Flow Chart of Enzyme Washing Process
What is Enzyme Washing?
Enzyme wash is an environmentally friendly wash due to the natural origins of enzymes. It is also a popular garment washing process. To reduce the adverse effect of stone wash, the garments are washed by using enzymes. The enzyme breaks the surface cellulose fibers of the fabric and removes them during washing. The enzymes can be stopped by changing the alkalinity of the bath or its temperature when the desired color will be achieved. During enzyme washing, a certain amount of indigo dye and cellulose fibers from the surface of the fabric are removed. The rest of the processes of enzyme washing includes final rinsing and softening.
Process Flow Chart of Enzyme Washing:
Loading of garments
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Desizing
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Rinse (Two times)
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Addition of enzyme
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Adjusting pH for Acid Cellulase or enzyme (4.5-5.5) by adding Acetic acid (CH3COOH).
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The required temperature kept for different enzyme
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Tumbling for 30-60 minutes (depending on shade)
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Rinse (two times)
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Softening
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Extracting
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Drying
The above all processes are discussed in the below table:
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SL/No.
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Process
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Procedure
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01
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Loading of garments
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At first, the required amount of garments are loaded into the machine.
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02
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De-sizing
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Garments are de-sized here by using de-sized chemicals.
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03
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Rinse (Two times)
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After completing the de-size process, garments must be rinsed two times to remove the size material from the garments.
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04
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Addition of enzyme
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Here, the required amount of enzyme (Acid or neutral enzyme) should be added by following M: L ratio.
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05
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Adjusting PH for Acid Cellulase or enzyme (4.5-5.5) by adding Acetic acid (CH3COOH).
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If the acid enzyme is added to the machine, then PH should be adjusted here in the required range (4.5-5.5) by adding acetic acid (CH3COOH).
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06
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The required temperature kept for different enzyme
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Here, the required temperature should be maintained for the different enzymes.
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07
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Tumbling for 30-60 minutes
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Garments are tumbled here for 30-60 minutes which depends on the shade.
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08
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Rinse (two times)
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Here, the garments are rinsed two times to remove starch from the garments.
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09
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Softening
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Garments have produced a soft effect here by using softening chemicals (Anti ozone softener).
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10
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Extracting
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After completing all the above processes, the garments are extracted here and send to the drying section.
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11
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Drying
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Finally, all the clothing are dried here by using a gas dryer or steam dryer(depending on the shade)
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Mayedul Islam is a Founder and Editor of Garments Merchandising. He is an Expert in Garments Merchandising. Writing is his passion. He loves to write articles about Apparel, Textile and Garment Washing specially on Merchandising. Mail him at mayedul.islam66@gmail.com
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