Tencel em i wanpela 'regenerated cellulose fiber' we ol i wokim long 'natural wood pulp'. Ol samting bilong en i kam long diwai we ol i kisim long ol bus we ol i lukautim gut na ol i wokim long rot bilong wanpela 'advanced solvent spinning process'. Dispela teknoloji em Lenzing AG bilong Austria i bin kamapim na ol i kolim em Lyocell. Bihain, bikos long wok bisnis, planti manmeri i save kolim dispela samting olsem "Tencel."
Namba wan samting bilong Tencel em 'cellulose', we ol i save kisim long 'pulp' bilong ol diwai we i save gro hariap olsem 'beech' na 'eucalyptus'. Ol i save tritim dispela diwai pastaim long kisim ol gutpela 'cellulose molecules', na bihain ol i save tanim insait long 'non-toxic solvent' N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO). Long rot bilong wanpela 'dry-jet wet spinning' proses, ol i fosim 'cellulose solution' i go insait long wanpela 'spinneret' na kamapim wanpela gutpela wara. Insait long wanpela 'coagulation bath', ol i save kamapim gen 'cellulose solution' i kamap ol 'fiber', na bihain ol i save kamapim ol 'Tencel filaments' o 'staple fibers' wantaim ol narakain samting. Dispela proses i save kamapim bikpela 'solvent recovery rate' (winim 99%), na i save daunim tru polusen bilong envairomen long taim bilong prodaksen.
Tencel fiber i gat wanpela raunpela kros-seksen, wanpela gutpela pes, na wanpela liklik hul straksa. Dispela samting i mekim na em i save pulim gut wara na pulim win- wara bilong en i save kisim bek 11%, winim tru 8% bilong koten. Na tu, Tencel em i gutpela long skin, wantaim liklik 'friction', na dispela i mekim em i gutpela long ol skin we i no gat strong. Na tu, strong bilong Tencel i wankain olsem bilong polyester, na tu, em i bungim malumalum bilong koten wantaim lait bilong silk. Ol samting bilong en we i no inap bruk na kilim ol binatang jem em i ken kamap gutpela moa long rot bilong miksim o pinisim.
Long sait bilong ol samting bilong envairomen, olgeta laip saikel bilong Tencel i inapim ol sastenebel divelopmen rikwaemen: ol raw materiel bilong en i kam long ol rinewabel risos, prodaksen proses bilong en i no gat planti kabon na wara, na ol pipia bilong en i save bagarap. Olsem na, ol Tencel laplap i wok long kisim biknem long ol klos, ol samting bilong haus, na ol narapela samting, na ol i kamap olsem wanpela gutpela samting bilong senisim koten na linen.
