{"id":2555,"date":"2023-01-11T14:46:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:25:16","slug":"burrs-and-noils-what-are-they-used-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/burrs-and-noils-what-are-they-used-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrs and Noils : what are they used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Processing raw wool is a long and painstaking process. From shearing and scouring to carding and combing, natural wool is processed into a noble material<\/strong> that can be turned into a wide range of products.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Segard Masurel, once the wool has been processed, we offer you two types of by-products: burrs<\/a>, considered to be ‘carding waste and noils<\/a> \u201ccombing waste\u201d, from conventional wools to certified Abelusi<\/a>-labelled wools<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what are burrs and noils and what are these two by-products of wool processing used for?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Noils<\/h2>\n

Noils are obtained during the <\/span>combing stage<\/b>, which prepares the <\/span>wool for spinning<\/b>. This stage involves passing the wool fibres through fine parallel combs, not only to complete the carding process but also to keep only fibres of the same length. The aim? <\/span>To obtain a strong, fine yarn<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noils<\/b> are considered to be “waste” from combing, as they are <\/span>fibres that are too short<\/b> and have been intercepted by the combs. They are therefore set aside because they cannot be used to make combed sliver.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noils may contain a little vegetable matter, but much less than in card waste, another by-product of wool processing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The noils obtained during the combing of wool fibres can be used in <\/span>carded spinning<\/b>, for example. This process often uses blends of wools or materials, chosen according to the desired end use. Carded wool can also be used to <\/span>make slippers or military blankets<\/b>, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Burrs<\/h2>\n

Burrs are also considered ‘waste’ or <\/span>by-products of woollen process<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The carding stage <\/span>involves untangling the tangled wool fibres and removing the vegetable matter still present after the crucial scouring stage. <\/b>Carding breaks up the knots and lumps of wool, then aligns the fibres parallel to each other. As a result, the card waste obtained after this stage <\/span>is made up of both plant matter and tangled wool fibres<\/b>. However, it is possible to extract the wool by carbonising.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although burrs have little value because the wool yield is low and the fibres are short, they can be used in many ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Although <\/span>nearly 80% of wool is exported<\/b> to China as it is <\/span>a versatile and noble natural product<\/b>. Even the by-products of combing, such as “Noils” and “Burrs”, considered as “waste”, <\/span>can be recycled and used<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in one of these products? Contact us!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Processing raw wool is a long and painstaking process. From shearing and scouring to carding and combing, natural wool is processed into a noble material that can be turned into...","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}