Influence of Slug Catcher on Quality of Tasar Silk Yarn

Tasar weavers in India have been using Korean & Chinese tasar silk as warp and Indian tasar silk as weft since decades. With many types of tasar silk yarns available for consumers, it becomes imperative to assess the quality of the yarn and grade them to signify its use for particular end usages. Major issue in tasar silk reeling is the sloughing-off of bunch of filaments from the cocoon during reeling process, which abruptly reduces the quality of reeled tasar yarn. In this study, attempts have been made to use two different types of slug catchers during tasar reeling by wet reeling method and assess its influence on the quality of the reeled tasar silk.