The invention discloses a novel mercerizing process and equipment. The novel mercerizing process comprises the following steps: singeing a fabric, padding a scouring and bleaching working solution for
desizing and bleaching, stacking in a steam box, washing with hot water, feeding cloth in a mercerizing
machine, padding an alkali solution for
steaming and mercerizing, washing with hot water,
drying, tentering, shaping and
cropping. The problems that resources are wasted and the environment is polluted due to the fact that an alkali flushing and absorbing
system is adopted in an existing technology are solved,
steaming mercerizing is carried out after alkali liquor padding is carried out once, the concentration of padding alkali liquor and the balance of
steaming mercerizing time and temperature are controlled, and the mercerizing efficiency is improved. Finally, the
dyeing degree of the finished fabric is higher (the obtained
color depth is 1.5-3%), the fabric cover is smooth and clean, the color is full, the hand feeling is fluffy and the cotton feeling is excellent, and the mercerizing cost is reduced. Meanwhile, mercerizing process steps are reduced, on one hand, resources are fully utilized, and on the other hand, mercerizing process flows are reduced, so that the fabric mercerizing working efficiency is improved.