{"id":4863,"date":"2012-04-22T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/denim\/manufacturing-process\/denim-manufacturing-process-preparatory-and-spinning\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T00:33:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T07:33:40","slug":"denim-manufacturing-process-preparatory-and-spinning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/denim\/manufacturing-process\/denim-manufacturing-process-preparatory-and-spinning\/4863","title":{"rendered":"Denim Mfg. Process : Part 1&ndash;Spinning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image11.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 11px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Denim Academy - Orta\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Denim Academy - Orta\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb7.png\" width=\"204\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>As mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/denim-fabric-developments\/premium-denim-mill-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\">before<\/a> , we are starting the denim production education series of articles. The content for these articles on various stages of denim production has been kindly provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/JWqJlw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Denim Academy<\/strong><\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wiLqaU\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Orta Anadolu<\/strong><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the premium denim mill from Turkey.&#160; The first article concentrates on the Yarn production process upto the formation of Rope \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ready for dyeing. <\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h1><em><font color=\"#a5a5a5\">Preparation<\/font><\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image12.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Yarn Preparatory - Denim Manufacturing Process\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yarn Preparatory - Denim Manufacturing Process\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb8.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a>     <br \/>Yarn spinning starts with the transfer of the cotton bales from warehouse chosen by a special software to the <strong>blowing room feeder<\/strong> as a initial step of yarn spinning process. From this point onwards, cotton undergoes preparation processes like cleaning, opening and blending with the content of other bales. During this process, the fibers which are too short are extracted. <\/p>\n<h1><font color=\"#a5a5a5\"><em>       <br \/>Carding<\/em><\/font><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image14.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Carding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Carding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb10.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cotton fibers are then subjected to a carding operation that ensures that the fibers are parallel to each other. At the same time a vigorous and detailed cleaning of material to be used in yarn production is carried out in order to be ready for the next phase of manufacturing. As a result of the cotton<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image15.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 13px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Carding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Carding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb11.png\" width=\"220\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a> fibers are transformed from the compressed , randomly mixed material containing impurities to <strong>SLIVER<\/strong> which have been neatly stacked in cans ready for the next processes. The main processes in carding machines are;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening of the fiber bundles to separate <\/li>\n<li>Removal of extraneous and dust <\/li>\n<li>Elimination of short fibers <\/li>\n<li>Removal of neps <\/li>\n<li>Obtaining fiber evenness <\/li>\n<li>Blending properly <\/li>\n<li>Producing sliver from cotton fibers <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><font color=\"#a5a5a5\"><em>Drawing: Draw Frames<\/em><\/font><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image16.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb12.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In draw-frames, slivers from different carding machines are brought together to form a homogenous blend and parallelism of the fibers is further enhanced. The fiber hook-ends that are a part of the fiber nature are flattened and fibers are further elongated. <\/p>\n<h1><font color=\"#a5a5a5\"><em>Roving Frames<\/em><\/font><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image17.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Roving Frames - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Roving Frames - Denim Manufacturing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb13.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to monitor the weight per unit length of the Sliver under control highly developed electronic regulation systems are utlilized. The Sliver&#160; from the drawing frame operation with uniform mass per unit length are further drawn out by the roving frame operation . They are then wound on to tubes which can be used on the yarn machines. Roving is the final step before<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image18.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 7px 0px 0px 11px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb14.png\" width=\"260\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a> yarn is produced.&#160;&#160; In the roving frame process, A particular amount of draft force is applied on sliver where the yarn does not only get thinner, but also twisted to keep its strength, as the fiber quantity in cross-section area decreases. <\/p>\n<h1><em><font color=\"#a5a5a5\">Spinning \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ring Frames<\/font><\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image19.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Spinning Process - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Spinning Process - Denim Manufacturing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb15.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After this operation ,the Rovings are subjected to a further&#160; drawing out operation on the ring machines and are further thinned out to the <strong>required yarn thickness<\/strong>. During this operation the yarn gravity is subjected to a twist in order to give it the required durability. The ring machine determines the surface&#160; structure&#160; and the&#160; physical attributes of the yarn being produced. Due to the yarn production system that can also produce effects, the yarns can be given the effects that will determine effect the visual appearance of the fabric. It is worth noting that all the yarn production machines at Orta have the ability to create effects in the yarns. The Spinning frame sets the yarn count by adjusting the draft, gives <strong>required amount of twist and winds it on to the cops<\/strong> (small tubes).&#160; The yarn produced through Ring Frame is more soft and has more strength and character as compared to those produced by the Open End machines. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<h1><font color=\"#a5a5a5\"><em>Winding<\/em><\/font><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image20.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Winding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Winding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb16.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>The last phase of the yarn production is the Winding Process. Here the cops produced by the ring machines are spliced (joined) together and transformed into the bobbin format of specific length . The Splicing process is very important from the point of view of productivity of the subsequent phases where bobbins will be used and final appearance of the fabric. During the winding process , the yarns are monitored for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image21.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Winding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Winding Process - Denim Manufacturing\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb17.png\" width=\"220\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a> every mm of the way by high technology sensors on the bobbin machines and the faulty areas that may affect the texture of the fabric are eliminated. Any yarn defects (unevenness, yarn count, thin&amp;thick places etc.) are detected and removed during winding.&#160;&#160; Yarn spinning is completed by winding process. <\/p>\n<h1><font color=\"#a5a5a5\"><em>Ball Warping        <br \/><\/em><\/font><\/h1>\n<p><b><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image22.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Creel Section - Ball Warping : Denim Manufacturing\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Creel Section - Ball Warping : Denim Manufacturing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb18.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><strong>Ball Warping<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201cfrom the point of view of color quality and authentic appearance is the preliminary preparation for the Rope Dyeing System- which is the preferred system of denim production. The yarns that will be used in the warping of the fabric are stacked in the ball warping machines Creel section and all brought to the front of the machine to be transformed&#160; into Rope . The Rope thus produced and Cones are warped as ropes at ball warping and prepared for Indigo rope dyeing process. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the entire spinning process from <strong>video below provided by the&#160; Denim Academy .<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:b3b869e8-3a06-4f97-86a3-424c2acb04cc\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/w53J5Jx4b1o&amp;autoplay=1&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed>     <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 448px; clear: both; font-size: 0.8em\">Denim Manufacturing Process\u00e2\u20ac\u201cYarn Spinning<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:marketing@ortaanadolu.com?subject=Denim%20Academy%20%20|%20Denimsandjeans.com\">Contact the Denim Academy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned before , we are starting the denim production education series of articles. The content for these articles on various stages of denim production has been kindly provided by Denim Academy of Orta Anadolu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the premium denim mill from Turkey.&#160; The first article concentrates on the Yarn production process upto the formation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[516],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturing-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}