Raw Silk

One yard silk weight = 120 grams. Weight- one yard= 120 gms, width = 54 inches.

Raw silk

Raw silk dimont-the silk of nnling ok silkworm Most of gint silkworms re precious silk insects. Their ovl cocoons re emerld, light green or golden-yellow. Grown in chin south mountins nnling, nnling ok silkworm (nos) with its big size cocoon, rich eggs nd strong nti-disese bility becomes unique one mong ll the species of gint silkworms. Owning nturl beutiful colors nd luster, costly economic vlue, the grceful nos+ silk is glorious dimond mong the nturl colored silk. The silk is bout 600 meters long, 5-6 dtex. Its tentensile strength nd elongtion is mulberry silk 2.5 times nd 1.5 times respectively. fter being reeled from cocoons, the silk cn keep its nturl green. The fbric is soft, no fold, non-ironing with jewel luster, . Its monofilment section is irregulr flt. Its minimum flt degree is less thn 12.5% while tht of the mulberry silk is bout 60%. This is the min reson why the silk hs unique luster. Thnks to bigger chinks nd holes in it thn in tussh silk fibre, the silk fibre hs good bility of sucking nd drining swets. The fibres gther loosely with good flexibility, nd re superior in cidproof nd lklinproof to the mulberry silk. The silk cn be mde into grceful, luxurious nd comfortble super cloths. nd, compounding it with other silk, colored cotton nd other nturl fibres, we cn mke vrious kinds of top-grde clothing, noble ornments nd hndicrft, such s weving photo by modern digitl technology. The costliness of the silk is not only becuse of its unique physicl property, but lso becuse of its different content of element nd proportion from other silk.

Manufacturer's and suppliers of raw silk(used for silk cloth & silk carpets etc) and royal silk handloom sarees

Raw silk with fine purity and washable easily.

Products from silkworm cocoon reeling Raw silk is the product of silkworm cocoon reeling. It is commonly known as real silk. Machine reeled silk is also called factory silk, and hand reeled silk is called native silk. Raw silk is called cooked silk after degumming. China has a long history of raw silk, and its modern output ranks first in the world. The product obtained from silkworm cocoon reeling. Put the fine cocoons into a cocoon cooker with 80 â?? hot water to soften and puff them, and then pull out several cocoon filaments with a thread scanner to continuously wind them on the reeling frame, which is called "reeling"; At this time, the cocoon silk still contains about 20% sericin, and the shiny silk is covered by sericin, so the texture is slightly hard and translucent, which is called "raw silk". Since the average length of silk that can be reeled from a single cocoon is 600-800 meters, the raw silk is a continuous fiber, which is very suitable for weaving; After degumming and degumming, raw silk is soft and glossy, which is called "cooked silk"; There are three, five and seven refining methods for raw silk according to the product use.

Raw silk is soft and smooth, full in feel, good in strength and elongation, elastic, soft in luster, strong in moisture absorption, and non irritating to human body. It is a high-grade textile material, which can be used to weave various kinds of silk fabrics with different organizational structures, such as clothing, indoor supplies, handicrafts, decorations, etc. Raw silk also has high specific strength, excellent electrical insulation, good thermal insulation and the characteristics of flammable but slow burning. It has important applications in industry, national defense and medicine, such as making insulating materials, parachutes, artificial blood vessels, etc.

Raw silk is made of several cocoon filaments hugging each other and glued by sericin. It contains about 80% silk protein and about 20% sericin. Raw silk is a porous fiber, with a void capacity of about 35% and a maximum diameter of 1 �¼ m. As the cross section of the cocoon silk is triangular, and the cocoon silk is arranged in an irregular conical helix, and is fixed in the raw silk in a slightly tortuous state, the cross section shape of the raw silk is approximate to an ellipse (see figure). The cross section of raw silk with a size of 22 denier is about 60~70 m in long diameter and 40~50 m in short diameter.