Doi: 10. 1016/j enzmictec

Document Outline

• Development and industrialisation of enzymatic shrink-resist process based on modified proteases for wool machine washability
  • Introduction
  • Materials and methods
    • Enzyme, chemicals and wool materials
    • Modification of Esperase
    • Pilot trials for enzymatic shrink-resist process
      • Assembly of wool fabric with polyester lead sheet used in pilot-scale trials
      • Pre-treatment
        • Method A
        • Method B
      • Enzyme application
      • Dyeing
    • Bulk trials of enzymatic shrink-resist process
    • Evaluation
      • Felting shrinkage
      • Tensile properties
      • Colour measurements
      • Colour fastness
      • Subjective handle assessment
  • Results and discussion
    • Modification of Esperase and their activities
    • Effects of different pre-treatments and enzyme modification on the felting shrinkage and tensile properties of wool fabrics at pilot trials
    • Effect of pilot scale enzyme treatment on whiteness and handle of wool fabrics
    • Bulk trial for the industrialisation process for enzyme treatments of wool
    • Bulk trials for dyeing the enzyme treated wool fabrics
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References