Paper yarn is the yarn made from paper strips chiefly with wood pulp cut into strips and then twisted to form a yarn. Germany invented Paper yarn in the late 19th century, although paper has been used in textiles in Japan for centuries. They used various products made of paper yarn during and after wartime.[1][2][3]

Method

The process was simple by cutting moist wood pulp into fine strips and then spinning into yarn. The thickness of the yarn depends upon the used strips or fiber.[4]

Trade marks

Licella is a paper yarn made of wood pulp.[3] Silvalin is similar paper yarn to Licella.[3] Xylolin was a variety of Paper yarn made in Saxony. Developed by Emil Claviej in 1903, it was less prone to shrinkage and had better water stability.[5][6] It was also used in manufacturing carpet backing.[7]

Use

See also

References

  1. ↑ ''This paper cloth has been extensively used in Germany during the war for every conceivable purpose and has been successful in varying ... in the wear or wash , but it is not believed they can ever complete with cottu : 1 , wool , flax , or silk for ordinary articles of clothing . ... A number of patents have been granted in different parts of the world for spinning paper into yarn'' Paper: A Weekly Technical Journal for Paper and Pulp Mills 1919 page150
  2. ↑ ''The manufacture of paper yarns and textile fabrics therefrom underent a tremendous development in Germany and Austria during the ' cent World War . The paper used for spinning paper yarns is almost ntirely made from wood - pulp .'' The Textile Fibers, Their Physical, Microscopical Joseph Merritt Matthews · 1924 Page847
  3. 1 2 3 Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Internet Archive. New York, Fairchild Publications. 1959. pp. 320, 400, 409, 509.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ MATHEWS, KOLANJIKOMBIL (2017). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 1044. ISBN 978-93-85059-66-7.
  5. ↑ Carter, Ernest Frank (1974). Dictionary of inventions and discoveries. Internet Archive. London : Frederick Muller. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-8448-0867-3.
  6. ↑ ''XYLOLIN, a substance made of wood and fit for exclusive use in weaving, has been patented by Emit Claviez (Saxony, Germany). Xylolin is non-shrinkable and impervious to water.'' Page no.21https://archive.org/details/logginglumbering00scheuoft/page/160/mode/2up?q=Xylolin
  7. ↑ MATHEWS, KOLANJIKOMBIL (2017). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 1587. ISBN 978-93-85059-66-7.
  8. ↑ ''GERMAN PAPER CLOTHING is not so plentiful , and the standards of dress not so high as in this country , exports of ... of the competition which may have to of the World with Their Paper Substitutes for Near Cloth- be overcome , because of the ... Norwegian Paper Clothing While many stories have been written since the beginning of the European war relative to the ... Even then the to be making increasing use of paper yarns . price will have to be very low , about $ 1 per suit to attract'' https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Paper_Trade_Journal/dAxQAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Page48
  9. ↑ The Economic World. Chronicle Publishing Company. 1918. p. 319.
  10. ↑ The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal. 1921. p. 236.
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