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How raw silk is produced?

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The process used to make silk fabric for sheets (or anything else) is called Sericulture or silk farming AKA the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. Silkworm larvae eat mulberry leaves until they are about 10,000 times heavier than when they first hatched and are ready to make a cocoon. The silk is produced in two glands in the silkworm's head and then forced out in liquid form through openings called spinnerets and then solidifies when coming into contact with the air. The silkworm spins about 1 mile of filament in the next two to three days to form its cocoon. The outside of the cocoon is then brushed to find the end of the silk filament, which is then wound on a reel.

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Silk is made by spinning together the silk strands produced by a silkworm so silk is the raw material.

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The raw materials to used to make silk are cocoons made from silkworms.

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Raw silk is produced from the cocoon of the silk moth's caterpillar (silkworm.

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sheep fur..and machinery to convert fur into a yarn

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How does raw silk become yarn?

Raw silk is harvested from cocoons of silk worms. The cocoons are lowered into hot water, which terminates the worm's use of the cocoon. Then the cocoon is carefully unwound to produce strands of raw silk. Additional processing may take place, depending on the type of raw silk being produced. The worm is disposed of.


Where in India the production of silk occurs?

In India, most raw silk is produced in the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Woven silk is produced in many places in India, but the most famous silk saris are produced in Banares (Varanasi) in Uttar Pradesh.


What silk is made by using damaged cocoons?

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What are the Raw materials of silk pillows?

The raw materials that are made out of silk are polyster.


Is silk produced by plants?

No it is produced by silk worms


Raw materials for silk cloth?

The raw materials for silk come from the tiny creature known as the silk worm, which is the caterpillar of the silk moth Bombyx mori.


How silk produced?

it is produced by using the liquid in a silk worms mouth.


How the silk is produced?

silk worms


In silk manufacturing what is raw material?

The raw material for processing silk is silk worm cocoons, which when unraveled can measure more than 3,000 feet in length.


Which is most common silk?

raw silk , wild silk, fuji silk vidhi kumari kv tehran


What are the ratings and certificates for Raw Silk - 1988 TV?

Raw Silk - 1988 TV is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG


What effects does silk have on the environment?

The silk worms get killed after they have produced the silk