Design of the Production Process for Textile Fiber Manufacturing Using Pineapple Leaves

Abstract

The textile industry is one of the most polluting that exists today. In this industry, the fiber used par excellence is cotton, which despite having desirable qualities in the textile world turns out to be highly polluting, due to the amount of water necessary for its harvest. For this reason, it is necessary to venture into alternative fibers that mitigate the environmental impact of the conventional textile industry. One solution to this is to use waste in existing processes. In this article, the leaves of the pineapple fruit harvest (Ananas Comosus L.) are presented as raw material for obtaining textile fiber, which are considered waste in the production of this food. Thus. waste can be converted into a product with commercial value. The next work was a productive design proposal for the production of textile fiber from the use of pineapple leaves. For this, a documentary review of the various treatments applied to pineapple leaf fiber was carried out, to then propose a methodology that allows the fiber to be used as raw material in the textile industry. This research is a feasible project aimed at solving problems through a proposal for action. For this, in addition to the documentary search, expert criteria and cost assessment are used to study the proposed production system.

Keywords: Textile fiber, alkali treatment, textile industry, production system design, pinapple leaves, PALF, waste