Dyeing and Finishing Lab

The Dyeing and Finishing Pilot Plant includes both sample and production size machinery. The laboratory has equipment with capabilities for fiber, yarn, fabric, and whole garment preparation, dyeing, then chemical finishing.

Ahiba Nuance Dye Machine – IR beaker dryer; capacity of 15 300ml beakers, 8 1L beakers, or 1 5000ml beaker

Ahiba Texomat Bench Dye Machine – Atmospheric beaker dryer; capacity of 12 400ml beakers

Alea Dryer – Steam relaxation dryer; 2 meters wide

Atlas Launder-Ometer – Used for AATCC accelerated wash test methods; runs max. of 20 samples simultaneously

Burlington Hosiery Machine – Garment dyeing vessel with four compartments; runs max. 12 kilos of material

Gaston County FFT - 500mm wide foam finishing applicator — Gaston County FFT – 500mm wide foam finishing applicator

Greenville Machinery Padder – 2-meter-wide chemical pad

Greenville Machinery Scour/Dye Range – 500 mm scour and wash range; can be used for pad-dye-dry applications; typically used for woven fabrics or nonwoven substrates, not suitable for knits

Pernick — Pernick Knit Fabric Slitter – Tubular knit fabric slitter

Tenter Frame — Marshall & Williams Tenter Frame – used for drying, heat setting, or curing materials; 7m long with variable width from 1m to 2m

Labomat — Mathis BF8 – IR Beaker dyer 300ml beakers

Mathis — Mathis HVF – 500ml wide chemical applicator

Mathis HVF Kiss Roll

Mathis JFO — Mathis JFO – Pressure dyeing vessel; variable liquor ratio and 1000g fabric sample maximum

Mathis LTF — Mathis LTF/LTSV – 500mm width coating oven; knife-over-roll and knife-over-blanket coating capabilities

Mathis THN — Mathis THN – 500 mm wide forced warm air oven; runs sample swatches or continuous 50m sample

Mathis THS 500 tenter frame

Mathis THS 500 frame/coater

Mathis WJ – 300mm wide sample jigger

Onomori — Onomori Jig – Full production machine; 2m wide with the capability to run 100 kilos of material

Precision Screen Printing Station — Precision Screen Printing Station – 6 station silk-screen printer for pigment printing

Roach Range — Roaches Rope Range – Indigo dyeing; uses four one-liter baths for reduction and oxidation

Shearer — Saspe Shearer – 500mm wide mechanical shearing device

Sueder — Saspe Sueder – 500mm wide sander for mechanical abrasion

Skein Dryer — Then Skein Dyer – Atmospheric yarn skein dyer; 15 kilos of yarn capacity

Thies Mini-Soft – 25-kilo pressure vessel

Thies 45-kilo pressure vessel

Winch Beck – Atmospheric dye vessel; 45 kilo capacity

X-Rite Spectrophotometer – Color formulation and color analysis capabilities

Yamamoto 55lb Commercial washer

For more information about the Dyeing and Finishing Lab contact;

Lab Manager: Mr. Jeffrey Krauss

Phone: 919-515-6542
Email: jkrauss@ncsu.edu