Types of Wax

The various types of wax can be distinguished by four principal

properties:

Structure Oil content Solidification Pt. Penetration

Use Paraffin wax of the following specifications only:

Type ID. Color Structure Oit content, or Solidification point Penetration (25°C) Application
other additives
Base particles Wax roll Base particles Wax roll
yellow 5 mg Ceresine very coarse existg. Oil = 0.5% Nearly universally
(yellow) applicable for cotton,
cristallic addit’l. oil = none 60° – 62° C 60° – 62° C 10 – 11 10 – 11
3 G per 1 kg of wool, synthetics, and
Paraffin Oil total = 0.5 % blends thereof..
Recommended especially
for fine counts and for
high ambient temperatures
(around 30° C).**

green 1 mg Ceresine coarse existg. Oil = 0.5 % 56° – 58° C 12 – 13 Applicable for wool,
(blue) GN + cotton, reyons, and blends
cristallic addit’l. oil = 4.0 %
1 mg Ceresine thereof.
(yellow) Oil total = 0.5 % 59 – 61 19 – 20 Recommended for high
3 G per 1 kg of wax application, e.g.
fine cristallic Ruhr wax*= 4.0 %
Paraffin for wool, bleached yarns,
SP 1002 92 – 96 2–3
etc.**

red 1 mg Ceresine coarse existg. Oil = 0.5 %. Recommended for

(red) BB cristallic Emulsifier additive 56° – 58° C 56° – 58° C 12 – 13 22 – 25 products to be bleached
per 1 kg of 15 ... 20 % or dyed after winding.***
Paraffin (Emulphor AF)
BASF
For discrimination Coarse-cristallic Normally, paraffin The normal Paraffin content PENETRATION describes a dimension of Paraffin hardness.
purpose the wax structures en- contains only 0,5 % should be ≥ 90 %, as Measuring unit is the penetration depth of a test needle (in
types are dyed in hance even oil. The stated per- otherwise the Paraffins tend to 1/10 mm) into the Paraffin sample (DIN 51579).
various colors distribution of centage of colorless smearing and soiling.
Remarks

with oil-soluble wax particles Paraffin oil (n = normal paraffin content) The above values (e.g. 12 – 13) are based on the penetration
dyes made by on the yarn. (liquidum paraffinum) of the Paraffin as Base Material! Additives increase the
BAYER, Leverku- must be added in penetration value, resulting in higher measurement results
sen/Germany. order to obtain the from the finished Paraffin roll.
total oil content.
These dyes have Paraffins with flat penetration characteristics are to be
no effect on the preferred, in order to prevent softening of the Paraffin at
appearance of the higher ambient temperatures.
finished product.

*Ruhr wax Sp 1002 (Fischer-Tropsch-Synthesis) = Scholven Chemie AG, D-45894 Gelsenkirchen-Buer / Germany

Paraffin roll dimensions: outside diameter 38 mm

inside diameter 15.2 mm + 0.2 mm
length 45 mm – 2 mm
weight 45 g
The face edges must be rounded.
The bore must be exactly in center and
perpendicular to the faces.
(The roll must not run out-of-round!)
The drive disc is interchangeable.
The roll should be free of blow holes.
Paraffin suppliers: Schümann GmbH, Hamburg/Germany
Mihag Düsseldorf/Germany D 363-03
DEA-Mineralöl-Verkaufsgesellschaft/Germany
Ruhr wax supplier Compes & Cie, Düsseldorf/Germany ** These paraffin types are soluble in finishing through
emulsification additives during washing.
Paraffin roll suppliers: Reseda – Binder, D-72458 Albstadt-Ebingen/Germany *** directly soluble due to emulsification additive in the
John W. Miller & Son Ltd., Brighouse/England Paraffin.
Pellizzari - s.r.i., 36078 Valdagno/Italien

Paraffinarten
Types of Wax
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