Singeing

Hairiness to Singeing Intensity & Gas Demand Matcher

Gas demand tracks the hairiness you have to remove, not the hairiness you have. A clean yarn on a hot burner is scorched cloth, not a saving.

Hairiness Uster H
H
H
kJ/m² per H

Fit this to your own burner and cloth; it is not a universal constant.

Cloth & Burner Running
m/min
m
g/m²
no.
kJ/m³

Gas Flow

— m³/h

Total demand across all burners in the line

Singeing Duty

Hairiness to Remove
— H
Singeing Energy
— kJ/m²
Burner Heat Load
— kW
Gas Flow per Burner
— m³/h
Gas per kg Fabric
— m³/kg

Decision-support only. Flame height, cloth-to-burner distance and the singeing position all move the real coefficient — calibrate on a trial run before setting a production recipe.

Hairiness to Singeing Intensity & Gas Demand Matcher — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.