Banana fiber and its production and its blending wires and fabrics

Abstract

Provided is a banana fiber using a banana stem which is an industrial waste as a raw material, a method for producing the banana fiber, a union yarn composed of a staple fiber of the banana fiber and other fiber and a fiber structure prepared from the union yarn. The banana fiber is obtained by drying peeled temporary stem of banana and opening the fiber so as to have 10-50 mm average fiber length and 0.5-80 dtex average fineness. The method for producing the banana fiber comprises a step (a) for cutting stems of banana, a step (b) for peeling and removing colored epidermis of stems, a step (c) for peeling much bark constituting stems to provide a unit bark, a step (d) for taking out a fiber bundle by pressing the unit bark by a press, a step (e) for drying the fiber bundle, a step (f) for obtaining a monofilament from the dried fiber bundle and a step (g) cutting the monofilament into a definite length and obtaining the staple fiber.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to banana fiber and its production method, its blended yarn and fiber structure, and more specifically relates to hemp and cotton that can replace fiber materials that are worried about the future due to the depletion of resources, especially cellulose fibers, and Disclosed are banana fibers made from fibers of banana stems which are industrial wastes, their production method, blended yarns composed of the banana fibers and other fibers, and fiber structures made of the blended yarns. [0002] Moreover, the fiber structure material of the present invention is light, has excellent hygroscopicity, is rich in bulkiness, and has excellent cool feeling, etc., and is utilized as general clothing materials such as underwear, shirts, or jackets. Background technique [0003] General fiber structures, if roughly distinguished, are made of natural fibers or synthetic fibers. Most synthetic fibers start from petroleum resources and ...

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[0009] However, bananas are generally used for food, and because they do not bear fruit after the first harvest, they are cut down and become a kind of industrial waste.

[0010] And, as the banana stem of this industrial waste, because the fiber bundle is thick and rigid, it is difficult to directly use it as the raw material of general clothing.

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