products. Thus, Eri silk yarn is traditionally produced by hand spinning, and Eri silk usually ends up as material for handwoven shawls. The potential for bulk fibre processing and the development of soft luxurious novel Eri silk products is yet to be discovered. To better understand the material and its processing behaviour, Eri silk was characterised and cocoons were processed into tops through degumming, opening, and cutting filaments into different lengths, followed by a worsted spun silk processing route. Fibre properties such as fineness, crimp, strength and length at different processing stages up to combed tops were measured. The results indicate that staple Eri silk can be processed via the worsted topmaking route, using a cut length of 200mm or 150mm for filament sheets prepared from degummed cocoons.
Eri silk fibre diameter worsted processing topmaking
Lijing Wang Rangam Rajkhowa Xungai Wang
Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation Deakin University, Geelong, Australia 3217
国际会议
苏州
英文
165-173
2007-09-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）