164-171Scouring of cotton fabrics using combinations of
pectinase, cellulase and protease in a single bath – two step has been carried
out with optimum process parameters obtained from these enzymes individually. Absorbency
and residual extractable impurity levels are found to be better for
multi-enzyme scouring as compared to that for scouring using individual
enzymes. Though higher weight losses are observed in the multi-enzyme scouring
treatment, the strength loss of multi-enzyme scoured samples is not higher than
that of samples obtained from individual enzyme scouring. Scaling and adjustment
factors identified using Taguchi methods for the above response variables are
further substantiated by confirmation tests