Staple dyeing and treatments
Staple dyeing is applied primarily to natural plant fibres (such as cotton, linen, hemp, ramie…), natural animal fibres (such as merino wool, lambswool etc which include the so-called natural LUXURY fibres such as alpaca, angora, cashmere, mohair, vicuna, silk, lama, camel hair, beaver hair, deer hair…), synthetic fibres (nylon, polyester, acrylic, modacrylic, aramid and meta-aramid also in microfibre…), artificial fibres (bamboo, viscose, acetate, triacetate, lyocell, modal…) or feather and down.
Staple dyed fibres are used in different production processes of the textile chain and, for example, following carded spinning or open-end spinning, they are transformed into yarn and later into fabrics for clothing or furniture. Other production processes on staple dyed fibres allow to produce non-woven fabric, ecological fur, needle-punched fabrics, etc.
The staple raw materials for carded spinning can also come from the regeneration of waste, rags and scraps of previous textile production processes. Fibres are recovered which, appropriately processed, are used in the creation of yarns for knitting and fabrics for clothing. These fibres, commonly called regenerated, have always been the typical product of PRATO.
In addition to dyeing, the following treatments are also available:
- Depigmentation
- Shrink-resistance treatment
- Flame-retardant treatment
- Anti -moth treatment
- Anti-bacterial treatments
“Everyone to Prato and everyone in rags, the history of Italy is going to end” wrote Curzio Malaparte in his timeless Maledetti Toscani.
