DYSTAR AND PARTNERS LAUNCH INNOVATIVE VISCOSE MELANGE YARN

1. DYSTAR AND PARTNERS
LAUNCH INNOVATIVE
VISCOSE MELANGE
YARN
Shabana Jamshed

2. DANUFIL® PROSHADE
• Danufil® Proshade® is the name of an innovative new
viscose melange yarn resulting from a development
cooperation between the three industry partners Kelheim
Fibres, Linz Textil and DyStar
• What's New?
• While usually a melange yarn is spun of differently
coloured fibres, Danufil® ProShade consists of a blend
of standard viscose fibres and Kelheim’s specialty
viscose fibre Danufil® Deep Dye and is only dyed as
needed at a later stage in the process.
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3. DANUFIL® PROSHADE
• Advantages:
• This is made possible by the particular properties of
Kelheim’s Danufil® Deep Dye fibre: Due to its permanent
cationic charge this specialty fibre has a significantly
higher dye absorption capacity than standard viscose
fibres. The difference in intensity and speed of the dye
pick-up of the viscose fibres spun into Danufil®
ProShade® allows a wide range of colours in melange
dyeing of one and the same fibre material to be
achieved.
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4. DANUFIL® PROSHADE
• Advantages:
• Thus, Danufil® ProShade® melange yarn offers clear
benefits for the dyeing process: a selected range of
Levafix® and Remazol® dyes allows a salt-free dyeing
process. Due to shorter dyeing cycles it is possible to
save up to 30% in terms of water and energy, which is a
clear advantage for the environment. At the same time
productivity increases –a time saving of up to 40%.
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5. DANUFIL® PROSHADE
• Advantages:
• Excellent reproducibility, levelness as well as a high level of
light fastness and fastness to washing have been proven in
numerous tests and commercial dyeing processes
• Kelheim Fibres‘ expertise in the manufacturing of viscose
specialty fibres, know-how and innovative spinning technology
from Linz Textil and finally high-quality dyes and customer-
oriented support from DyStar are combined in an innovative
product which delivers significantly more efficiency and a
better ecological performance in melange production
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