Processing of Crailar flax fibres in textile industries

摘要

Crailer is a new all-natural fiber which is the result of a proprietary process that renders flax to be as soft, absorbent, and durable as cotton. Crailer uses significandy less water and fewer chemicals to process than cotton, yet yields more biomass, and hence it could trigger a sustainable revolution in the textile industry. It is to be called as the "friendliest fibre on the planet". Canadian universities in the 1990s were conducting research into paper production-particularly at the bleaching stage. Paper gets its colour from the lignins and pectins that naturally occur in its fibres. Due to green chemistry and enzyme science, they worked out that naturally occurring enzymes can be used to rinse the raw fibre and remove all the pectins. This will result with a soft, white, fine fibre of flax or hemp that can be blended with cotton but is far more sustainable than 100% cotton or polyester.