Preparation of Ultrafine Disperse Dyes Based on the Efficiency Balance of Grinding and Dyeing

As dispersive dyes are nonionic dyes, the particle size and particle-size distribution will significantly affect the dyeing performance. In this study, the grinding conditions, the granularity of disperse dye, and the dyeing performance were combined to study their connection further and to get better grinding process parameters for monoazo-structure disperse dyes. Through experimental research on three factors, namely, grinding time, size of grinding media, and mass ratio of grinding media to dyes, the preferred results are as follows, which could be selected based on different grinding purposes in detail. The grinding media group is Φ1 mm/Φ0.1 mm (1 : 1 mass ratio) or Φ3 mm/Φ1 mm (1 : 1 mass ratio), the mass ratio of grinding media to dyes is 5 : 1 or 10 : 1, and the grinding time range is 2–5 h. These parameters can make the overall work of coarse dyes’ grinding and dyeing more efficient, avoiding the waste of cost and the increase in workload.