Process for the wet treatment of textile tubular fabric

A method for the continuous wet treatment of textile tubular fabric, characterized in that said fabric is supplied in open-width flat form, said method comprising the steps of:

• pre-treating said fabric in said open width flat form with a treatment fluid so as to render said fabric wet and in strand form;
• inflating said pre-treated fabric in strand form to form a balloon by means of a gaseous medium so that said treatment fluid is distributed evenly over said balloon form and inflating step thereby maintains said fabric in an open-width form;
• reducing said fabric from open-width form to said strand form;
• re-inflating said fabric in stand form to form a balloon and thereby returning said fabric to said open-width form so that a second treatment fluid is evenly distributed over said balloon form;
• combining said fabric in open-width form to return said fabric to said strand form by guiding said open-width fabric through an overflow pipe filled with a fluid;
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• repeating said re-inflating and combining steps a plurality of times.

A method for the continuous wet treatment of textile tubular fabric, characterized in that said fabric is supplied in open-width flat form, said method comprising the steps of:

• pre-treating said fabric in said open-width flat form with a treatment fluid so as to render said fabric wet;
• guiding said pre-treated fabric in said open-width flat form through a first open-width squeezing unit;
• impregnating said pre-treated fabric in said open-width flat form a second time with said treatment fluid;
• rendering said fabric in said open-width flat form to a pre-treated fabric in strand form;
• inflating said pre-treated fabric in strand form to form a balloon by means of a gaseous medium, so that said treatment fluid is distributed evenly over said balloon form and said fabric in strand form is rendered to a fabric in open-width form;
• supplying said fabric in open-width form to a second open-with squeezing unit;
• removing said fabric in open-width form from said second open-with squeezing unit and storing said fabric in open width form in a fabric web store;
• allowing said fabric in open-width form to dwell in said fabric web store for a predetermined timeperiod;
• removing said fabric in open-width form from said fabric web store and supplying said fabric to a heating unit;
• heating said fabric in open-width form to a predetermined temperature;
• steaming said fabric in open-width form for a predetermined time;
• rinsing said fabric in open-width form after said steaming step;
• storing said fabric in open-width form;
• reducing said fabric from open-width form to said strand form;
• re-inflating said fabric in stand form to form a balloon and thereby returning said fabric to said open-width form;
• treating said fabric in balloon form with a rinsing fluid which is evenly distributed over said balloon;
• supplying said fabric in open-width form to a third open-with squeezing unit for removing said rinsing fluid;
• combining said fabric in open-width form in a funnel to return said fabric to said strand form by guiding said open-width fabric through an overflow pipe filled with fluid;
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• repeating said re-inflating, treating, supplying and combining steps a plurality of times.