Customer-Oriented Garment Dyeing for Rapid Textile Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current textile production limits consumer choice by offering a restricted range of colors and patterns, and traditional dyeing methods are environmentally harmful and inefficient, failing to provide rapid customization of fabric materials.
Innovation Solution
A business method utilizing cationic cellulosic fibers that can be dyed with anionic dyes under environmentally friendly conditions, allowing customers to choose specific colors and patterns for their fabric materials, with a customer-oriented dyeing apparatus for real-time viewing of the dyeing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional dyeing methods are used, then production efficiency is improved, but environmental harm increases and consumer choice is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the dyeing process by using supercritical carbon dioxide instead of traditional aqueous dyeing solutions. This parameter change eliminates the need for salt and alkali, reduces water consumption, and allows for rapid dyeing cycles while providing environmental benefits through minimal waste discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes phase transitions of carbon dioxide (between supercritical and gaseous states) to enable the dyeing process. By controlling pressure and temperature, CO2 transitions to a supercritical state for dyeing, then returns to gaseous state for easy separation, eliminating the need for extensive washing and drying processes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional dyeing methods are used, then fabric can be dyed, but consumer customization options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-treating fabrics with cationic agents before dyeing. This pre-treatment enables the fabric to rapidly absorb anionic dyes in the supercritical CO2 environment, allowing customers to choose from multiple color and pattern options while maintaining rapid production cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamics by allowing real-time selection of dye colors and patterns during the dyeing process. The system can dynamically adjust dye injection rates, patterns, and colors based on customer preferences, enabling customization without significant delay.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If cationic cellulosic fibers are used with anionic dyes, then environmental friendliness is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts water from the traditional dyeing system by using supercritical carbon dioxide as the dyeing medium. This extraction eliminates the need for extensive water treatment facilities and reduces the complexity of waste management systems while maintaining environmental friendliness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses cationic agents as intermediaries between the fabric and anionic dyes. These intermediaries facilitate dye attachment to cellulosic fibers in the supercritical CO2 environment, simplifying the overall process by enabling direct dyeing without complex pre-treatment or post-treatment steps.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid, personalized textile production with reduced environmental impact, providing customers with customized fabrics and garments in their desired colors and patterns while minimizing waste and energy consumption.
Implementation Method 1
the anionic dye preferentially adheres to cationic cellulosic fiber (e.g., cationic cotton, etc.), as opposed to other fibers in the fabric or garment
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AI summary
Customers obtain customized textile materials by selecting style, shape, size, pattern and color for an undyed textile product. Based on a selection made by the customer, the textile product is transformed by a dyeing operation performed on a single item (or multiple items selected to be dyed the same) to yield a product, such as a shirt, pants, or jacket, which has a color and pattern of his or her own choosing, in the size and style he or she desires. The process can be performed in a retail setting using a dye apparatus which allows the process to be viewed by the customer. To enhance the educational and entertainment experience of the customer, the dyeing operation can be performed in a transparent tank or water kettle in the retail outlet so that the customer can view, for example, the garment as it is being dyed to the customer's specifications.