There is a lot of factor are involve behind of lycra damage. By the following preventive monitoring in every step of our manufacturing process we can get improvement all over the standard level and will be able to overcome those kinds of unwanted issues.

2. Ways of Lycra deformation in Garment
1.Spandex Damages/Breakages.
2.Spandex displaced/jumped away from seams(Lycra
void)
3.Crinkle effects/Orange peel effect.

3. Close view of
Lycra
Spandex Damages/Breakages

4. Lycra Void

5. Spandex displaced from seam

6. Spandex Damaged

7. Basic Precautions in Washing
1.If possible always wash in Room temperature.
2.Maximum lowest lot size( Lot qty)
3.PH must not exceed above 8-10 in wet process.
4.Bleach in alkaline pH(adjust with soda ash)
5.Avoid Silicone,Lubricants,Caustic soda.
6.Run the minimal possible time( wash cycle).
7.Machine RPM is less is better.
8. Dryer Temp max 70 C – with steam and IR(Infra Red) control auto stopping
systems.

8. Special control in Dry Process
1.Avoid balloons in scraping/Hand sanding/PP areas.
2.Avoid pile up of garments.
3.No Bundles / tie up and handling.
4. Avoid Too high temperatures (Special care in curing oven).

9. Exerted Huge air Pressure on seams

10. Bundles/Tie/Pileup

11. Hand sanding- with motor and no balloons…

12. Chemical spray- without balloon using

13. Special Control with Chemical
1.Soft Polyurethane Emulsion- [Dicrylan BSRN from Huntsman]
2.Polyethylene Emulsion-[Evo Soft APE from Dystar]
3.Poly ethylene-[Protector KCL from GDS]
4. Inorganic salt with surfactants[Protector PCL from GDS]-in bleaching

14. Special Control with Chemical

15. Chemical usage and results
100.0
90.0
80.0
70.0
60.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Using BSRN chemical, lots output result
94.25
5.8
qty -rejected qty -ok
Result type
qty -rejected
qty -ok
%
of
the
qtys

16. Without Special chemical results
Without using any special chemicals,lot out put result
80 75.5
70
60
50
40
30 24.5
20
10
qty-rejected
qty-ok
0
qty-rejected qty-ok
Result Type
%
of
the
Qtys

17. Advantages in apart from LYCRA damages in above methods.
• Cost Savings on Balloon replacements : US$1500-2000/month.
• Pneumatic Motor Usage in dry processes Productivity increases by
40-50%
• Save softener: in some special chemicals
• Tearing, Abrasion resistance,Shrinkage stability improves :in special
chemicals