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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT IN SCUTCHING FOR SPECIFIC FLAX SPINNING AND PRESENTATION FOR NEW USES.

Objective

TO IMPROVE THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND WORKING OF MATERIALS FOR FLAX SCUTCHING AND FOR FIBRES PREPARATION USING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND FOR NEW USES.

1. STUDY OF POSSIBILITIES OF TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS OF SCUTCHING
TO MODERNISE THE BREAKING MATERIALS AND THE SCUTCHING TO WORK FOR THE AMELIORATION OF LONG FIBRES EFFICIENCY AND THE INSURANCE OF SORTING AUTOMATISATION, REALISING AN AUTOMATIC PACKING OF HANDFULS, AND FOR THE FACILITATION OF COMBING CONDITIONS AND FIBRES USE IN SPECIFIC LINEN INDUSTRY.
TO STUDY AND AMELIORATE ALL THE ECONOMIC FACTORS AND ESPECIALLY MAN POWER STATION WHICH REPRESENTS NEARLY 2/3 OF SCUTCHING COSTS. CONCURRENTLY IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO STUDY LABOUR CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS (WORK LOAD, DUST, NOISE...).

2. FORMATION AND PREPARATION OF SCUTCHED FLAX AND "LIN TOTAL" SLIVER:
IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE OPERATIONS BETWEEN SCUTCHING AND PREPARATION OF FIBRES IN THE SPINNING MILL, IT IS PROPOSED TO FORM IMMEDIATELY AT THE SCUTCHING EXIT A CONTINUOUS AND REGULAR SLIVER OF SCUTCHED LONG FIBRES. THIS SLIVER, AFTER BREAKING, COMBING AND PREPARATION ON MEDIUM LENGTH FIBRE EQUIPMENT (WOOL TYPE) COULD ALLOW THE ECONOMIC REALISATION OF A LINEN YARN IN MEDIUM QUALITY FABRICATIONS. THE STUDY NOTABLY WILL SHOW THE CONDITIONS OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING.

3. REALISATION OF REFINING FOR BLENDS
THE PARTICULAR STRUCTURE OF THE FLAX FIBRE ALLOWS AN IMPORTANT REFINING THAT CAN GO TO THE ISOLATION OF ELEMENTARY FIBRE. IN THAT WAY, FLAX CAN BE USED ALONE OR BLENDED WITH CHEMICAL FIBRES, WHETHER ON SHORT FIBRE SYSTEMS WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY (COTTON TYPE) OR FOR THE REALISATION OF NEEDLE PUNCHED FELTS, GEOTEXTILE TYPE OR COMPOSITE MATERIALS.
PERSPECTIVES OF LINES USES WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED IN FRANCE AND IN ALL THE EEC.
THE DEFINITION OF PRODUCTION CONDITIONS, THE CHOICE OF RAW MATERIALS, THE OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF RATING OF SPINNABLE FIBRES AND THE INCIDENCE OF OILING ARE THE MAIN OBJECT OF THIS PART OF THE STUDY.
COMPLEMENTARY WORK IN SPINNING, WEAVING AND KNITTING WILL BE MADE IN THAT DIRECTION BY I.T.F. NORD.
ANOTHER STUDY ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF INFLUENCING DEW RETTING CONDITIONS WOULD ALLOW A SYNTHESIS OF ALL ACTIONS IN THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY.
THE MODERNISATION OF THE LINEN INDUSTRY AND THE FLAX VALORIZATION GO THROUGH AN IMPORTANT AMELIORATION OF SCUTCHING AND PREPARATION OF FIBRES.

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60330 Lagny le Sec
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