The principles and practice of textile printing (1912)
Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925 · London : C. Griffin & Co. · leaf 119
RATION OF THE CLOTH FOR PRINTING. gI (4) The Lime Boil.—In this operation the pieces saturated in “milk of lime” are subjected, under pressure, to the action of boiling lime water, which circulates continuously through the material. The boiling is effected in large cylindrical boilers or “‘kiers”… … and the coupled high-pressure kier. In the former (figs. 44 and 45) the boiling liquor is maintained in constant circulation by a steam injector (or a pump), which continually draws it from the bottom of the kier, forces it up a rise-pipe to the top, and-distributes it there over the cloth, through…
Textile printing · Textile printing machines · Dyes and dyeing
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