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On shade with less water, salt and energy.

Dyeing cotton is one of the most resource hungry steps in textile production. EntroMetrix learns from your own batch records and returns recipes that hit the shade with less water, salt and energy.

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KEY RESULTS

−14.2%

water drawn per batch

−11.6%

thermal energy per batch

−13.8%

salt and electrolyte dosed

+8.7%

batches right first time

−12.9%

carbon dioxide per kilogram dyed

01 · THE PROBLEM

A small deviation forces a costly redye.

Hitting a target shade depends on dye dosage, salt, alkali, liquor ratio, temperature and time. A small deviation puts the batch off spec and forces a redye that repeats the whole water, chemical and energy cost.

At the same time you are asked to cut water, energy, chemicals and batch time without losing quality. These aims pull against one another, and a standing recipe cannot balance them.

01Shade error per batch, before and after.

02 · WHAT IT COSTS YOU TODAY

Every redye is paid for twice.

Redyes: each one repeats the full water, salt, alkali and energy bill of the batch, and takes the machine for another cycle.

Margin in the recipe: standing recipes carry extra salt, dye and time to be safe, and that margin is spent on every batch that would have passed without it.

Slow response: when a shade drifts, the fix comes from trial and error on the floor, one dip at a time.

02Candidate recipes against the ideal curve, and the policy learning to the optimum.

03 · WHAT ENTROMETRIX DOES

Balanced recipes, chosen by you.

Learns from your records: trains on the batch cards, dip readings and plant logs you already hold, with no new trials to start.

Builds the model: a working model of your dyeing process that predicts exhaustion, fixation, colour strength and resource cost for any recipe.

Finds the balance: maps how shade accuracy trades against water, salt and energy on your machines, not on average ones.

Returns a range: a set of balanced recipes rather than one answer, so you choose the operating point that suits today's priorities.

03Water, energy, salt and carbon dioxide per kilogram dyed.

04 · HOW YOU STAY IN CONTROL

Your recipes, your limits, your colourists.

Your recipes: every recommendation is checked against your past batches before it reaches the floor.

Your limits: optimisation stays inside your proven process window and dosing constraints.

Your lab dip: each recipe is confirmed on a laboratory dip before bulk production.

Your colourists: they review and approve every proposed recipe.

Your measures: water, salt, chemical and energy savings are logged against your own baseline.

04Batches passing shade first time, and redyes.

05 · WHAT YOU GAIN

Less waste, shorter batches, lower emissions.

Less Waste

Excess chemical use stopped, and more batches right first time.

Lower Emissions

Clear steps towards your scope 1 and 2 targets from the energy and water saved.

Shorter Batches

Across pale, medium and dark shades, batch cycle time down by about 12.5%.

05Batch cycle time by shade depth.

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CASE STUDIES

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A small deviation forces a costly redye.

Every redye is paid for twice.

Balanced recipes, chosen by you.

Your recipes, your limits, your colourists.

Less waste, shorter batches, lower emissions.

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See what the model finds in your plant.