Question

write a short note on processing on silk?

Answer 1

Answer:

The process of silk production is known as sericulture. ... Extracting raw silk starts by cultivating the silkworms on mulberry leaves. Once the worms start pupating in their cocoons, these are dissolved in boiling water in order for individual long fibres to be extracted and fed into the spinning reel

Answer 2

• To extract silk fibers, a pile of cocoons is used. The cocoons are sun-dried, boiled, or steam-treated.
• Separation of silk fibers Reeling the silk refers to the process of extracting strands from a cocoon to be used as silk.
• The threads or strands of silk are unwound from the cocoon using specific machinery.
• Weavers weave silk cloth from silk threads produced from silk fibers.