Abstract:
Provided herein is a process, compositions and machinery for performing digitally chemical cutting of a fabric, using digital inkjet methodologies and machines, being particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for roll-to-roll printing configuration, and based on digital printing of a fabric-cutting composition and a fabric-penetrating composition directly on the fabric to obtain a cut or perforated fabric.
Abstract:
Method for characterisation of a laser engraving of a fabric, corresponding computer program and system. The method comprising providing a pattern (100) having a plurality of engraved zones (101) for different degrees of engraving, and a processing stage comprising the steps of: [a] providing a fabric image (200) and at least one fabric parameter, thus characterising a target fabric; [b] providing at least one laser engraving parameter, thus characterising a target laser engraving; [c] generating a plurality of output images (301), each for a different degree of engraving; [d] establishing a correspondence between each engraved zone (101) and the output image that is more similar; [e] thus obtaining a correspondence between degrees of engraving in said pattern (100) and degrees of engraving for said target laser engraving applied to said target fabric; thus obtaining a characterisation of said target laser engraving for said target fabric given said pattern.
Abstract:
The present application relates to a method of providing a finishing pattern on a workpiece (2) by a laser apparatus (1) comprising at least one laser source (10), preferably a pulsed laser source, generating an output laser beam (11), moving means (12) for said laser beam and a control unit (101) for controlling said laser source (10) and said moving means (12). The method comprises the step of providing command instructions for operating said laser apparatus (1) for scribing a predetermined finishing pattern on a workpiece (2), and the step of operating said laser source (10) and said moving means (12) for generating said output laser beam (11) for scribing lines of the predetermined finishing pattern on said workpiece (2) according to said command instructions. The step of operating the laser source comprises at least one operating mode (C) wherein the energy per unit surface delivered by said laser beam (11) is variable, preferably within a single scan line, by changing the scanning speed (V) of the laser beam (11), and the output power (P) of the laser source and/or the duty cycle (DC) are maintained at a constant value.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to a method for changing the color of a textile material to obtain a vintage and/or worn appearance comprising the steps of contacting said fabric textile material with a nitrate salt, activating the nitrate salt by the addition of an acid catalyst until the desired color change is achieved.
Abstract:
Novel laccase mediators, including carboxyamido and cyano derivatives of 2, 6-dimethoxyphenol that exhibit improved hydrolytic stability and good bleaching performance. The novel laccase enzymes may be employed in conjunction with the 2,6-dimethoxyphenol derivatives of this invention to provide an improved method for bleaching denim fabrics.
Abstract:
An apparatus for forming transitioned edges in patterns formed by a scanning laser in a dyed textile material is disclosed. The transition rate between the untreated material and the treated material is controlled by passing a scanning laser beam(21) through a mask(50) prior to the laser beam(21) reaching a focal point. An apertured mask(50) can be employed to control the transition rate, wherein the location of the aperture(51) relative to the focal point of the laser beam(21) and configuration of the aperture periphery are manipulated to effect the transition rate.
Abstract:
Variants of fungal cutinases having improved thermostability comprise substitution of one or more specified amino acid residues and/or a specified N-terminal extension. The variants may optionally comprise additional alterations at other positions.
Abstract:
This invention describes a novel method for selectively delignifying lignocellulosic materials and bleaching of pulp and dyes using a combination of an oxidative enzyme and a metal complex. More specifically, the process involves the oxidation of a transition metal redox complex by a phenol oxidizing enzyme such as laccase or peroxidase to mediate the catalytic delignification of chemical pulp and bleaching of textile dye. This process is unique in that only a catalytic amount of metal complex mediator is required on softwood or hardwood kraft pulp, and that recycling or regeneration of the mediator for further pulp delignification is possible. The redox mediator is characterized in that it contains a transition metal ion coordinated with molecules or ions in such a way that the complexes have a formal redox potential between 0.5 and 1.2 volt measured against a normal hydrogen electrode.