Indwangu ye-Tencel, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Lyocell fiber, isiphenduke into ebalulekile embonini yendwangu yesimanje ngenxa yokumunca umswakama omuhle kakhulu, ukuphefumula, kanye nezakhiwo ezihambisana nemvelo. Inqubo yayo yokwakha ihlanganisa amasu amakhemikhali nemishini ukuze kuqinisekiswe izinga eliphezulu le-fiber nokusebenza okuhle kakhulu kwendwangu.
Indwangu ye-tencel yenziwe ngokuyinhloko nge-pulp yokhuni yemvelo, ngokuvamile kusukela ezihlahleni ze-coniferous eziphethwe ngokuqhubekayo noma zokhuni oluqinile. Okokuqala, izinkuni zilungiswa ukuze zisuse ukungcola futhi zikhiqize u-pulp. Le pulp bese incibilika kusetshenziswa inqubo yokuphotha okuncibilikayo (NMMO) ukuze kwakhiwe isixazululo sokuphotha. Isihluthulelo sale nqubo ukusetshenziswa kwe-N-methylmorpholine-N-i-oxide (NMMO) njengesixazululi, incibilikisa i-cellulose ngaphansi kwezinga lokushisa eliphezulu nokucindezela kuyilapho kugcinwa ukwakheka kwamangqamuzana.
Isixazululo sokuphotha sibe sesiphoqelelwa nge-spinneret kubhavu wokuhlanganisa, lapho i-solvent isuswa futhi i-cellulose iphinde iqinise ukwenza imicu. Le nqubo ayigcini nje ngokunquma i-fiber morphology yokuqala kodwa futhi ithonya izici zayo ezibonakalayo ezilandelayo. Ama-nascent fibers adlula{2}}izinyathelo zokucubungula ezifana nokunwetshwa, ukuwashwa, namafutha ukuze kuthuthukiswe amandla nokuthamba kwawo.
Izindwangu ze-tencel zivame ukulukwa kusetshenziswa indandatho noma{0}izindlela zokuphotha zomoya, okuqinisekisa ukuqondana kwefayibha efanayo futhi kufinyelelwa ukuminyana nokuzwakala. Ngesikhathi sokudaya nokuqedwa, izindwangu ze-Tencel, ngenxa yezakhiwo zazo ezinhle kakhulu zokudaya, zingadaywa ngamadayi ahambisana nemvelo, okuholela ezinhlobonhlobo zemibala namaphethini ahlukahlukene.
Inqubo yokwenza indwangu ye-Tencel ayigcizeleli nje kuphela ukukhiqiza okuphumelelayo kodwa futhi nokuvikelwa kwemvelo nokusimama. I-solvent ye-NMMO egaywa kabusha inciphisa kakhulu ukuchithwa kwamanzi angcolile, ihlangabezana nezidingo zokukhiqiza okuluhlaza kwesimanje. Ngokuzayo, intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe izothuthukisa kakhulu inqubo yokwakhiwa kwendwangu ye-Tencel, iqhubekisele phambili imboni yendwangu ekuthuthukisweni okuphumelelayo nokuvumelana nemvelo.
