Application of chemicals to substrates without the use of liquids: Proof of concepts for powder spray gun and fluidized bed solid-on- solid (SOS) processing of textiles, and continued research in textile xerography printing, solid shade coloration and ele

摘要

The first two years of research under DOE Contract No. FG05-84CE40702 were devoted toward developing processes whereby certain chemicals could be applied to textiles without the use of water, mainly concentrating on powder deposition techniques. The approach was to identify powder-based processes in other industry sectors (mainly the metals and paper industries) that possessed the potential to be adapted to continuous textile manufacturing lines. The adapted textile processes were classified under the general category of solid-on-solid (SOS) processes, since no liquid water was required, and 100% of the chemical materials applied to the substrate remained with it into final product manufacture. The current research focused on several areas of chemical treatment: yarn slashing, textile xerography printing, binding of nonwovens, fluoropolymer barrier finishing, and liquid spray and finishing. Several of these areas were sufficiently developed in the first phase to allow full-scale, proof-of-concept trials to be conducted at industrial sites in the third and fourth years of the project. Other areas were identified and preliminary investigations conducted in the first phase, but were largely left for full development in the reported phase, e.g., liquid spray finishing of 100% solids formulations. This report discusses work in each area of chemical treatment.