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Americos Nanosoft 1140 is a highly concentrated silicone softener in gel form. It is made from premium quality of silicone which gives excellent softness and surface smoothness to garments and fabrics. It is highly exhaustible.

Advantages :

• Imparts durable soft handle
• Imparts superior smooth feel
• Increases crease recovery
• Increases shade depth and brilliancy when used on dyed fabric/garments

Properties :

Appearance	Transparent liquid
Composition	Blend of amino silicones and urethane
Ionicity	Non-ionic
pH (1% solution)	7.0 ± 1.0
Solubility	Soluble in water
Application pH range	4.5-5.5
Solid Content	42%

Application Methods:
Americos Nanosoft 1140 can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method.

a) Exhaust method :
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft 1140	1-4 % (owg)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 5.5
Time	20 - 30 min

b) Padding method :

Americos Nanosoft 1140	10-40 g/l
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70-80% pick-up and dry it at 120°-140^°C for 2-3 min.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft 1140 is two years under recommended storage
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

(The information and data contained herein are based on controlled lab work. The recommendations are given on experience basis, but cannot be extended to assure every possible case. It should be verified and evaluated by the user through proper testing for the intended conditions of application. Americos does not express or imply any warranty, or guarantee the suitability of the product for the application intended by buyer of the product).
Additional Information:

• Item Code: Americos-Nanosoft-1140

Americos Elastomer 1140 is an innovative finishing agent, which is composed of multifunctional polyurethane. It is also used to achieve wrinkle free finish for polyester/ cotton, polyester, viscose, spandex, etc and their blends. It enhances elasticity and prevents wrinkle formation in fabric.

Advantages :

• It enhances wrinkle recovery.
• It restrain wrinkle of fabric.
• It gives excellent elasticity to various kinds of textile and their blend.
• It can be used on white fabric because it dose not make yellowing by heating or as time goes by.

Properties :

Appearance	Clear Viscous Liquid
pH	6.5+-0.5
Iconicity	Nonionic
Solubility	Easily soluble in cold water

Application:
Exhaust Method:
Use: 1 - 4 % weight of fabric

Padding Method:
Use: 10 - 40 g/l

Treated Condition:
Padding 20 - 50 g/l

Pick - up 70 - 80 %

Curing 150 DegreeC - 180 DegreeC (Time 30 - 60 sec.)

Precaution:
Before using with other finishing agents jointly in finishing process, Americos Elastomer 1140 is required to pretest compatibility with them sufficiently. It is proper that pH of temperature bath is 5 - 6.

Storage & Handling Precautions

• Store in a cool/dry place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Elastomer 1140 is one year, if stored below 30 DegreeC
• The usual storage, handling and safety precautions should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you. (The information and data contained herein are based on controlled lab work. The recommendations are given on experience basis, but cannot be extended to assure every possible case. It should be verified and evaluated by the user through proper testing for the intended conditions of application. Americos does not express or imply any warranty, or guarantee the suitability of the product for the application intended by buyer of the product).
Additional Information:

• Item Code: Americos-Elastomer-1140

Americos Denim Ultra White (Low temperature curing product)

Neutralizer Manufacturer,White Pigment Manufacturers,Neutralizer Suppliers,White Pigment Suppliers Introduction
Americos Deni Ultrawhite is a dispersion of titanium dioxide extended with various print auxiliaries. Americos Deni Ultrawhite provides excellent coverage on colored grounds as well as enhancing the white - on - white effect achieved when it is applied to white substrates. Americos Deni Ultrawhite exhibits excellent running properties on all types of spray, brush or knife-edge application. A soft hand binder is incorporated in the product for excellent fastness and hand.

Advantages
Americos Deni Ultrawhite can be dried in sunlight Americos Deni Ultrawhite do not required curing Americos Deni Ultrawhite have self adhesive property

Method:
Americos Deni Ultrawhite : 100 parts
Water : 100 parts
Stir well before use

Application
Above premix paste can be used by spay, brush and screen method. It a lighter shade of white is desired, it can be diluted further. You can also add pigment to get desired tone. you can also add non ionic silicone to get more softness.

Physical properties:

Solids	52%
pH	9
Appreance	Chalky white liquid
Viscosity	600 cps
Screen mesh	60 to 100 mesh is recommended
Clean-up	clean up with water

Storage & Handling Precautions
Keep from freezing and away from direct sunlight, store between 15 C^o and 35 C^o. Keep lid closed when not in use.

Safety: always wear protective eyewear and clothing when mixing colors

Technical Service
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Metallic Sparkles,Anti Back Staining Agents,Metallic Sparkles Manufacturers,Anti Back Staining Agents Manufacturers Americos Superior Basta (Powerful anti back-staining agent)
Introduction :
Americos Superior Basta can be used in the HI&I, Printing Ink, Ceramic, sea water desalination, Agro, Sugar, Pulp & Paper and water treatment industries. It functions as anti redeposition aid/agent, dispersant and scale inhibitor.

Advantages

• It disperses well into water.
• Powerful anti back-staining agent.
• Remains stable with amylase during desizing.
• Remains stable with cellulose during enzyme.

Properties :

Chemical Nature	Esterified Polyether
Physical Form	Powder
Concentration	100
Bulk Density(g/l)	600
Ionic	Nonionic

Application
Desizing Step:
Charge bath with following chemicals
Americos Superior Basta: 0.3 - 0.7 % (owg)
Americos Amylase 180 : 1 - 1.5% ((owg
Run for 30 minutes at 60° - 70°C

Enzymes wash step:
Charge bath with following chemicals Americos Superior Basta: 0.3 - 0.7 % (owg)

Americos Cellstone EXL 800: 1g/l (1%owg)
Adjust pH 4.5 - 5.5, Run 45 - 60 minutes at 60°C

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf-life of Americos Superior Basta is one year if storage temperature is below 40ºC
• The usual precaution in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Packing : 50kg :

Storage :
To ensure extended shelf life, store Americos Superior Basta in air tight condition and avoid moisture condition.

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Color Fixing Agent,Anti Redepositing Agent,Color Fixing Agent Manufacturer,Anti Redepositing Agent SuppliersAmericos White MRC
Introduction
The basic problem in enzymatic washing of denim is back- staining of detached indigo dyes on fabric surface. Hence, it reduces the contrast effect/fading effect, which garment washer want to produce on denim. Americos White MRC prevents the reposition of indigo dyes on fabric surface. It coagulates with anionic indigo dye and keeps it in dispersion state during garment washing.

The main features of Americos White MRC are:

• It improves the contrast
• It prevents settling of detached indigo dyes (with help of cellulase enzyme) on denim fabric
• Has good compatibility with enzymes, pumice stone
• It is formulation of eco-friendly chemicals

Properties

Appearance	Slightly viscous liquid
Ionic nature	Anionic
Odor	Negligible
pH	7 + 1
Solubility	Easily soluble in water
Resistance to high temperature	Excellent
Compatibility	With all kinds of enzymes and anionic/non-ionic textile auxiliaries

Application
For enzyme washing of denim garment Use 2 - 5 g/l. Americos White MRC alongwith cellulase enzyme in washing process to prevent back-staining of indigo dyes.

Storage & handling precautions:

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight. Americos White MRC should be stored at ambient temperatures.
• The shelf life of Americos White MRC is one year.

Technical Service
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Color Fixing Agent,Anti Redepositing Agent,Color Fixing Agent Manufacturer,Anti Redepositing Agent SuppliersAmericos Wrinkle A - 75 (Self-catalyzed and low formaldehyde resin)
Introduction
Americos Wrinkle A-75 is self-catalyzed and low formaldehyde resin. It increases value addition of garment by creating smooth and permanent wrinkles on garment. Wrinkles are stable to multiple home launderings.

This concept is used to increase value addition of garment by creating wrinkles at a certain portion of denim garment. It is just opposite to the wrinkle-free concept but wrinkle is formed with the help of traditional cross-linking agent like DMDHEU and other resin.

Advantages

• Self-catalyzed
• Chlorine resistant
• Extremely low formaldehyde levels on sensitized and cured fabrics
• Excellent dry scorch resistance
• Excellent shrinkage control
• Excellent fabric smoothness
• Minimum effect on shade

Properties

Appearance	Clear to straw colored liquid
Type	Modified self-catalyzed imidazolidinone
pH	2.8
Density	10.1 lbs/gal
Solubility	Miscible with cold water

Application
In this process, self-catalyzed resin like Americos Wrinkle A-75 is applied on garment where wrinkle has to be made then crease or folds are created manually. Then fabric is dried and cured at 150 ^oC for 5 min. The wrinkles, which are formed on garment, are permanent in nature and stable to multiple home launderings.

Storage & handling precautions:

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight Americos Wrinkle A-75 be stored at ambient temperatures.
• Do not allow freezing. If this product is stored for longer period, it is advisable to mix product well before its uses.
• The shelf-life of Americos Wrinkle A-75 is one year if stored at temperature below 40^oC.
• The usual precaution in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed.
• Do not store in mild steel, copper or aluminum containers.

Technical Service
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Textile Finishing Chemicals,Optical Brightener Manufacturers,Textile Finishing Chemicals Supplier,Optical Brightener For Cellulosic Americos Opti-Bright XBL
Introduction

Americos Opti-Bright XBL is highly concentrated optical brightener for cellulosic fabrics. The brightness obtained by Americos Opti-Bright XBL has a bluish tone to make a white fabric whiter. It is used at low dosages and is cost effective.

Advantages :

• It does not cause yellowing
• It does not form micro lumps on the fabric and hence it avoids patch formation which is a general problem caused due to the un-dissolved particles of conventional brightening agents
• It is effective even at lower concentrations

General Properties :

State	Liquid
Density	1.2 g/cc
pH	8 ± 1
Ionicity	Anionic
Solubility	Soluble in water
Dosage	0.1 - 0.5% (owf)

Application :
Americos Opti-Bright XBL can be applied on the fabric at the final stage of processing or a stage earlier. It can be used in hydrogen peroxide/chlorine bleaching bath at elevated temperature of up to 150°C. The dosage may vary from 0.1% to 0.5% based on weight of material. The processing time can be adjusted between 10 to 30 minutes.
Storage & handling precautions :

• Avoid storing in direct sunlight, Americos Opti-Bright XBL should be stored at ambient temperature
• Do not allow freezing
• If Americos Opti-Bright XBL is stored for long time, it is advisable to mix it well, before use
• The shelf-life of Americos Opti-Bright XBL is one year if stored below 40°C
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Cationic Softener,Cationic Softening Agent,Concentrated Cationic Softener,Concentrated Cationic Softening Agent Americos Soft 1000 AC Conc.
Introduction
Americos Soft 1000 AC conc. is a weakly cationic softening agent with anti-static effect. It is recommended for synthetic like Polyester, Acrylic, Acetate, Nylon and its blends. It is excellent for laundry washing fastness.

The advantages of Americos Soft 1000 AC conc. are:

• It is pumpable, pourable, low viscosity softener in emulsion form
• Can be applied in both exhaust and padding processes
• It is compatible with silicone and non-ionic products used in finishing formulation
• Improves the lubricancy of the fibers and facilitates further processing of the goods
• Imparts a very soft, smooth handle to the goods
• It imparts good touch and elasticity like wool for acrylic and its blend
• It has no influence on dyeing fastness.
• It poses no yellowing problem to white goods

General Properties :

Appearance	Milky liquid
Composition	Polyamide derivative
Ionicity	Weak cationic
pH (1% solution)	5.0 ± 0.5
Solubility	Soluble in water in any proportion
Application pH range	4-7
Application temperature range	60-70°C

Stability in :

Hard water	Good
Acids	Good
Alkalies	Good

Compatibility with :

Non-ionic surfactant	Generally very good
Anionic surfactant	Not compatible
Silicone softener	Good
Optical brightener	Not good

Application Methods :
Americos Soft 1000 AC conc. can be applied by exhaust as well as padding method:

(1) Exhaust application (Package m/c, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

(A) Post conditioning of acrylic yarn especially in the final rinse of yarn dyeing m/c

Americos Soft 1000 AC conc.	: 0.5-2% (on weight of yarn)
M:L ratio	: 1 : 10
Temperature	: 45-50°C
pH	: 4-5
Time	: 20-30 min.

Americos Leveler LE

Introduction

Americos Leveler LE is low foaming leveling agent for high temperature dyeing of polyester. During polyester exhaust dyeing, Americos Leveler LE increases the solubility of disperse dyes, which ensure a better distribution of the dyes during the heating phase.

Americos Leveler LE is used for dyeing mainly polyester but can also be used for acetate, triacetate and polyamide fibers with disperse dyes.

Americos Leveler LE can also be used for the following processes:

• Can be used to lighten the dyeing
• Can also be used as an auxiliary during stripping of dyes in reductive baths
• Can also be used as an auxiliary during stripping of dyes in reductive baths

Americos Antifoam ST

Anti Foaming Agent,Dispersing Agent Manufacturers,Concentrated Anti Foaming Agent,Dispersing Agent Suppliers Introduction :
Americos Antifoam ST is a highly concentrated anti-foaming agent. It is recommended for exhaust treatment in machines with high turbulence like jet machine, soft flow machine, etc.

Appearance	Pale yellow viscous liquid
Chemical nature	Mixture of ethoxylated fatty matters
Viscous at 40°C	250 ± 20 cps
pH	6 - 8
Specific gravity	1

Anti Foaming Agent,Dispersing Agent Manufacturers,Concentrated Anti Foaming Agent,Dispersing Agent Suppliers Application :

Americos Antifoam ST

0.1 - 0.5 gl

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Antifoam ST is one year if stored properly
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Americos Aluminum oxide is made from bauxite. Mixture of bauxite is electrically fused at high temperature in an arc furnace and Americos Aluminum oxide is thus produced. Americos Aluminum oxide has brown color, high hardness and great toughness.

The abrasive tools made of aluminum oxide are suitable for sand blasting for Denim, Grinding carbon steel, normal alloy steel, malleable cast iron and hard bronze.

It is ideal for sand blasting for Denim fabric because of less iron content. Due to very less iron content, damage to fabric is very less compared to any ordinary aluminum oxide. It can work at very high pressure, which is a major requirement for high production.
Physical and Chemical Properties :

Mesh Size	30-60
Range of grain	F12-150
Al2O3	92%
SiO2	< 1.20
TiO2	1.50-3.80
Fe2O3	< 0.25
CaO	< 0.45
Typical Value	0.25
True density	<_3.90
Grain Shape	Equated Volume

Application :
It can be used for 2 to 3 times depending on working pressure.

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Americos SF-1402 is an epoxide modified hydrophilic silicone emulsion. Hydrophilic Softeners have a good affinity for both natural and synthetic fibers such as cotton, flax and polyester. Fabrics treated with Americos SF-1402 have durable softness, good air permeability, hydrophilicity and slippery feel. The treatment also imparts anti-static properties; especially it imparts anti-pilling property to synthetic fiber.

Special Features :

• Hydrophilic Softeners is a nonionic, hydrophilic, self-emulsified epoxide modified silicone emulsion with high effective content
• It has good water solubility and compatibility
• It has no de-emulsification tendency
• It has good affinity to both natural and synthetic fibres
• It can form self-cross-linked film on fabric surface with the help of catalyst and heating
• It imparts soft, slippery and elastic finish on PES, cotton and flax fabrics
• It can be used alone, or can be used along with durable stiffening resin

Properties :

Component	Epoxide modified silicone
Appearance	Slight brown translucent viscous emulsion
Ionic nature	Nonionic
Specific gravity	1.01
pH	5.5 ± 0.5
Solubility	Easily soluble in water
Viscosity	450 cps
Solid Contains	86% ±1

Application :
Americos SF-1402 can be used alone or together with durable resin or other softeners. When used as softener, usual dosage of 2-3 g/l is recommended.

Padding Process :

Concentration	2 - 3 g/l
Pick up ratio	70 - 80%
Drying	130° - 150°C for 30 sec

One dip one nip or two dips two nips methods of padding under room temperature can be followed. Nevertheless, for the actual application; the process should be adjusted according to the initial trials.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in a cool/dry place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf-life of Americos SF-1402 is one year if stored below 30°C
• The usual storage, handling, usage, and safety precautions should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you. (The information and data contained herein are based on controlled lab work. The recommendations are given on experience basis, but cannot be extended to assure every possible case. It should be verified and evaluated by the user through proper testing for the intended conditions of application. Americos does not express or imply any warranty, or guarantee the suitability of the product for the application intended by buyer of the product).
Additional Information:

• Item Code: AmericosSF-1402