Denim is widely accepted among exported textile productsdue to
its aesthetics, appearance, and fashion.
Practitioners employed several physical or chemical treatments to
improve denim qualities in denim finishing operations. So, several treatment processes, including
enzymatic, bleaching, singeing, heat set, and ozone finish, are used, which
made this processing more energy consumption and time-consuming. Therefore, it is significant to investigate how
changing the chemicals and raw ingredients could improve the finishing
process, which is environmentally and economically beneficial for sustainable
production practices in the denim finishing
process. This study’s research design comprises an experimental
investigation in a denim plant in Bangladesh. Two different fabrics were chosen
to analyze, determining the potential savings of finishing on the denim fabrics’ performance characteristics. By deducting
singeing and heat-set processes, the researchers ran an experimental
process by maintaining the same length of fabric. Then, the impacts of
finishing process optimization on the mechanical, thermal, and comfort parameters
of drape, stiffness, and tear strength were examined. The study’s findings
demonstrated that this experiment increased productivity and reduced the
finishing unit’s energy consumption without compromising the denim fabrics’
quality. This study significantly impacts environmental sustainability by
preserving limited energy resources and manufacturing denim finishing
processes.
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