PROCESS FOR SIZING TEXTILE FIBERS FOR USE ON WATER JET LOOMS

摘要

In accordance with this invention textile fibers exhibiting improved characteristics for weaving on water jet looms are prepared by sizing such fibers with copolymers of an aliphatic .alpha.-olefin such as ethylene and an ammoniated .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid such as ammonium acrylate. The copolymer size employed in the present invention exhibits true hydrophobicity upon drying and good adhesion to natural and synthetic fibers; yet, the copolymer is readily removed from the textile fiber in conventional textile scouring and desizing operations.