Economic Aspects of the Dyeing of Cotton Knitgoods with Reactive Dyes in Winches and Jet Machines

Paper provides an overview of the economic aspects of dyeing of cotton knitgoods in winches and jet machines. Several factors have been identified as influencing the ultimate cost of a reactive dyeing, making the choice between two dyeing recipes applied by different methods is not simply a matter of adding up the respective costs of the dyes in each recipe. Process related costs of both winch and jet machines are also compared. Also includes an article ‘Electricity Consumption in Winch and Jet Dyeing of Cotton Knitgoods’ by I Holme and Z Ozel (JSDC, Vol. 102, Nov 1986, p. 353) and correspondence related to both articles (JSDC, Vol. 103, March 1987, p. 143)