Won Yoo Lee
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 148
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This bulletin covers a wide range of techniques in the silk reeling industry. Details are given in each chapter on the handling of fresh cocoons, drying and storage of cocoons, cocoon boiling and reeling, raw silk-reeling and finishing, water quantity and quality, utilization of by-products and maintenance of the machinery used. The continuous improvement and effective dissemination of the technology for silk throughout the world. An appendix illustrated the silkworm processes from larva to final production of silk. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Characteristics of the Cocoon; Physical characteristics of the cocoons, Composition of the cocoon, Properties of silk; Chapter 3: Cocoon Quality and Classification; Cocoon quality, Factors influencing cocoon quality, Classification of cocoons, Cocoon testing and grading, Cocoon exchange; Chapter 4: Cocoon Drying, Storage and Sorting; Objective of cocoon drying, Mechanism of cocoon drying, Various methods of stifling/ drying, Degree of drying, Types of drying machines and methods, Effects of drying conditions on reeling results, Cocoon storage, Sorting of cocoons; Chapter 5: Cocoon Cooling; Introduction, Cocoon cooking methods, Degree of cocoon cooking, Adjustments to cooking conditions, Effects of cocoon cooking conditions on reeling result; Chapter 6: Raw Silk Reeling; Introduction, Various silk reeling devices, Methods of silk reeling, Quality control during raw silk reeling; Chapter 7: Re-reeling and Finishing; Re-reeling, Re-reeling machine and apparatus, How to re-reel raw silk, Re-reeling efficiency, Silk end tying and skind lacing, Booking and packing, Storage of silk; Chapter 8: Utilization of By-Products; Introduction, Doupion silk reeling, Reeling of non-mulberry cocoons, Manufacture of floss silk, Degumming, Opening-up, Finishing, Spun silk, Introduction, Yarn count of spun silk, Wild silk; Chapter 9: Reeling Water; Type of water, Impurities, Methods of water softening, Quality standard of water, Analysis of reeling water; Chapter 10: Factory Planning: Annual requirement of cocoons, Equipment for installation, Location and space, Quality of quantity of filature water, Selection of proper machinery; Chapter 11: Raw Silk Testing; Introduction, Quality test, Visual inspection, Uniformity, General finish, Nature, Sample test, Winding test, Size deviation test, Evenness test, Cleanness test, Neatness test, Tenacity and elongation test, Cohesion test, Quantitative test, Conditioned weight test, Raw silk classification, Grades, Grading with the major tests, Degrading with the auxilliary tests, Miscellaneous tests, Boil-off test for raw silk, Exfoliation test for raw silk.