Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand Incorporated

Prambhl Limited

Murray Edwin Taylor

Douglas Alexander Rankin

Paul Middlewood

Julian Mark Watson

Alan John McKinnon

John Robert McLaughlin

Paul Johannes Roy Mesman

Stephen Barry Manson

Phillipa Le Pine

Gillian Helen Worth

Peter William Robinson

A wool or the like fiber scour including at least one of the following, (a) scouring process wherein the fiber is subjected to an acid extraction process to remove absorbed iron, and by to greatly improve the brightness (Y tristimulus value) of the wool; (b) a scouring process wherein a bleaching process is carried out part way through the wet process following by dying, rewriting and chemical reduction, therefore stabilising the bleached color to prevent subsequent reversion in the dyebath; or (c) a scouring process wherein scoured clean fiber is dried and dusted, and then reimmersed in liquors containing detergents and dispersants, thereby effectively removing extra amounts of residual dirt. The scour produces an improved quality of fibres.

Method for significantly enhancing the quality of scoured wool and machinery for achieving those enhancements

Growing community of inventors

Canterbury, New Zealand

Murray Edwin Taylor