Textile industry can be classified into four categories viz., cotton, Regenerated Cellulose, woolen, and synthetic fibers depending upon the raw materials used.The cotton textile industry is one of the oldest industries in the country withover 1000 industries (or mills) mainly centered in Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad,Coimbatore, Tirupur and Kanpur. The water consumption and Wastewater generation from a textile industry depends upon the processing operations employed during the conversion of fiber to textile fabric.
In this paper, a study has been done for the benefits comparison of spundyedviscose over stock dyed viscose and cotton. Spundyed reduces the processingcost of around 80% over stock dyed. It also lower downs the water consumption of around 70% over to stock dyed which ultimately leads to the savings of effluent in terms of load and cost.
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Originally published in the Textile Review, February, 2012.
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